<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800 M, 640 V, 720 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Math IIc, 730 Chem, 680 Spanish
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.16 W
[<em>] Rank: No Rank
[</em>] Other stats: None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Fairly solid, not amazing, but probably around average
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Did not get to see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not get to see
[</em>] Hook (if any): Definately none I can think of...just an average white male
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Pretty solid scores, no real hole in my application. Also pretty well rounded (I do a little community service, varsity sports, out of school activities)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Interested in economics and in Cornell
[/ul]Other Factors: None really General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: At first, looking at this forum got me really worried. I applied ED to UPenn and got deferred, and later rejected. I also got rejected at Yale, Brown, Dartmouth. But I can really see why now, and am not surprised by any of them. Getting into Cornell is a huge relief, and I look foreward to attending there next year. Go Big Red</p>
<p>My stats are not really that great, I think what saved me was the fact that I have only been here for 2 years and I came from a Spanish-speaking country. Really happy that I got in.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:790M, 690CR, 650W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIc, 800 Physics, 800 US History
[<em>] ACT: not taken
[</em>] GPA: 4.8w
[<em>] Rank: not ranked
[</em>] Other stats: several in-school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: mediocre
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one outstanding, didnt read others
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): living with host family for past 2 years
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NC
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: German
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[/ul]Other Factors: play classical guitar, basketball, soccer, lacrosse General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: since its the only place that accepted me, im pretty sure im going to cornell</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):1850; 640V; 640M; 570W
[</em>] SAT IIs:640(bio), 570(Math iic)
[<em>] ACT:27
[</em>] APs: Bio(5)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:5.5W;4.0
[</em>] Rank:1/122
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:Not extream only two APs and the rest honors but I take alot of courses outside of school.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:3
[li] Other stats:4.0 from local community college taking courses since freshman year. Also, studied at three other colleges including Oxford, on scholarship.(Not a transfer student) </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:Three Varsity sports since 9th grade, Captin of two, all public in one. President of three school clubs. PSTV (local tv station) reporter. Have interviewed top gov. officials. Insane list of other activities, Basically no sleep.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses):Amazing! I worked on it for about 3 months. It talked about my struggle to recieve an education, while pulling myself out of the ghettos of Phildelphia. Also, I snuck in an essay in which I wrote about my experience with a person whom had trecher collins and how that inflenced me to aspire to become a surgeon. It was 5 pages but got me in none the less.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:Very Good not fantastic or anything but I have strong relationships with my teachers and it showed in their recs.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Amazing! I made it my mission in 9th grade to talk to my counsler at least once a day. We have an extreamly strong realtionship which def. came out in her rec. </p>
<p>[<em>] Interview (feel and general location):Did not have one. Two busy!!!!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] Optional Essay Submitted?Yes see above^
[<em>] State or Country:PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School:Public; Magnet school
[<em>] Ethnicity:African-American
[</em>] Income Bracket:Lets just say, "Government Cheese has become my greatest friend."
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Hooks:Im from the projects, don't see to many of those in the pile do ya?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:I have had to struggle through alot esp. to recieve my education. Colleges could easily see this in my essays, ect. They know im going to work hard and will stop at nothing to make the most of my college experience.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:I had some very well known people throw in some recs. and make phone calls on my behalf, including senators and Congressmen that i have interviewed in the past. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Overly excited I love Cornell, but Im utterly confused as where I want to go still! Considering Princeton, Yale, Brown w/ PLME, WashU(ride), Hopkins(ride), Dartmouth, WakeForest, and still waiting to here from UChi. I wish the best of luck to everyone and know that you will do well wherever you wind up...</p>
<p>Decision: waitlisted
college/Major: arts and sciences/History</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:1440
SAT IIs: 770, 750, 630
GPA: 3.9+ unweighted
Rank: None
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: very solid
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: outstanding
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: ?
special skills/abilities: ?
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: don't know
Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:1880 (600M, 610CR, 670W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: horrible!!!! (560 or somethin in both)
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: 3.85
[<em>] Rank: 6/410
[</em>] Other stats: lots of extracurriculars: Varsity Track, Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Swimming, Concert Band, National Honor Society, Interact Club, Hospital Volunteer, Church Youth Leader, Asst. Head of Church communications department, library volunteer, Tri-M Music honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, etc...
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: TERRIFIC ESSAYS!!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: TERRIFIC!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: GREAT
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM, I sent in a CD of my music (piano playing)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Black/Jamaican
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Grades/rank were strengths; SAT scores were weakness
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think I was accepted b/c my essays were really great, i'm a URM majoring in chemistry education, my grades/rank were great, and the CD of my music was impressive.
[/ul]Other Factors: none really</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1980 (750 CR, 630 math, 600 writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: not done yet
[<em>] ACT---
[</em>] GPA: 86% average
[<em>] Rank: no rank, but top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: they were okay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: never saw them, only had these teachers in grade 12, so coulda been anything
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good, she really liked me
[</em>] Hook (if any): top recruited squash athlete
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type: large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: mixed white/asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: sports definite strength, everything else lower than most i suppose
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: purely because of sports
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>wow, I have no posts here, but thought i'd put it up anyway.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 670R/740M/630W 2040 total
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathII 780; Chemistry 760; USHistory 720
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 4.89, 3.95 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 4/570
[</em>] Other stats: AP Chem (5), AP US Hist (4), taking AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP English, and AP Spanish
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: All my answers were pretty unique, as in they were really unexpected.
[</em>] Extracirriculars: Speech & Debate (3 years, varsity+ officer, state-level debate, national alternate); NHS (3 years, secretary, director of multiple fundraisers); Academic Team (4 years, varsity, conference champs); Band, Marching Band, Clarinet (4 years, went to Midwest Clinic, Semis at Grand Nationals, state contest every year)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I'd venture to say they were really good. I picked amazing teachers to vouch for me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He's the father of one of my best friends. It worked out well.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Woman in engineering, active leadership, lived in many places (Finland, NY, etc.)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strengths (academic vigor, leadership, well-rounded, dedicated, ACTs, type of extracurriculars); weaknesses (SAT score, no sports, writing skills)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Impressive courseload with many extracurriculars; well-rounded student with many interests (science nerd who loves public speaking...); leadership positions; active involvement; high ACT score[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I got a likely letter, yay! General Comments/ Congratulations/ Venting/ Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everybody who has been accepted! I am so excited that I got in!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 700CR, 720M, 740W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780Chem, 750US, 740M1
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: Top 5%
[</em>] Other stats: mostly 5's on APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: crazy delicious
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Southeast NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Italian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Essays
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: First-generation college student, good interview
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: CR-720; M- 780; W-800
[</em>] SAT IIs: math IIC: 760, chem: 660
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 UW; 4.3 W
[</em>] Rank: top 2%
[<em>] Other stats: asb member, science olympiad captain, robotics co-captain, state science fair award winner, ethnic council president, orchestra president, jcl academic chair, a couple other clubs and elected positions, sing indian classical music, play violin, hospital volunteer 300+ hours, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good, i think
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good, i think
[<em>] Hook (if any): lots of extra curriculars
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: ca
[<em>] School Type: suburban upper middle class
[</em>] Ethnicity: south asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: weakness-grades; strengths-leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted: because i'm a girl with pretty good stats.[/li][/ul] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: my top three schools i'm trying to decide between are cornell, northwestern, and nyu (w/ scholarship). i'm most likely going to go to cornell unless i decide i can't stand ithaca when i visit in two weeks.</p>
<p>size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted CAS [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1910 (670M 580R 660W
[ *] SAT IIs: 700 IIC 660 USH
[ *] GPA: 3.9 UW 4.3 W
[ *] Rank: 15/649 <---this is UW GPA
[ *] Other stats: AP: 5 biology, 4 calc ab and us history, 3 eng lang
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: i guess they were good
[ *] Teacher Recs: same as above
[ *] Counselor Rec: same as above
[ *] Hook (if any): don't know
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: large poor, thug public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] took hardest classes offered at school
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] very shocked..also got into cal, ucla, ucsd, ucd, ucsb, waitlisted by columbia</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060 (770 M, 710 W, 580 CR I think)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2400 IIC/Physics/Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 3.97 UW (after junior year). Now barely 3.0
[</em>] Rank: around 10/500
[<em>] Other stats: AP's: 5 BC, Physics B, Chemistry; 4 Bio, US History; 3 English
Lots of college math credit, currently taking Differentials and LinAl. Finished multivariable.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty bad. Not much time spent, huge procrastinator
[<em>] Teacher Recs: unknown, probably pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: s<em>itty. He doesn't know me and probably wrote like 2-3 lines.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Stats, plus I came to US 3 yrs ago which could've helped
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Norcal, Fremont
[</em>] School Type: ghetto public, big
[<em>] Ethnicity: belarussian (white what the hell)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: good stats/bad EC's.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: good stats. Nothing else I can think of
[/ul]Other Factors:
[ul]
[li]ECs: varsity swimming, varsity water polo. Some volunteering, science bowl[/ul][/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc
Will probably enroll given a good financial package. Other choices are UChic and Cal, but Cornell is #1 though.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2150 (760M 680R 710W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 770 Chem, 650 USH, 770 IC, 740 Bio-M
[<em>] GPA: 3.96 UW 4.68 W
[</em>] Rank: 3/517
[<em>] Other stats: AP: 5 chem, 4 calc BC and US history, 3 eng lang
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I'm assuming they were at least decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was top 5%, other was top few in career
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Top 5%, most rigorous courseload
[<em>] Hook (if any): Published author in scientific research, getting published in Structure (hopefully... Nature rejected the paper :mad: )
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Rec from science mentor "best intern [he has] ever had" :) General Comments: Not too surprised, my school's best students typically go to Cornell and Duke, with a few to MIT. So I guess Cornell knows our school.</p>
<p>Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT I: Math 720 reading 740 Writing 660
[</em>] SAT IIs: Bio: 750, Chem: 720, Math I: 700
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: 91% (Canadian, we don't do GPA)
[<em>] Rank: Top 5, 2nd last year/ 400
[</em>] Other stats:
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Done sort of last minute...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: So-So
[</em>] Hook (if any): Treasurer of two clubs, doing research at the University of Toronto
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Canada
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:See hook
[/ul]Other Factors:**
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]
Congratulations class of 2010!
My condolences, and encouragment to those not accepted. We all knew this would be a somewhat random process going into it, and we took that chance of disapointment. No regrets, move forward and keep taking chances, its the only way you'll ever do anything. Make the most of where you go.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): r700, m690, w650
[<em>] SAT IIs: mathII 730, physics 720, us history 700
[</em>] ACT: 33 composite
[<em>] APs: 5s on APUSH, BC calc. 4s on Music theory, Physics mechanics, 3 on physics e&m. took euro, stats and english lit this year
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.4/3.9
[</em>] Rank: 17/740
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: heavy
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: not sure
[<em>] Other stats: took mv calculus/linear algebra this year and i tought myself latin
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: lots of music...1st chair clarinet in all-district and all-state honors orchestras, as well as other orchestras/bands/marching band things. Math team, JETS, 36 hour problem (HiCMC). Ice skating and soccer
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: life guard and swim instructor
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): ok
[<em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ihave no idea. my school is pretty big and i probably met with my counselor less then 10 times over 3 years
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): didnt have one
[</em>] Hook (if any): don't think so
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: evanston, IL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public...known for its diversity
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Income Bracket: kind of complicated...my parents both used to be in the business world, but now my mom's a teacher...so there are lots of assets, but not much income
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks:
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I am a non-asian female who wants to do engineering.
[/ul]
i'm excited!</p>
<p>Reading these acceptance I am uplifted a little more becuase Cornell seems to look more at the applicant as a person than as a number. I hope i get in next year though!!</p>