<p>deferred…</p>
<p>Those who are accepted lets talk
<a href=“https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cornell-Class-of-2016/122725577802825[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cornell-Class-of-2016/122725577802825</a></p>
<p>ACCEPTED!
college of arts and sciences
government major (inequality studies minor)</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): superscore 2190
first time: 670 math, 730 CR, 750 writing
second time: 660 math, 750 CR, 770 writing</p>
<p>ACT: didn’t take!</p>
<p>SAT II:
japanese (800, but they might have not gotten it)
US history (770)
world history (700)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): like a 3.8? not that good</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 34thish/550, but should have been better. i went to three different high schools, and i wrote pretty extensively about the disadvantages i had academically.</p>
<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), comparative gov’t (5), psych (5), japanese (5), english language (5)</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): none, never offered at school</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP lit, AP gov/econ, AP calc AB, AP environmental science (planning on dropping after I consult cornell), debate, piano</p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction, national merit scholarship semifinalist, national forensic league (degree of superior distinction, highest in team), and random stuff from speech & debate
also, lion’s club speaker contest–i was the club and zone level champion.</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
campus antiwar (co-chair, 2009-2010), student gov’t (south senate), speech and debate (captain of parliamentary debate, 2011-2012), gay-straight alliance (board/inter-club council rep), amnesty international (2011-2012 president-elect, but moved to a different high school), national honor society, california scholastic federation</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: tutor at kumon (since August 2011)</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: education foundation unpaid intern (90 hours/semester), volunteer at habitat for humanity</p>
<p>Summer Activities: took a course on the ethics of war and political violence at columbia university summer HS program
went to debate camp at UT austin for two summers</p>
<p>Essays: my common app one I was really proud of, I wrote about asian-american stereotypes/the model minority myth, and how my “greatest achievement” was realizing that i didn’t have to be bound by the societal expectations for asian-american females to be meek and subservient in the status quo, and how i challenged that via my political activism and stuff. i know it’s a common topic, but i think i pulled it off.</p>
<p>i kinda slacked on the supplement, i just talked about how i proved my true passion for government and how cornell’s curriculum fosters an intrinsic desire to learn about what you really care about blah blah blaaah </p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec: pretty good i think, he said he tailored it to cornell. he’s also just in general someone who has his shiz together.</p>
<p>Additional Rec: i think they were both really good.
first was from my AP lit teacher, who only knew me for like a week but got to know me really well since she was also the advisor for GSA. i think she wrote a really good letter, but i didn’t see it. she’s been a teacher for a while though, and i think she knew what she was doing.
second one was from my professor at the summer course from cornell, i already read his written evaluation and i’m almost certain he wrote a good rec letter too.</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): califooohnia</p>
<p>School Type: average public… doesn’t usually send kids to ivies unless they’re athletic recruits or URM or something</p>
<p>Ethnicity: asian-american (japanese-korean), first generation</p>
<p>Gender: female</p>
<p>Income Bracket: upper-middle, around $100k with both parents but around $40k with just my mom, with whom i live full-time. still waiting on financial aid, but a lot of my relatives have volunteered to pitch in so i’m not too worried</p>
<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing lol</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: driven, passionate, “not your typical asian”, i really emphasized how i really felt passionate about politics and injustice and, even with my less-than-stellar scores, i’ve always had genuine interest and never “resume-padded”</p>
<p>Weaknesses: scores. GPA. lol.</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted: i have no idea. college is a crapshoot.</p>
<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere. withdrawing my $280 UC applications as i type this…</p>
<p>General Comments:
i am so so so happy! and i swear i am not a ■■■■■ okay i really did get into cornell with these stats, haha.
i found out at 2PM and after 5th period me and a bunch of my friends all ran with me to the library, when i found out i started crying and hugging and screaming and the librarian got really ****ed off at us lol.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Arts & Science</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 730 CR, 650 WR
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Chemistry, 760 Math II, 720 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.33): 3.83
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] AP: Statistics (5), Chemistry (4)
[<em>] IB: N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Physics B, AP Human Geography, Honors Economics, Honors English 12, Honors Government, Health
[<em>] Major Awards: NSHSS (2011)[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Orchestra, National Honor Society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Teacher @ Tutoring School, Curator @ Library
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours of service
[<em>] Essays: decent (no revisions from teachers/peers)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one exceptionally good, one decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: most likely decent
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview:N/A[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State: NY
[<em>] Country: US
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: N/A
[</em>] Hooks: N/A[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected (College of Engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown): CR: 760; Math: 780; Writing: 780 (Engineering only uses Math + CR)</p>
<ul>
<li><p>ACT: none</p></li>
<li><p>SAT II: Math II: 800; Chem: 780; Physics: 720</p></li>
<li><p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 92.7143 / 100 (around 3.7 - 4.0)
Weighted GPA: 95.7143 / 100</p></li>
<li><p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a</p></li>
<li><p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5), APUSH (5), English Language (4)</p></li>
<li><p>IB (place score in parenthesis): none</p></li>
<li><p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Econ, AP Comp Sci - A, AP Stat, AP English Literature, Wind Ensemble, Gym/Health</p></li>
<li><p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Outstanding Achievement Award in Math (School - 10th grade); AP Scholar with Distinction (National - 11th Grade); National Merit Commended Student (National - 11th grade); CACS Young Chemist Award (Regional - 12th grade); School Nomination for Governor’s School of Engineering (Wait-listed) (School - 11th grade)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Saxophone Section Officer); Jazz Band (Librarian, Lead Tenor); Math League (Team Member); Model UN; Teens for Environmental Action; Science Bowl (Team Member);</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Job/Work Experience: None atm.</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer/Community service: Young Musicians for Volunteer Action (Music Director); Hua Xia Chinese School Volunteering; Relay For Life; Tutoring and Coaching for Charity</p></li>
<li><p>Summer Activities: 2008-2009: Summer School (not significant); 2010: Carnegie Mellon University Precollege Program (got an A in Intro to ECE, a very rigorous course, but forgot to submit my transcript… which shouldn’t impact decision too much?); 2011: Internship at University of Surrey in England (studied aerospace engineering stuff, specifically the properties of a synthetic jet).</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: Short Activity Essay about band in general, not amazing but still acceptable. Long Common App Essay about Pokemon and it’s impact on my life. Sounds bizarre but it was really well written (in my opinion) and actually connected a lot of elements of my life. I’ll PM if you want to read it. Engineering Supplement about how I liked engineering because it was “hands-on” than most science careers and how I liked Cornell because of its rigor and its general environment (PM that too if you want).</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recommendation: One from my Math Teacher (knows me really well but has to write a lot of recs so it might be generic), One from my Chem teacher (same situation as math teacher); so in the end, you never know</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: Counselor knows me better than most students she is in charge of and is aware of all my achievements, but still, you never know.</p></li>
<li><p>Additional Rec: One from my Band teacher, who knows me really well and is a superb writer and great at writing recs, but of course, you never know</p></li>
<li><p>Interview: Engineering doesn’t do interviews.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Other
- State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey (maybe part of the reason…)</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Country (if international applicant):</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: Public Suburban, really competitive (like, seriously competitive , we’re known for academics and not anything else but music)</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese, maybe part of the reason), first generation</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: Male</p></li>
<li><p>Income Bracket: > $200,000 for household (gross)</p></li>
<li><p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian Male who wants to be an engineer? I think not…</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Reflection
- Strengths: SAT, Extracurriculars (in my opinion)</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Weaknesses: GPA (my school has GPA deflation though…), Physics SAT II score</p></li>
<li><p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea (see in comments)</p></li>
<li><p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rutgers - Accepted</p></li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments:
Ok, so this year I was really confused with admissions for our school. Most people said I was guaranteed or undershooting, and not trying to sound smug or anything, but I consider myself one of the stronger candidates who applied for Cornell ED, both in my school and in general. But this year, NO ONE from our school got accepted, which is really weird given its competitive nature and that around 15 people applied. And I wasn’t even deferred. Actually, only people with a lot of legacy got deferred. So I’m almost convinced that Cornell is biased against our school. Cornell has always been one of my top choices and favorite schools, so please convince me otherwise or clarify stuff, thank you!</p>
<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted!!! </p>
<p>ENGINEERING 
</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math 770 Writing 680 Reading
ACT:
SAT II:770 Math II 790 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/390
AP (place score in parenthesis): CALC BC (5), English Lang AP (5), Spanish AP (4), Euro AP (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Physics C AP (Mech + Mag), English Lit AP, Jazz Band, Econ AP, Gov AP
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), Debate (LD Debate), Band, BBYO
Volunteer/Community service:BBYO + Boy Scouts
Summer Activities: Debate, More Scouts</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): US US US
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender:Male</p>
<p>Congrats to you all, but there is no doubt that college admissions is a crapshoot.</p>
<p>Deferred from ILR.
No, I am not bitter. My parents pushed me into applying to Cornell anyway.</p>
<p>@hurray your stats are good, but nothing seems to jump out.</p>
<p>@Hurray: I’m in the same boat as you. EVERYONE said I was getting in, and my academics are a bit below yours. One of the major reasons is because we are Asian males applying to engineering. Im guessing that more than 50% of engineering applicants are Asian males (and that’s conservative). When Cornell only accepts 16% Asians (including females), its easy to see why we didn’t get in.</p>
<p>D2 was accepted. I’ll have her post her stats on this thread when she gets home tonight, but I believe she’s already posted them in CC’s Stats Profiles (under the Discussion Menu).</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone!</p>
<p>Also - ILR does reject during ED. If you go back through the threads from last year, you’ll find one or two people who were rejected during ED.</p>
<p>AND - last year’s threads show that plenty of people who were deferred during the ED phase actually got in during RD!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
CALS
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):n/a
ACT: 34
SAT II: 800 math II 690 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):around 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): to 7% (150 in class)
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in AP English Comp. 3 in Calc AB
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Enlish Lit, AP Calc BC, AP BIO, Honors physics (no AP) various college classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Comp. Semifinalist. Co-author of various scientific publications.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research Internship (head of research team/project) NHS (co-chair multiple sub committes) Mu Alpha Theta, Varsity Vocals, Tennis, Quiz Bowl/ Academic Team (team captain).
Job/Work Experience: Previous Manager at local comp. store
Volunteer/Community service: Co-founded a tennis outreach program. Red Cross (team leader). Peer Tutor
Summer Activities: Job Shadow in surgery. Buckeye Boys State
Essays:everyone that looked at them thought they were very good.
Teacher Recommendation: both mine were from teachers who really loved me.
Counselor Rec: should be pretty good, they want to see me go to big things
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: ok at best maybe…
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small rural/suburban public
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: RESEARCH!!!, leadership positions
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: got accepted to OSU within two days of them receiving my application…havent applied anywhere else yet</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the Financial Aid package will come?</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred CALS Bio major**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):didb’t take them
[ *] ACT:32
[ *] SAT II:didn’t take them
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Biology (5), Lang+Comp (didn’t send score), Econ, Lit (still need to take test for both)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Chinese Honors, Teacher’s asst in freshman Biology, Physics A, Science Research, AP Econ, Calculus Honors, AP Lit
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2nd place in Regional science fair, 3rd honors at state wide science fair
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Working on stem cell projects in lab for past two years, Model UN (president), Teacher’s asst at Hebrew School, United Synogogue Youth (VP of Social Action and Charity within chapter), Anti-Defamation League kindness program (team leader)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Teacher’s asst at hebrew school, paid Biology tutor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Teacher’s assistant at local arts center, 160+ hours community service from being a counselor at camp
[ *] Summer Activities:Continued work in lab; Theatre counselor at sleepaway camp
[ *] Essays: Main: Stellar, very unique
Supplement: Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but I was told they’re good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[ ] Additional Rec: From the PI at my lab, and the adult leader of the ADL program (an alum of cornell): both should be very good
[ ] Interview: just an alumni interview, but went well
[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:public,
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ ] Gender:F
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths:working in a lab, essay
[ *] Weaknesses:GPA and # of APs
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:see weaknesses
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ b]General Comments: I was dissapointed, but also kinda happy because I thought I was gonna be rejected. I reeeally want to go to Cornell, so I’m staying with it for RD. Any tips to win them over? I’m going to finish up my current project at the lab and hopefully win a few science fairs and do better at the state-wide and maybe national level.</p>
<p>For people who were not accepted and not clear as to why, have someone else read your application again. I am seeing some rejects with very good stats. I don´t believe it is as random as people like to believe. Before you send out your RD applications, go over your application again to make sure your ECs look good and your essays are well written. </p>
<p>People who got deferred - put together another packet for Cornell. Write another essay to let them know Cornell is still your first choice, get additional rec letters (maybe from a coach, or an employer), include any additional awards, and first semester transcript (hope it is a good one). If your GC is willing, ask him/her to contact Cornell adcom after the holidays to find out how to make your deferral into acceptance, and if possible, try to addresse it in your packet. I would send the packet in by end of Jan.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all who got accepted.</p>
<p>I agree, it is a crap shoot. Often it is just dumb luck. One thing does stand out though-it would appear that you are from a high income family, but you have no work experience-when admissions decisions come down to tiny things, this could have hurt you. If you want, feel free to pm your essay (My D has already been accepted at a school ED so you need not worry about your essay being ripped off…) Often an essay is well written, and technically perfect, but it is not unique, heartfelt or tells the Adcom much about who you are. Nothing at all wrong with Pokemon (My daughter’s essay was about Casey Anthony!) if it shows who YOU are.</p>
<p>Xeroday & Hurray,</p>
<pre><code> You are at a distinct disadvantage competing against your demographic. However in at least Hurray’s case, your EC’s in terms of leadership & excellence are average. Many people look at your stats & automatically tell you that you are in. However for your demographic there are more students with similiar stats than spots available. This is where all of the intangibles come into play…your essays, letters of rec, & EC’s.
</code></pre>
<p>so basically this is what im seeing: all of the asian kids like myself with really really amazing stats (high test scores, gpa, amazing ecs etc) are getting rejected while at the same time all the other kids of other races with sometimes far worse stats compared to the asians are getting in?!?!?! not tyring to bring race into this thing but seriously, just look for yourself. If you see a kid who has really awesome stats but got rejected, chances are they are asian. I recognize that as a private institution Cornell has every right to choose applicants on the basis of race, and in fact, asians are at a distinct disadvantage in the college app process. but seriously, how can you not be ****ed as an AA like me with great stats who got rejected while some other kid who have worse stats are getting in? Its like training your entire life for the olympics, finishing first, and watching the gold medal go to the guy who finished in last. RIDICULOUS!. Thats my rant, thanks.</p>
<p>“Its like training your entire life for the olympics, finishing first, and watching the gold medal go to the guy who finished in last. RIDICULOUS!. Thats my rant, thanks.”</p>
<p>…the problem with this analogy is that you can’t consider any accepted Cornell student as one who finished last. In reality they have a "threshold’ of stats that they feel predict academic success at Cornell. What they are saying is that a 1400 SAT student is likely to be successful at Cornell. The 1550 SAT student may not have to work as hard & may take their work to a higher conceptual level, but in some cases the 1400 student may add more to campus. I know that in my D’s case, she was admitted with low average stats, however her EC’s demonstrated both outstanding leadership & excellence. She has continued this trend at Cornell, adding to the college’s visability & overall community. I liken it to a sports team. You can’t have just all “stats” guys, to have a great team you must have role players who make the overall team better through their tangable & intangable contributions.</p>
<p>guys … please stop saying you got rejected because “I’m Asian”. my school is 30% Latino and 30% Asian, so my guidance counselor has a lot of wisdom on the affirmative action issue and its a whole lot more complex than just trace. It’s also really degrading to the admissions officers. Pure quota systems are extremely rare since university of California v. bakke. I’m Asian, and i respect the practice of affirmative action, especially on a financial basis.</p>