Official Cornell ED 2017 Results

AlphaOrionis · December 13, 2012, 5:56pm

Decision: Accepted
CAS
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT: 33 ← Single sitting… Super Score 34 (32M, 33R, 34E, 35S)
SAT II: Chemistry - 800 World History - 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know…95 unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist. (5) USH (5) Chem. (5) English Lang. (5).
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP GOV.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor
Subjective:
?
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Section Leader of a men and boys choir). Have been part of the group for 7 years with “performances” every sunday with music from Palestrina to Bach to present day composers :)… Summer science projects, member of large public astronomy club, and various clubs in school…
Teacher Recommendation: Probably great!
Counselor Rec: IDK
Additional Rec: from choir master
Interview: n/a
Other- fantastic essays (everyone who read them thought they were awesome)
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): ny
Country (if international applicant): usa
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Anglo
Gender: male
Income Bracket: …
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): firs gen?
Reflection
SO HAPPY TO BE A CORNELLIAN!!

BreakingGrace · December 13, 2012, 6:00pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

ACT: 31 (admissions person said they superscore, they just don’t call it that) SS:32
UW GPA: 3.96
AP: US 4 Bio 4 Lang 4 Stats 3
Senior Year Course Load: AP World, Euro, Calc, Lit, Human Geo, Macroecon, Marketing
Rank:21/440
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Govenor’s School? Deca and fbla champ

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): deca prez fbla nhs among others
[ *] Job/Work Experience:none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: some
[ *] Summer Activities: gov school
[ *] Essays: great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] Additional Rec:none
[ *] Interview:none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[ *] Intended Major:ILR
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):TN
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Typeublic
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket: low
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):1st gen
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:essays+gpa
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: i tried to focus more on me than the school in my why cornell essay
[ *] Weaknesses:act?
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:essay
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: strong writer with unique background

Newberrytiger · December 13, 2012, 6:07pm

Decision: Accepted AAP- Fine Arts

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 27 (English 32, Math 23, Science 31, Reading 29, Writing 7) Superscore 29
[] SAT II: n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.58/4.58
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (5), English Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP European History, AP Eng Lit, Environmental Science Honors, Government & Econ Honors, Humanities II, Senior Graphic Design H, Senior Painting H, Life Drawing II H, Senior Metals/Ceramics H, Portfolio Prep/Research, Bronze Casting
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): SC Scholastics 2 Gold Keys: Design
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band (Woodwind Captain until school transfer) -> Volunteered with band when I transfered schools 100+ hours
Student Council: Senior Class VP
International Relations Club
CATS- Connecting Service through Arts
[] Job/Work Experience: Designed a web application with Clemson University
[] Volunteer/Community service: (see above: band, CATS)
[] Summer Activities: EF tour: Costa Rica
[] Essays: Pretty decent, good reviews from my teacher
[] Teacher Recommendation: Super excellent, teacher knows me well
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: Former band instructor, spoke about extracurricular involvement
[] Interview: EXCELLENT!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Fine Arts
[] State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public Residential
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~50K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, location
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Great portfolio, awesome interview (which counts a lot in AAP), I go to a fantastic school and I have an arts heavy course load
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Dedication to ECs and art
[] Weaknesses: GPA/scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed interest, great portfolio (see strengths)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scholarship offer from Watkins (20k) and unofficially accepted to RIT
[li] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Probably the combination of hooks with my application? Not sure lol.[/li]
CORNELL 2017!! I’ll come back and post my portfolio.

Aperture · December 13, 2012, 6:10pm

Decision: Accepted CAS!!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Never took
[] ACT: 34 (36 superscore if that counts?)
[] SAT II: 800 Bio E, 790 Math II, 710 USH lol
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/397
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Environmental Science (5), US Government & Politics (5), Comparative Government & Politics (5), English Language & Composition (5), Macroeconomics (5, Self), Calculus (BC 4: AB: 5), US History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Programming, AP Chemistry, AP Physics C, AP World History, AP Human Geography
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar? National History Day (Documentary): 1st at regionals, 2nd at State, National Finalist, and Outstanding State Entry at Nationals. Presidents Service Award: Bronze. Nothing too major like USAMO[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate: 500 NFL Points (Special Distinction), Regional Qualifier in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking (2011, 2012), West Oklahoma District Congressional Debate Representative (2011, 2012), Elected Presiding Officer at District (2012), NFL National Qualifier, Elected Presiding Officer at Nationals (2012)
Oklahoma Mock Congress Senator (2012)
Animation: Run my own animation channel. (I get money from ads, and it has 7000+ Subscribers and over 3 million hits.)
Academic/Quiz Bowl Team Captain. (National Championship Qualifier)
Mu Alpha Theta President
Class President: Elected Junior and Senior year
National Honor Society President
Track: 4x varsity and 2012 State Finalist in 110m Hurdles
Coached middle school hurdling
University of Oklahoma research Intern: Root hair systems biology ~250 hours
[] Job/Work Experience: Youtube Cartoonist (over 3 million views and 7000+ subscribers)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200ish hours at the library
[] Summer Activities: Starcraft 2
[] Essays: so cheesy that I refuse to read it again
[] Teacher Recommendation: glowing!
[] Counselor Rec: awesome!
[] Additional Rec: no!
[] Interview: could have been worse, I guess
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Biological sciences
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
[] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[] School Type: Midsize Public. Not very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $40,000~$70,000 ish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian Anti-hook

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Tests?
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I wrote about being a terrible cross country runner, but I keep running.
[] Weaknesses: Essays. I spent two weeks on them. in hindsight, that was not enough. LISTEN. SPEND MORE THAN TWO WEEKS ON YOUR ESSAYS
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good grades, hard classes, and youtube animation(made me unique?)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Only school I applied to
[] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Not many people apply from Oklahoma, and I flew to Ithaca to visit! Maybe they liked that :)

its unreal

flyingeagle · December 13, 2012, 6:21pm

Decision: Accepted
COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 570 CR, 690 W, 720 Math, 10 Essay (1980, ACT was better)
[]ACT: 32 Composite (29 Reading, 30 English, 32 Science, 36 Math, 8 Essay)
[]SAT II: 610 Bio (9th grade), 670 US, 780 Math II
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 95.2 UW, 98.4/100 Weighted.
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,4,4,3 (Calc AB, Comp. Gvmt., US Hist, English, Euro)
[]IB (place score in parenthesis):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Physics B, AP Macro, AP Psych, English 12, Creative Writing, Computer Apps
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP with distinction, County German award, minor school awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV Soccer 9+10 Grade (Captain)
Varsity Soccer 11+12 Grade
Indoor + Summer Club Soccer (9-12 Grade, captain)
Varsity Tennis 11+12 Grade
Volunteer hours: ~200 (Mostly from Local hospital gift shop 10-12 grade)
Foreign Language Club member (11+12) (Vice President)
Math competition Member (11+12)
ACE Club (Tutoring those who aren’t well off) (12, Secretary)
Teaching myself French (Summer 12 + school year)
National Honors Society Member (11+12)

[]Job/Work Experience: Babysitting (10-12)
[]Volunteer/Community service: Local Hospital, ~200 hours
[]Summer Activities: None really, just soccer and volunteering
[]Essays: All were really good but my supplement showed my fit (950 words)
[]Teacher Recommendation: 3 teacher: 1 kinds generic, 1 good, 1 great I think.
[]Counselor Rec: Kinda Generic but I gave her a resume
[]Additional Rec:
[]Interview: None, just did the college info session
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[]Intended Major: Human Development
[]State (if domestic applicant): NY
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: Public, kinda competitive
[]Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: >150,000
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, know multiple languages?
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[]Strengths: Essays (My supplement was 950 words so don’t let the 500 word limit intimidate you! It’s okay to go over:). Also, senior year grades were really good and my GPA i guess was pretty good. Know multiple languages? Strong upward trend (average 9th grade)
[]What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I really like diversity, different cultures and languages, combined it with my love of science/psych
[]Weaknesses: I’m not sure, maybe not too many EC’s that coordinate with Human Ecology?
[]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure! So happy though! Can’t wait to meet everyone else!
[]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Upitt
[li]Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Enjoy different cultures I think, how I like new languages and stuff like that.[/li]
Everyone who didn’t get accepted, keep your head up! It’s not the end of the world. Congrats to everyone else :). This feels surreal…To those applying to Human Ecology in future years, I think the essay is the most important part, show your fit!

anonymousx37 · December 13, 2012, 6:27pm

**Decision: Accepted College of Engineering **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (740 CR 800 M 770 WR)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2C, 800 Chemistry, 790 USHistory
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/333
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): all 5’s on US History, Chemistry, Calc AB, AP US Gov
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap bio, ap calc bc, ap english, anatomy & physiology, ap studio art
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist? 1st place on statewide contest for art? silver on National Latin Exam?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): national art honors society (VP and Treasurer), student government, swimming varsity 4 years, lacrosse varsity
[] Job/Work Experience: 15 hours/week at a local toy store
[] Volunteer/Community service: mission trip, hospital volunteering (200+ hours), church volunteering (140+ hours)
[] Summer Activities: nothing except summer going into senior year: went to summer program for pre-engineers
[] Essays: common app was solid, supplement was eh
[] Teacher Recommendation: one was chemistry teacher who had me for 2 years and awarded me “student of the year”, the other is my swim coach/history teacher/student council advisor
[] Counselor Rec: he has 80+ students he needs to write recs for so im sure it was good but all b/s
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: average… seemed nice, wasnt good or bad
[/ul][ b]Other**[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: environmental/biomedical engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 100K? not really sure
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/list]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: definitely grades, scores, the numbers
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: really tried to show all the energy/time i spend on art
[] Weaknesses: nothing like research or major engineering stuff like science fair
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i had a good of a chance as anybody else
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: withdrawing my applications from everywhere else aka just michigan because i was too lazy to start my other apps! baahaha
[li] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: I’m a prospective engineer who loves art[/li]
To everyone in the future: I was super nervous but I realized one very important thing: you have as good of a chance of being accepted as anybody else applying to Cornell! you obviously gave you 10000000% on your application, and if they dont appreciate that, then YOU DESERVE BETTER! dont ever feel like the worlds ending or your life is over because at the end of the day, you tried you very best. and if that wasnt good enough for them, then screw them!

To people accepted: CANT WAIT TO MEET YOU ALL IN ITHACA!!!

anonymousx37 · December 13, 2012, 6:29pm

well i suck ^^^^^^ dont know how im gonna survive cornell since i cant even format a cc post correctly

catchingzzzzzz · December 13, 2012, 6:55pm

Decision: Accepted-CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1410/2070 (CR: 710, M: 700, W: 660)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: US History 710, biology 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/502
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 4, European History 4,World history 3,
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Theatre, IB HL History of the Americas, IB HL English, IB HL Biology, IB SL calc, IB SL French, IB Tok
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with distinction
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): abridged: cross country(4years-MVP for two), Track &Field(3), French NHS(3), NHS, student gov’t-officer(9th grade), Beta club, key club, Drama Club (2)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: local hospital, teen court, gift for teaching, various events at my school & local community
Summer Activities: biomedical research-based program at UCF med school, various church activities, volunteering
Essays: my first one was amazing, my other decent
Teacher Recommendation: decent
Counselor Rec: decent
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yup!
Intended Major: biology
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): US of A
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: female
Income Bracket: <$52000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, URM
Reflection[list][li] Strengths: EC’s, Essays, First gen, URM, [/li] Weaknesses: stats
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wish I knew, I’m just too happy right now!!!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Your “Cornell” factor - my passion for serving the community!

rforster · December 13, 2012, 7:02pm

Decision: Accepted to College of Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (740 R, 800 M, 710 W)
[] ACT: 34 (35 W, 36 M, 31 R, 33 S)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 102.5/100 (My school does it out of 100)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Physics B (5)
AP Physics C: Mechanics (5)
AP Calculus BC (5)
AP Statistics (5)
AP US Government (5)
AP Psychology (5)
AP Chemistry (5)
AP English Lang (4)
AP US History (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Microeconomics
AP English Lit
AP Computer Science
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Swimming (Captain 2 years, Varsity 4 years)
Calvert Association of Student Councils - a.k.a. Countywide student government (President)
Maryland Association of Student Councils - a.k.a. Statewide student government (Executive Board, Trainer)
Science National Honor Society (Founder at my school, President 2 years)
Physics Team (Founder at my school, Captain 3 years)
Student Government (Treasurer 2 years)
Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (Secretary)
National Honor Society (Secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience:
Summer Job at Coherent Technical Services Inc. as an intern (Worked on a joint project with Cornell)
Intern at Patuxent River Naval Air Station Labratories (Working on Raman Spectrums)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200 + hours
[] Summer Activities:
See Work Experience
Coach for Community Swim Team
Eisenmann Materials Camp
[] Essays: Common App: Wrote about my first Roller Coaster ride and how it inspired me to pursue physics.
Cornell Supplement: Wrote about my my prospective major (Engineering Physics), some of the major research going on at Cornell, the Cornell internship program, and some of Cornell’s clubs that i want to get involved in.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Glowing
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Went great, Interviewer was enthusiastic, told him about my new job as intern at the naval air station.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Engineering Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Research/Internships, Extracurriculars (founding clubs), Rigor
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Really passionate about physics, pointed out all of the examples (e.g. took AP physics classes for 3 year, part of multiple science ECs, internships, etc.)
[] Weaknesses: White Male, no major awards, no national recognition, etc.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cornell is first I heard from
[li] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: [/li]So excited!!! I can’t believe it!!! Can’t wait for next year!!! See you guys there!!!

obermaniac · December 13, 2012, 7:22pm

Decision: Accepted to CAS
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800/770/770)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 on Math II and US History, 770 on Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not available, but top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US (5) CompSci (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Bio, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Euro, Spanish 5
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Editor of newspaper, young democrats (board member), MUN, YAG (officer), Junior Optimist (secretary), NHS (officer), peer leader, philosophy club (president)
[] Job/Work Experience: Referee/umpire
[] Volunteer/Community service: Interned for US Senator Menendez last summer
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: pretty good, wrote about an attempted book banning in my town for the common app, which helped I think
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was incredible, others I assume were good
[] Counselor Rec: barely knew her haha
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: went pretty well but not great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[] Intended Major: government
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: m
[] Income Bracket: not sure but I didn’t need FA
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope

[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: scores, ECs
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: interest in society
[] Weaknesses: grades
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ECs
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rutgers
[] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: not sure lol

FlyDoc · December 13, 2012, 7:42pm

Heres the official 2017 accepted facebook group
<a href=“https://www.facebook.com/groups/110437245792178/[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/groups/110437245792178/</a>

azngeneration21c · December 13, 2012, 7:52pm

Decision: Accepted: College of Engineering

Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (800 math, 680 critical reading, 790 writing)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics, 780 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/328
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Statistics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP World History, AP US Government & Politics, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rensselaer Medalist, National Commended Student, team and individual awards for math leagues, team plaques for New Jersey Science League (6th in Chemistry I, 9th in Physics I), TSA-TEAMS 3rd place in USA and 5th in NJ
Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team, New Jersey Science League team representative (out of 4 reps per team), Marching Band, Technology Student Association, Future Business Leaders of America, Bergen County Math League, TSA-TEAMS, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours at a laboratory study, 115 hours at hospital, chemistry lab assistant at school for 2 chemistry teachers, chemistry tutor at request of my sophomore chemistry honors teacher
Summer Activities: Princeton SIG summer program, Stevens Inst of Tech summer computer science program
Essays: Alright
Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know
Counselor Rec: Don’t know
Additional Rec: Hospital volunteer coordinator wrote me one, think it was good
Interview: N/A
Other Applied for Financial Aid?: N/A
Intended Major: Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection Strengths: grades, class rank, standardized tests
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I emphasized how I appreciate the permanence in my possessions and how want to create permanent and everlasting inventions as an engineer, my love of science and the duties as an engineer, and my absolute devotion and love for Cornell
Weaknesses: 680 in my critical reading, my GPA which was a little below that of the accepted kids in my school, no leadership, not much acceptance to Cornell in my school
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m going to assume that I was accepted as a result of a combination of grades, SAT’s, and my awards
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A
Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: My essays

Can’t wait for Cornell’s CoE and the people that I will meet!!! See you guys all there!!!

vivianvolka · December 13, 2012, 8:12pm

Decision: Rejected ILR

Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 2180/1420 (680 m, 740 cr, 760 w)
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: 790 US History
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 (90 out of 100)
• AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), Human Geography (5), Chemistry (score not reported)
• IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Government, Advanced Pre-Calculus, Civil Engineering, English Elective: Drama
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years Student Production (actor), 1 year Student Production (director), 2 Years Model UN (delegate), Skier (11 years)
• Job/Work Experience: 2 summers working as a law firm assistant
• Volunteer/Community service: FACES Maimonides Theater Group (300+ hours)
• EC Short Answer: Talked about how I helped Model UN set up a meeting between the Palestinian Club and the Jewish Club at my school
• General Essay: About how theater can bring about social changes in poorer communities
• Supplement: About how politicians should focus on the labor force and how ILR is helping with that etc.
• Teacher Recommendation: Both really good
• Counselor Rec: The best one she wrote this year
• Interview: Went great, the interviewer and I had a great chemistry.
Other
• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Specialized Public School in NYC
• Ethnicity: didn’t put it down (but I’m white)
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: middle class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
• Strengths: My recs, my dedication to extracurricular activities, maybe my essays
• Weaknesses: GPA and class rank
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, very confused about it
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere

bkott03 · December 13, 2012, 8:19pm

Rejected: ILR

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

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1920 (CR: 620, M: 680, W: 620)
[ *] ACT: Did not submit
[ *] SAT II: US History (700) Math I (600)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH: 4, AP Env. Sci: 4
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): school does not offer IBs
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Econ, AP Psych, AP Euro, Calc Honors, Personal Finance, Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Intern at an investment management firm
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: over 270 hours of community service
[ *] Essays: They were both very good. The Cornell rowing coach proofread them
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good
[ *] Additional Rec: I secured a LOR from a family friend who is a CALS graduate
[ *] Interview: I had an interview with the above mentioned Alum
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: ILR
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Essays were stellar, transcript is wonderful
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: ECs, transcript, essay, Alum LOR
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I focused most of my attention on writing stellar essays
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SATs not high enough?
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No where yet
[ *] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Idk

Congrats to everyone who was admitted to the Class of 2017! To my fellow peers who were rejected, I am sure we will find our niche in the world of post-secondary education.

imreallyborednow · December 13, 2012, 8:26pm

Decision: Accepted Human Ecology (human biology, health, and society)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
[] ACT: 33 composite
[] SAT II: 680 math, 660 chem, 720 bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio & Human Geography (5,5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Taking AP Chem, AP Spanish, AP Calc AB, AP Comparative Gov’t, Honors Creative Writing
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Scholarship Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (Capt) Indoor Track (Capt) Outdoor Track (Capt), National Honors Society, Big Sib (Leader), HOBS (creator & manager)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours at local hospital
[] Summer Activities: see above ^^
[] Essays: commonapp really good, supplemental could’ve be better
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 amazing, 1 generic (guesswork)
[] Counselor Rec: spectacular (again guessing)
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah
[] Intended Major: Human Biology, Health, and Society
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Competitive Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <100,000 when both parents combined
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM & First generation.
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: dedication and leadership in most ECs (really focused)
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: i didn’t really try to make a hook
[] Weaknesses: GPA & SAT2
[*] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: I really displayed how much I loved the school (specifically Human Ecology)

milescenabeverly · December 13, 2012, 9:05pm

Accepted AEM, does anyone know how to find out your financial aid package?

rugbyfield · December 13, 2012, 9:06pm

Rejected with a 1600 m+cr 3.9 gpa and a legacy… Still in a state of shock.

ladeedaax · December 13, 2012, 9:12pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted- CALS Biometry and Statistics[ /b][ /color][ /size]

**Objective:[ /b][ list]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 (CR: 700, M: 720, W: 620)[/li]
[li] ACT: 32 (M: 34, S: 33, E: 32, R: 27)[/li]
[li] SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 760[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Dunno, but my weighted GPA is a 99.459[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/457[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (3), APUSH (3), Stats (4)[/li]
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A[/li]
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Myth, AP Eco, AP Gov, AP Calc BC, Physics H[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Marching band has won 1st and 2nd in state championships, made Area All State twice, AP Scholar[/li]
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Treasurer 10, 11), Marching band, Math team (Treasurer 12), band (first chair 9, 12)[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Panera, lab assistant[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 160+ hours of hospital volunteering[/li]
[li] Summer Activities: hospital volunteering, work, nothing special…mainly being unproductive[/li]
[li] Essays: Commonapp seemed forced, my supplement wasn’t special, but I think I demonstrated “fit”[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation: good I guess? Both teachers love me and know me a little bit outside the classroom[/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: generic[/li]
[li] Additional Rec: N/A[/li]
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]

[li] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yesss[/li]
[li] Intended Major: Biometry and statistics[/li]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): NY[/li]
[li] Country (if international applicant):[/li]
[li] School Type: Very uncompetitive public[/li]
[li] Ethnicity: Asian- Chinese[/li]
[li] Gender: Female[/li]
[li] Income Bracket: <60,000[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[li] Strengths: GPA, rank, have had decent instrumental achievements?[/li]
[li] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I dunno, I just tried to convey my interest in biometry and stats[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: I am Asian lol. My SAT score was average, my AP scores are bad, not too many ECs[/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess they thought I’d be a good fit??[/li]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Rutgers and Northeastern[/li]
[li] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: I really think my whole application was pretty generic. I applied for a very small major, and I wasn’t sure if that’d help or not. Guess it did help!![/li]
I still can’t comprehend it

Umm, how do I fix the formatting

Peppino · December 13, 2012, 9:19pm

Decision: Accepted COE

**Objective:[ /b][ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1480 (790 M + 690 CR)
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 790 Physics, 790 Math 2, 800 Latin, 780 Italian
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98/100 weighted, 96/100 unweighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Probably top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP English Language, 5 AP World, 4 APUSH, 3 Euro
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc, College Italian, College Latin, AP Macro,
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): First place AATI national italian exam, honor society, bunch of schools awards
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math, science, language clubs
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: missions trips
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Very unique. My comman app essay was about imagination and my Cornell essay really showed my interest in my major
[] Teacher Recommendation: Glowing
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: None
[/list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Top Public High School
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: No financial aid
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really
[/list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths:
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I tried to make myself look as unique as possible
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NONE!
[li] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: [/li]
I’m ecstatic right now. Gratz to everyone else!

c0rn3llED · December 13, 2012, 9:52pm

Decision: Accepted to Engineering

[ b]Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310: 800, 760, 750
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69. 4.52 out of 5.0 Weighted.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s in Physics C Mech & E&M, Chemistry, Calc BC, US History, US Govt, Comparative Govt., Language and Comp.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, AP Comp Sci, AP Statistics, AP Biology, LA Honors.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National and state awards for Science Olympiad and Science Bowl.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): No leadership. 
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 300 volunteer hours at local library, wildlife preserve, and indian school.
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Common App sucked. Supplement was great (imo).
[] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know.
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t know.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: None
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Undecided Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Competitive, nationally recognized.
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $120k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Supplement essays, Science Olympiad and Science Bowl, AP and SAT II scores.
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Engineering interest in supplement essay.
[] Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA (6 *!!)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UMich, Rutgers - both accepted?
[] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: ??
[/ul]

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