***Official Cornell 2012 Decisions Thread***

<p>Haha, when'd you finally check?</p>

<p>i cant believe some kid on page 6 got in with a 1220 SATI</p>

<p>Um, nope didn't see anyone with that low of a score...check it again</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? nope
[</em>] SAT: 800V/800M/740W = 2340
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] SAT II: Physics 800, Math IIC 800, Literature 780
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: no clue
[</em>] Rank: 19/378
[<em>] AP: 5: Comp Sci AB, Physics B, Calculus BC, English Lang, Bio, Psych (4: US Gov't)
[</em>] IB: n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Modern Physics, AP Physics C, Art, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lit, Multivariable Calculus, AP European History, AP Chemistry
[</em>] Major Awards: Qualified for AIME 3 times; national and state Science Olympiad medals; NMSF and AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Quiz bowl (captain/cofounder), Science Olympiad, Math Team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: One summer at a vending company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: not really
[</em>] Summer Activities: nah
[<em>] Essays: I wrote the main Common App one about Quiz bowl, and for the CAS supplement I talked about my interest in astronomy and Cornell's astronomy programs.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Haven't seen them, probably pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Haven't seen it, but it would have to be generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: nope
[<em>] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State: Texas
[<em>] Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: Public magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: high-ish
[</em>] Hooks: nah
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Rigor of curriculum, EC involvement
[</em>] Weaknesses: No community service; grades good, but not outstanding
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I submitted at 2:56[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected - CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? no
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math 740 CR 760 W 760 w/ 12 essay = 1500/2260
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] SAT II: 770 US 760 Lit 660 Fr w/ Listening
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): basically a 4.0 if you take 90-100 = A, my county uses 94-100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unknown, probably top 1 or 2 percent out of 850
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), English Language (5), Psychology (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: French 5, geosystems, world religions, current affairs, AP English Lit, AP US Govt, AP Comparative Govt, AP Calc AB, AP Euro Hist -- All A's on midyear report
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none of that stuff. more school stuff and some good Girl Scout awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): this is where I'm weak. Girl Scouts (10yrs), Model UN, crapload of church work and volunteering, honor societies, some political volunteering, some tutoring, JSA Summer School (no, I did not do this to resume boost...it was fun), self-taught piano
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: just babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot... I don't count hours. I think it's sort of against the point.
[</em>] Summer Activities: babysitting jobs, JSA summer school @ Georgetown in US Foreign Policy
[<em>] Essays: I can definitely write quite well. Since I got rejected, I don't know.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Lang teacher -- should have rocked, AP Calc and Precalc teacher -- maybe not as good, but would hopefully balance out the fact that my only B+s were math
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably sucked. my counselor is a failure.
[</em>] Interview: was not offered one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: huge public (3200+) in Northern VA. Alright school, but overcrowded + a bit of a bad rep for sending the VTech shooter out into the world
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: stats
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ECs, I guess. Lack of sports. I don't know. My school sends 3 or so people to Cornell each year and this year we have no one that I know of, yet we're the biggest graduating class ever (850 people). The stats of the previous students were far lower than mine. I'm kind of depressed, really. I'll probably try transferring somewhere in a year, but I doubt it will be Cornell.
[/ul]*General Comments: * I hate my life.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!! (Engineering)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (800M/730V/740W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Physics, 760 Math II, 670 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/324
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5), English Lit (4), Spanish (3), US History (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics, AP Economics/US Govt, AP Engish IV, AP Chemistry
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AIME Qualifier
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track (Team Captain), Varsity Cross Country (Team Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Science Club (Treasurer), Worship leader at church (guitar), etc....
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Worked part-time sophomore/junior year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: decent amount (see below)
[</em>] Summer Activities: service trip to Panama during summer before Senior year (7 week long trip)
[<em>] Essays: pretty good, one about my family, one about a road trip I took with a friend
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: don't know, probably decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec:decent
[</em>] Interview: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public School, sends 2 or 3 students each year to Ivy League schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$100,000
[</em>] Hooks: legacy(grandfather), also from the South which is underrepresented
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:test scores, grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong applicant with legacy and regional hook[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all who were accepted! Go Big Red!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? No
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M 740CR 800W
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math IIC, 770 Chem
[</em>] GPA: 99weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): eh top 5-10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): all 4s on calc bc, ap world, ap us
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: all ap/honors
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing HUGE but some
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): the works but nothing very unique
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none really just babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: charity league, youth group...
[</em>] Summer Activities: some summer programs in science
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: yes, pretty good, very informal and i didnt have it until mid march so probably had no effect
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): ct
[<em>] School Type: competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SATs, GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: im not a stand-out really just a good student
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good stats, i had to get lucky some time
[/ul]General Comments: I AM SO FRICKIN HAPPY AND YES I WILL BE ATTENDING CORNELL!!!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Not going to fill out the stats---but the gist: high act + signficant debate and forensics!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (800M / 710R / 780W)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math 2C, 790 Physics, 720 Literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/528
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro Hist (4), Calc AB (5), Chem (5), Physics Mech (5), English Lang (5), Art History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics E/M, AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP English Lit, AP Government, Wind Ensemble
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bausch + Lomb Science Award?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (section leader, principal), Math Club (president), varsity tennis, varsity Academic League, Science Olympiad
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer jobs, nothing worth mentioning
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: local hospital, school's Key Club
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work, visit colleges
[</em>] Essays: I liked my Common App essay, mostly because I spent the most time on it. It was on a patient I met at the hospital. I don't remember what I wrote about for the others.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully pretty good; one from Calc BC teacher and one from AP Chem teacher, both of which know me outside of class in other activities.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No clue but I started talking to her a lot more senior year.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Went okay. I heard it doesn't affect your decisions much.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian American
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$95K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: interest in a variety of disciplines, grades, tests
[<em>] Weaknesses: essays, work/intern experience
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I'm hoping because I'm the kind of student they were looking for.
[/ul]General Comments: Currently deciding between Cornell and UC Berkeley, both of which have excellent engineering programs. I got waitlisted at Princeton but my chances are slim to none there.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? No
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (780M 760W 690CR)
[<em>] ACT: 34 (36M 33S 33E 33R)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math Level 2 800 Chemistry
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.998
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/350
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: All AP's and Calc III
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (1 seed) Amnesty International (Co-Leader) Local TV Show (Director) Leadership Clubs Diversity Club (Core Member) and others
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a local hospital and some research stuff to get Eagle Scout
[</em>] Summer Activities: Research and Harvard SSP
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Over the phone...it went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): IA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation US College
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low GPA? Not many APs?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

<p>ACCEPTED to the AAP architecture program!!!!!</p>

<p>Rejected - CALS</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted, Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? no
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1390/2140
[<em>] SAT II: 690 MI, 600 M2, 700 BioE, 640 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): IDK?! Weighted would be 4.73
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 66/486
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): WHAP (3), Chem (3), APUSH (4), Eng Language (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Eng IV, AP Bio, Yearbook, Yearbook Editor Period
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NAF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook 10,11,12 + middle school (business manager), Stuco 10, 11 (VP of Communications)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours of Missions Trips and Backyard Bible Clubs over the course of 4 summers, Central Texas SPCA
[</em>] Summer Activities: additional dual credit college courses, NYLF medicine
[<em>] Essays: outstanding, main essay was about dealing with my sister and her influence on me... is a recovering drug addict, started at age 14/15 is now 20.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from AP Bio teacher, one from Pre-AP and AP Chem teacher.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Our counselors suck
[</em>] Additional Rec: no
[<em>] Interview: no
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Complicated
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen. College in my immediate family, URM, just plain awesome.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Me
[<em>] Weaknesses: None
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cause I'm awesome
[/ul]General Comments: Still stuck between Cornell and JHU, blech.</p>

<p>not to sound bitter but i hate affirmative action</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Deferred EA? Nah
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):730 (M), 700 (CR), 690 (WR:12 Essay)
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] SAT II: 640 US History 620 Spanish (yeah...i know)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 converted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/519
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro 4, Calc AB 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Five AP's: Psych, Biology, English Lang, Government, Spanish Lang
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Just Student of the Month and School Language Awards
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Film Club 4 Years (Head Director, President) Academic team 4 Years (President), Mock Trial 3 Years, Debate 1 Year, Cross Country 3 Years Varsity Co-Captain, Swimming 4 Years, Track 1 Year Varsity
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Part Time Jobs since 9th grade. (Averaging 20/week during school year)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, Medical Ward at work.. Kinda lacking
[ *] Summer Activities: Sport related...no university programs or anything
[ *] Essays: decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: they loved me? =/
[ *] Counselor Rec: idk...guess not so hot?
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: idk 80,000ish
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nah son
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:well rounded, mildly good scores and schoolwork (gpa,rank, courses)
[ *] Weaknesses: sat II's, lack of community service. I PUT CAPTAIN OF SWIMMING ON APP IN OCTOBER BUT I DIDNT GET IT. COULD THIS BE A REASON!??
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i don't know...there's a lot of urm's taking up spots. no offense...but idk whatever god has a plan worked out for me
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
ahhh fyuck rejected from duke, tufts, columbia ed now here... time to pick from a safety honors college...oh well northeastern or maryland here i come?</p>

<p>good luck all cornellians</p>

<p>ACCEPTED (ENGINEERING)
don't feel like writing up stats...look me up if you want to see my stats i guess
SATs: 2200 (800M 720W 680CR)
SATIIs: 800mathII, 720Physics, 650 UShist
Gender: Female
Race: Pacific Islander
School: public, nc, one of top in state
ECs: various clubs, some volunteering, and summer programs (free)
Rank: 1 of 425</p>

<p>Well...yeah</p>

<p>deciding really between cornell and stanford!</p>

<p>^ what college?</p>

<p>Hahahaha, if underrepresented minorities took up "all" the spots, they wouldn't be underrepresented. Hmmm?</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected CAS</p>

<p>I don't feel like posting my stats. You can see them.....
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/484258-official-dartmouth-class-2012-decisions-thread.html#post1060092282%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/484258-official-dartmouth-class-2012-decisions-thread.html#post1060092282&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I never really liked Cornell anyways.</p>

<p>rade88 ur rejection had nothing to do with "affirmative action" (which i agree is stupid), but regardless ur profile is not impressive...i cant really even tell if ur joking or not..."mildly good scores"?</p>

<p>and "I PUT CAPTAIN OF SWIMMING ON APP IN OCTOBER BUT I DIDNT GET IT. COULD THIS BE A REASON!??" lolll</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? No
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 total, 800 CR, 790 W, 680 M
[<em>] SAT II: Low 700s
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.13 (and yes lol, that is unweighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn't rank, but at least top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist 5, Eng Lang 5, have taken other AP classes but not the exams
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Heaviest
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I'm not sure if I've gotten any that qualify as major, but I have a substantial number of community and regional awards</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Theater, language clubs, peer mediation, voice, among other, with many leadership positions
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked every summer!
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ROAR, Natural Helpers, and various others under National Honors Society
[</em>] Summer Activities: Jobs
[<em>] Essays: I think they were well written and unique
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: He loves me
[</em>] Interview: It was an average interview-but she told me I'd do really well at Cornell</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$40,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student, grew up in a different country?</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Unique Essays, heavy course loads
[</em>] Weaknesses: Perhaps my math score?
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations everyone! I'm deciding between Cornell and Columbia, although I'm currently leaning towards the latter.</p>