***Official Cornell Class 2016 ED Results Thread***

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<p>Decision: Accepted ilr!!!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190/1470 (740 m, 730 cr, 720 w)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (28 e, 35 m, 32 r, 36 s)
[<em>] SAT II: 770 world history, 750 us history, 720 math 2, 680 chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school does it weird, approx a 96/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Statistics (5), English language (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English lit, AP Spanish lang, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Govt, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, Symphonic Band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): DECA International Finalist, All-Region Track and Field (Not a recruited athlete)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (president), Cross Country (Captain), Indoor Track (Captain, All-Region, All-State Scholar Athlete), Outdoor Track (Captain, All-Region, All-State Scholar Athlete), Student Council (Activites Coordinator), National Honor Society, School Newspaper (Business Manager, Sports Editor), Spanish Club, SADD, Marching Band,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Assistant to editor at local newspaper, Little League Umpire, Summer Camp Counselor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Challenger Little League (200+ hours), USATF (100+ hrs), local hospital (only like 35 hrs), soup kitchen (50 hrs)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Sleepaway camp counselor
[</em>] Essays: Common app was really good, about a lemonade stand I set up when I was younger and the lessons it taught me. Supplement was pretty good as well, really showed my “fit”
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 Out of this world, 1 pretty normal
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw but expect it to be above average
[<em>] Additional Rec: Awesome, from my track coach
[</em>] Interview: None, no alumni info session either
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100k-150k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:[list]</p>

<p>TOO CRAZY RIGHT NOW TO FILL IN STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES</p>

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<p>Rejected, I did pretty terrible on my SATIIs.</p>

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<p>Please post your stats even if you were rejected.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Pick one:
ILR!! </p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 (CR) 650 (math) 720 (writing)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 690 (US history) 640 (math 1)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): all As in all AP and honors classes junior year except physics.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5), Calc AB (5), Eng. Lang. (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng. Lit., AP US Government, AP Env. Sci., AP Econ, AP Calc BC, AP Euro
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholar Athlete, All Academic Team, MVP, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective: [ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): KEY Club, NHS (President), Math Club, The Dress Project (Executive Producer of Design), Mu Alpha Theta, History NHS, Spanish NHS, Varsity Field Hockey (captain) & Track (indoor/outdoor), club field hockey
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, Club Field Hockey Coach
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: KEY Club, Catechist Aide
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): About The Dress Project, a club founded by my friends and me at our school. Works to donate prom dresses to girls esp. in the city who can’t afford them. Talked about the money we raised and how we were able to give away 70ish dresses our first year.
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I wanted to be unique so I kind of made up my own question about if I came across a genie, what would I wish for. Thought it went well haha.
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): About my passion of politics and working with people…to fit the ILR supplement.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: Went really well! She donated a dress to my club!
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Hooks: recruited athlete
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essay, class rank, ecs
[</em>] Weaknesses: scores, gpa
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: god, recruited athlete
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
[li] Do you like the cold? ofc hahaha[/li][/ul]
General Comments:</p>

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<p>Deferred CoE
SAT I: 760M, 740R, 720W
SAT II: 770 math 2, 750 chem
5 APs, 1 Test (4 on euro)
Decent essays + recs
A few leadership roles</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290/1580 (superscored)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 760 Physics 720 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 33/510
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Music Theory (5), AP Environmental Science (5), AP Stats (4),
AP US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Math SL (7)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Music HL
IB English HL
AB BC Calc/IB Math HL
IB Physics HL
Theory of Knowledge
IB Spanish SL
IB History of the Americas HL
Symphonic Winds (Band)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Rank Leader)
Mathletes (Co-Captain)
Jazz Band
Symphonic Winds
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Our Own Place (Austistic after-school buddy program)
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Medium Size Public School (Sends about 10 students to Ivies every year)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
[li] Strengths: SAT score (CR+M)[/li][</em>] Weaknesses: Class Rank, probably essays since I never asked any teachers to comment on them
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess my SAT score and my recommendations
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t apply anywhere else
General Comments:
I’m extremely elated and surprised at the same time. yolo’16</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred to ILR</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160: 800 CR, 640 M, 720 W
ACT:
SAT II: 700 Lit, 700 USH, 600 math 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology, Literature, Chemistry, and US History
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s, Spanish, and Prob Stat
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Academic All Conference 3 years, winner at states for Business Professionals of America and placed 9th of 26 last year, and Cross Country all-county (14th)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of class, Business Professionals of America Treasurer, Captain of Cross Country and Track and Field, National Honor Society, and the Foreign Language Activity Group
Job/Work Experience:bussing tables since 9th grade
Volunteer/Community service: around 100 hours in a hospital and TOPPS soccer combined
Summer Activities: Volunteering and working
Essays: I’m a bad judge of my own work but I know they were not abysmal
Teacher Recommendation: one bland, one excellent
Counselor Rec: I barely know him, but I know he put most rigorous for my course load.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Delaware
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: I think I’m a good fit for ILR maybe… but perhaps they were not so sure of that
Weaknesses: Class rank, and math scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my class rank and math scores so hopefully my Mid-year report is really good… which right now it is looking like it will be
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:None yet
General Comments: I am rather disappointed but I guess it is better than rejection… wow another 4 months of this will be grueling though :(</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>will post more in a bit</p>

<p>HumEc, PAM</p>

<p>GPA: 3.64, 4.6/5
SAT: 2360
Good ECs, essays, recs I guess.</p>

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<p>lol eas026, you won’t like it anymore when you come here next year :wink: </p>

<p>Congrats!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED INTO COE!! Ill the write the stats later! too excited.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
College: Engineering!!!</p>

<p>I’m leaving the house right now but will come back and update. I’m posting the stats that I can type the fastest:</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2380
ACT: 35
SAT II:800 Bio M, 770 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 118
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 5, Chem 5, APUSH 5, Euro 5, Calc AB 5
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 IB certificate</p>

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<p>Deferred!! :slight_smile: :frowning: :wink: :’(</p>

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<p>Congratulations from the Princeton SCEA thread! (:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>CALS (AEM) </p>

<pre><code>Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): n/a[/li][li] **ACT: **35 ( 35 Reading, 35 English, 36 Math, 33 Science // 10 Writing)[/li][li] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Lit, 710 for Chem and Bio[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 UW // 4.56 W[/li][li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a, they only tell us we’re in the top 25%[/li][li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lit (5), Euro History (5), Psychology (5), Micro (5), Macro (5), US Govt (5), Chinese (5), Spanish (4), US History (4), Chem (3, not submitted)[/li]**almost all of these were partially or fully self-studied, since our IB courses don’t completely correspond
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Econ (5), SL Chem (5), no predicteds[/li][li] Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calculus, IB Theory of Knowledge 2/Advanced Art Studio (semester each), IB English 12, IB Spanish 7 (combined with AP Spanish Lit class), AP Stat, IB History 2, IB Physics 1[/li][li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major; some school features/awards for my art, a couple state-recognition awards for piano, PSAT commended (219, sigh), National AP Scholar (forgot to put this on my app, lol), regional Washington D.C. dragonboating awards, Bank of America award (ties in with internship)[/li][/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): my focuses were: co-founder of small non-profit, book blogger since 2009 (elaborated in summer activities); other random things: piano (11 years), viola (5 years, various orchestras including All-Sate), school newspaper (news staff writer, business editor), UNICEF club (VP), county SGA executive board member, amateur commissioned artist, various honor societies, etc. that I don’t think I mentioned[/li][li] Job/Work Experience: paid tutoring job during 11th grade school year (through a different non-profit, but got paid to tutor and design student-tailored lesson plans), Bank of America Student Leader program (sponsored internship at YMCA) this past summer[/li][li] Volunteer/Community service: I think my transcript says 460+ since I got lazy with submitting, haha: hospital Pediatrics (with kids!), instrumental performances at nursing homes, non-profit, some stuff through my book blog, more of the usual though I left out one-time events[/li][li] Summer Activities: 9th-10th: started book blog (correspond with pretty much all major publishing companies on a regular basis & ABC Family, decent size) & an entrepreneurship program; 10th-11th: taught middle school students (ages 14-17) in rural China (designed our own curriculum for 7 subjects); 11th-12th: Bank of America & Otakon! :'D[/li][li] Essays: ehh, decent, started them the Friday before they were due. I wrote about my personal growth through names, threw in some magical realism and attempted humor.[/li][li] Teacher Recommendation: probably okay? I’m a pretty quiet student but I get decently good grades.[/li][li] Counselor Rec: again, probably okay. I don’t really know here since we have 550+ students in our class, but we turn in brag sheets and get one meeting.[/li][li] Additional Rec: n/a[/li][li] Interview: just informational; I was hyperactive as usual.[/li][/ul]Other[ul]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland[/li][li] Country (if international applicant):[/li][li] School Type: Public (1/4 testing IB magnet)[/li][li] Ethnicity: Chinese[/li][li] **Gender: **Female[/li][li] **Income Bracket: **$200,000+[/li][li] **Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): **none[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: extracurricular activities, typical Asian testing scores[/li][li] **Weaknesses: **my recommendations, my essays if they were even worse than I thought, not a math-sci person applying to CALS (low end science recommended SAT II’s, only subjects I get B’s in), ORM?[/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: …who knows, but happy![/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applied priority to one of our state unis; planned on applying RD to: Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, UPenn, UChicago, WashU, Northwestern – but not any more[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted! I still can’t believe I’ll be at Cornell for the next 4 years. For everyone else, best of luck! I’m sure we’ll all end up going to school’s we love, it’s just a matter of finding which one. (:
</code></pre>

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<p>I got in holy ****</p>

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<p>congrats to all of you!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected (CoE)</p>

<p>I don’t have time to type all the stats, but in all honesty, I expected it. I have a great backup school that I’ve been accepted to already, and I’ll be plenty happy in it :)</p>

<p>I’m sure there’s a reason for everything, including not getting into Cornell.</p>

<p>Congratulations to all who got in!</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Pick one:
Arts & Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 680 cr, 790 math, 800 writ
[</em>] ACT: /
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 760 math ii, 760 chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no clue, ~95/100 unweighted, 101.21 weighted
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): 90-100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): mid 30’s/600
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in AP english language & comp, 4 in bc calculus, phyiscs b, us history
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: all ap’s
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective: [ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): school newspaper, tennis team, science olympiad, volunteer work
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours+ at my local soup kitchen
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): talk about my experience at the soup kitchen
[<em>] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): talk about myself discovering what i want to pursue
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): how i want to pursue computer science/economics
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didnt see, but i know my teachers wrote good ones
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didnt see this either, but im pretty sure my guidance counselor wrote a good one
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): recommendation from my private art teacher. this was a good letter too
[</em>] Interview: went very smoothly. The interviewer was interested in my extracurriculars and I asked a few good questions
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public, 600 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian american
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): /
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: strong essay, pretty good scores, well rounded extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: my critical reading score could have been much better
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well rounded, good interview, and pretty good stats
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: didn’t apply anywhere else
[li] Do you like the cold? love it[/li][/ul]
General Comments: GOOD LUCK ON ALL REGULAR DECISION APPLICANTS! =]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>This is the best moment of my life. I’ll post my chance thread:</p>

<p>Scores: CR: 800 Math:700 Writing: 760, 2260 overall. 770 on Biology E and US sat 2’s and 790 on world history sat 2. 5 on English Language and Bio AP exam. 4 on US and World. </p>

<p>Grades: 4.09 cumulative GPA, weighted out of 4. A in an AP is 4.8, B is 4.3. A in honors is 4.5, B is 4. Everything else is normal 4, 3, 2, 1 grades. Freshman and sophomore year were weak. Half A’s and Half B’s in mostly honors and 1 AP class. Junior year I got A’s in AP english, world, bio, accl pre calc and a B in honors french. I’m taking AP english, calc A/B, euro, french, and psych and honors gov/econ next year. Unfortunately, my mediocre fresh and soph years put me in the top 20% of my class at my public HS. My grades have shown significant improvement in addition to increased class rigor which I’m hoping will make them forget about a lackluster start.</p>

<p>EC: Varsity volleyball captain, eagle scout, debate team captain, 2 years in FBLA, 4 years as a guitarist in my church band, I will be writing for my county’s newspaper during my senior year as well. I’m in NHS and I have over 100 community service hours (not counting my eagle project). </p>

<p>My dad went to Cornell’s ILR school too, which will help me out. I was wondering what my chances are. Thank you!</p>

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<p>What does it mean if they are still reviewing your application</p>