<p>i only took one ap class and thats senior year. at the same time my gpa is much lower than average. is this reallyreally bad?</p>
<p>depends on how many ap/honors classes your school offers. cornell wants to see a rigorous courseload relative to what classes are at your school.</p>
<p>i don't know your school's particulars, obviously, but it doesn't sound... the greatest. eh. are there compelling personal reasons for your low GPA?</p>
<p>Yes, it's really bad. </p>
<p>However, at this point, the question that I want to focus on is why? Why do you have one AP class? Why do you have a low G.P.A.? I hope you told Cornell why. Otherwise, unless they'll probably just assume you were lazy.</p>
<p>your school should have a HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE...where it lists the avgs for students in your school...profiles usually include SAT avgs, college admissions, etc...</p>
<p>as long as you are above and beyond your school's avg you have a good chance :)</p>
<p>well my school offers plenty of ap classes. the reason i didnt take any is because i didnt even know they were so important. my school has levels and i took the toughest classes which are just under honors classes. i tried taking a few ap's maybe about 4 but either teachers/councelor discouraged me and didnt let me take them, or i was freaked out when i got a 50 on the first test, or the teachers told me that i need better grades to take ap classes. i would have certainly taken them if it wasn't sososo hard to actually be placed into them.</p>
<p>should i email cornell, telling them how much i want to go, and how i regret not taking ap's and tell them my reasons for not taking them? or is that stupid?</p>
<p>sorry but is this post for real?</p>
<p>lol yea??? why is the answer obviously that cornell is an ivy league and wants to see lots of aps/honors? haha</p>
<p>Personally: senior & junior year : 5 A.P. classes</p>
<p>Honors & G.T. all 4 years: 12 classes-- school had biomedical magnet program</p>
<p>Cornell simply wants to know how intelligent you are and how hard you worked. AP is only one way of showing off your potential.</p>
<p>Wait a second, your reasons for not taking AP classes are...
1) They were too hard?
2) You didn't know they were important?
3) Your teachers discouraged you from doing so?
4) Your grades were too low?
5) You couldn't get into them?</p>
<p>I expect people with 2010 SATs to be able to handle a few AP classes and be more informed. This is weird.</p>
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<p>Not telling them is bad. However, quoting the reasons you described above might be even worse. Cornell is one of the best colleges in the country; what are the admissions officers going to think when you tell them that you didn't take AP classes partly because they were hard.</p>
<p>your reasons are highly illogical...</p>
<p>are you a legacy? why do you want to go to cornell? where the hell did you go to school? i will say that just b/c you took APs in high school doesnt mean you'll do well at cornell...college is a whole different environment...</p>
<p>but doing well in a competitive high school curriculum suggests you are capable of doing well enough at cornell...</p>
<p>you're right. im dumb for not taking them. thanks though.</p>
<p>If one of the reasons you chose not to take AP's was because you thought they were too hard, I personally think you will be academically frustrated at Cornell. Cornell exams are certainly harder than whatever your AP teachers were giving you. As for chances of getting in, if your school offered significantly more APs than you took, that really does compromise your chances significantly of getting in. I would say a 4.0 with no APs/honors is worse than like a 3.6 and mostly honors courses. That is really just a guess, but probably not too far off. Cornell wants to be able to see that you'll be successful here and if you're struggling with the 1 AP you took or the few honors classes you had, they won't see that as a sign of you being successful here.</p>
<p>no chance with only standard classes unless your SAT's are off the charts (2200 and above)</p>