***Official Cornell 2012 Decisions Thread***

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<p>Decision: Accepted HumEc</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred ED?: No
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 770 M, 720 W = 2290
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] SAT II: Chem 800, US 790, Math I 750, Physics 730
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/160
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), US (5), Lit (4), Physics (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, Bio, and Lang, basically toughest possible except for one class
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing national/international/amazing
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3-sport athlete, Drama Club, NHS (secretary), Tri-M (secretary), church youth group
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: One cashier job during the school year (7-10 hours/week), that job plus another cashier job during the summer (25 hours/week total)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Local community service group (chair of committees, secretary)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Working/sports/vacation...
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were very good, but who doesn't?
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: At least good, maybe better
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same as teacher rec
[</em>] Additional Rec: From a teacher that knows me really well, should have been pretty good
[<em>] Interview: Went well, but it was just informative
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Small suburban/rural public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Don't think so
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, SATs, rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: Maybe ECs? They're nothing extraordinary
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got nothing right now...[/li][/ul]General Comments: I need to be reminded that Cornell is an amazing school and that I'm lucky to get in, but right now I'm really bummed about getting waitlisted at Harvard.</p>

142

<p>@ hollyd313: unweighted means out of a 4-point scale, period. Your school might award more than four points for getting an "A+" but for the purposes of college admissions they look only at the letter and not the + or -.</p>

143

<p>Decision: Accepted HumEc</p>

<p>Objective:
Deferred ED?: No
SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 760 CR, 730 W = 2290
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Spanish 760, Math IIC 750, Chemistry 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5 probably
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Calculus AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Bio, Psychology, Civics/Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, my school's Honor Society, ballet scholarships & awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ballet and modern dance
Volunteer/Community service: little to none, just free performances for elementary schools
Summer Activities: prestigious 5-6 week ballet intensive programs
Essays: good enough, obviously
Teacher Recommendation: grea
Counselor Rec: awesome
Additional Rec: great
Interview: none</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: way up there
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, except for dance talent
Strengths: GPA, SAT, recs, talent
Weaknesses: undiversified ECs, but dance is really time/energy consuming and putting all of my energy into it has definitely paid off
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: because i'm a rock star and got in everywhere I applied
General Comments: This used to be my first choice, before I got into JUILLIARD. Thank me for freeing up a waitlist spot.</p>

144

<p>Decision: (Guaranteed?) Transfer to CALS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Deferred EA? Yup
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740M/770R/740W (1510/1600 or 2250/2400)
[<em>] ACT: Didn't take
[</em>] SAT II: 790 on Math, 690 on Lit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank or Percentile..
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc, Government
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): No exams taken yet, but I'm a full IB, diploma candidate.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB French SL II, IB Biology SL, IB Physics HL, IB Math HL II, IB English HL, IB 20th Century Topics HL
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Got to science fair states, performed at the Kennedy Center for dance, etc. etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LOTS - NHS (Vice Pres two years in a row), FHS (secretary last year), ITS, MHS, Marching Band (Section Leader), Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam Dance, Drama (Crew chiefed in some shows, acted in 3 musicals), Girl Scouts since Kindergarten, Piano and Percussion, etc. etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Drama Camp Counselor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Alternative House Youth Council, Various library volunteering, NOVAM outreach volunteering, Various Girl Scout Activities (Completed Silver Award)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Attended VA Governors School for Agriculture
[<em>] Essays: Decent, not great though.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was fantastic, other was good, but not amazing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it.. But it was probably decent.
[</em>] Additional Rec: (One of the teacher recs)
[<em>] Interview: Good I thought :)
[/ul][ b]Other*[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA!
[</em>] School Type: IB School - Public though.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Sri Lankan (I count as asian though :( )
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >150,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No hooks...
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, Extra Currics
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA is kinda low for Cornell
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Like I said, crummyish GPA, for Cornell anyway. Essays could have been better. But yeah.. [/li][/ul]General Comments:* I really hope it was a guaranteed transfer, and not just a normal one!! I really want to go next year/year after, so I can't wait! Congrats to those of you that did get in, and Condolences to those that didn't.</p>

145

<p>Congrats to everyone who got accepted.</p>

<p>Big Red!</p>

146

<p>Decision: Rejected CAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2170 (780 CR, 660 M, 740 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 780 US
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 3.855 UW
[<em>] Rank: 44/437
[</em>] APs: 7 by the end of this year, pretty much every one my school offers. 5s on the tests I've taken so far.
[<em>] Awards: Won a playwriting contest, wrote, directed, and performed a short play at a local festival and won top honors. Outstanding student award, Key Club service award, National Merit Commended.
[</em>] Other stats: Most challenging schedule EVER.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Fantastic. I slaved away for who knows who long. I dumped my freaking soul out in those.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty dang good, as far as I know
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She loves me.
[</em>] ECs: Tons of theatre: acting, directing, playwriting. Physics club (super intense!) , drama club, Key Club, NHS, I write unpublished novels...
[<em>] Hook (if any): Designed/built this awesome energy-saving machine in physics club last year... probably should have mentioned that more...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: WA (Seattle area)
[<em>] School Type: Competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I thought I showed how much I wanted to go, and why. I also thought that my ACT might help compensate for my crappy SAT I scores.
General Comments: I am, uh, well... really upset. Cornell was my really really close #2 to Brown (where I was, hilariously, also rejected). My best friend got in...sigh... But I'll probably go to Colgate, so all is not lost.</p>

147

<p>Accepted CAS</p>

<p>International, I'll post my stats later</p>

148

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 740 english, 800 math, 800 writing
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math 2, 800 bio, 760 us history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/481
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): ap bio (5), ap calc bc (5), ap physics b (5), ap english lang (5), ap music theory (4), ap world (4), ap us (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap chem, ap psych, honors gov/econ, ap english lit, ap latin
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): um... amc, aime, science olympiad, a lot of math awards
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a bunch, but varied
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: can't work
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot
[</em>] Summer Activities: Duke TIP, Governor School
[<em>] Essays: decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: should have been good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ditto
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): international applicant living in TN
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): china
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: chinese
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 60-80k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): um.. idk
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: good scores, very qualified
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays were boring probably
[li] Why you think you were accepted: very qualified academically and had an impressive application[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>Wow. I'm suprised at the SAT scores of accepted applicants. I had previously assumed a 2100 was good enought, but with 2200's getting waitlisted I guess Cornell has up-ed its standards.</p>

<p>Any one wanna do a tally on avg SAT score and ACT score?</p>

150

<p>My SATs were terrible but thank god Cornell superscores the ACTIts crazy how the standards for this year for every top college went up. So many colleges are waitlisting and rejecting outstanding applicants.</p>

151

<p>Sorry ballaurena, turning down Cornell doesn't free up a waitlist spot. No college has 100% yield so all schools admit more students than they need to fill the class. Admissions estimates how many they have to accept to get what they need. They only go to the waitlist if they fall short and not as many accept their offer as they had anticipated.</p>

152

<p>rejected... oh well, it wasn't meant to be.</p>

153

<p>Rejected. :/</p>

154

<p>rejected.-------</p>

155

<p>Rejected - But they will regret this decision twenty years down the road. I guarantee it.</p>

156

<p>Accepted to CAS</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I:2190 (760CR 800Math 630WRT)
SAT IIs:800 physics + math II
ACT n.a.
GPA:n.a.
Rank:2/150
Other stats:</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: average
Teacher Recs: average
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any) dont really know....</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:HONG KONG
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:Chinese
Gender:M
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: didnt go for financial aid i guess
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: same as above hehe</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

157

<p>Accepted, can't afford to attend</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I:No
SAT IIs:800 on Physics/math level 2
ACT 36
GPA:4.0UW
Rank:12/620
Other stats:NMF</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:NEBRASKA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:M
Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: High academics, average EC</p>

158

<p>^^^ how do you know you can't afford? have you received the package already?</p>

159

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR/800M/730W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC/780 Chem/760 Bio M
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0/6.467
[<em>] Rank:1/833
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's):European History, Statistics, Calculus AB, Biology, American History, Psychology, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Language and Composition, Physics C, Macroeconomics, Environmental Science, Human Geography, English Literature and Composition, US Government and Politics, Art History
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography, Honors Research I,II
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist, Siemens Semifinalist, Intel Semifinalist, ISEF, USABO, USNCO, Varsity Swimming MVP, National AP Scholar, lots of math awards (including one from University of Miami), Sunshine State Scholar, etc.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity swimming, cancer research, “learn to swim” community service, Mu Alpha Theta (President), Physics Club (president), NHS, Key Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Good/Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Phenomenal
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Phenomenal
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): GREAT
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):Israeli, Found a genetic predisposition which can successfully predict if cancer patients respond to therapy
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Strengths: Well rounded, shown commitment in all ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: 720 SAT II Hebrew….
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: If only I knew
[/ul]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all those who were accepted!</p>

160

<p>Decision: Rejected CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR-660 M-670 W-650
[</em>] SAT II: Lit-630 MathII-670 U.S.History-740
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/137?
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lan.-4 U.S.History-4 about to take Calc BC and Government
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra, Spanish 4, Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Government, English,
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Who's Who Among American High School Students, Outstanding Achievement Award, National Society something, </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra not considered EC, Chess Club (president, #1 in league), Key Club (Editor), Tennis, Some BS clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Far Eastern Crafts, WebSecureStores (web hosting company), private tutor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Too much little stuff to mention, but over 100 hours as volunteer tutor
[</em>] Summer Activities: community service, travel, jobs, etc.
[<em>] Essays: average
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very positive, but too cliche
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Washington state
[</em>] School Type: public. lazy. not ranked
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: divorced parents. Mom<40,000 Dad>100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I don't know. G.P.A.?
[</em>] Weaknesses: A lot of stuff
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was too immature in high school to deserve to attend such a great university. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: The admissions officers made the right decision. I'll probably just end up at the University of Washington.</p>