<p>Wow, this thread and the Columbia thread are really scaring me. I’ve never seen such random results. Not to take anything away from those who got in, you all seem to deserve it, there were just so many outstanding applicants rejected. I’m hoping the same won’t be true for MIT EA, but you never know. This really proves how much of a game of chance everything is. A lot of you are definitely strong enough to get in at HYP, never mind Cornell. So who knows, maybe maybe most of you will end up at another amazing school. Just remember not to loose confidence in yourself when applying to other schools and remember that its more luck than anything else. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I was honestly thinking about not posting my stats.
I remember reading through pages and pages of these, wasting hours looking through and trying to find the perfect way to get into college X. </p>
<p>This is not the right way to get into college. Sure, looking at a couple is good, but I became entrenched in these stats, reading them like a mantra.</p>
<p>But maybe it was just me.
Basically, I don’t want to put kids like me in the same position.
I learned after a while that matching my stats with another kid’s who got in won’t guarantee admission.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - COE</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2080
[</em>] ACT:34
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math II-800, Physics-790, BioE-750
[</em>] GPA: 94 (3.8ish? idk)
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: Go to an engineering school, with 2-3 engineering-geared classes a year. Taking 3 APs this year. None before this year.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Couldn’t read. Good though, I was on great terms with both.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Couldn’t read. Should be good though, on nice terms.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Engineering EC’s?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Joisey
[</em>] School Type: Highly selective engineering-based school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:
A lot of engineering EC’s. Heavily evolved in TSA, won in state and nationals multiple times. Placed top 5 nationally for F1 in Schools. Won state and went to nationals for research. Won a bunch of volunteering awards too. Varsity swimmer too, if that helps. General Comments:
I guess if you want to do Cornell Eng, pick your EC’s wisely. I love engineering and put all my effort into my competitions. My SAT score was really bad, but I guess they took my ACT instead…lol. I thought as an Asian male with that score I’d get insta-rejected.</p>
<p>For the class of 2014, if you ever find me, I’m the kid playing the white Ibanez. Rock on.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2360 (CR 760) (Math 800) (Writing 800)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 (Math level 2) 800 (Physics) 800 (U.S. History)
[<em>] GPA: 3.95
[</em>] Rank: not ranked
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Who am I to judge. I’m not the reader. Yet, I was supremely confident.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:Sublime
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Good enough
[<em>] Hook (if any):None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:NY
[<em>] School Type:Private College Preparatory School
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: 400hrs of community service, some leadership position. Dont want to bother posting all. I know people only look at test scores. General Comments:
I liked Cornell alot. Explained to the interviewer about my love for the school because of its geographical setting and academic strength.</p>
<p>Accepted !! for College of Engineering
GPA is actually pretty decent i guess,
but SAT, not so great, but i guess good enough
Tons and tons of Music accomplishments.
Pretty good essay, i suppose
one of my letter of rec was extremely good, and the other i dont know, cuz i couldnt read it/
Tae Kwon Do for 6 years now.
several math competition awards and tutoring.
Asian (Korean) and from San Diego, CA.
I applied as an International Applicant though</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2170
[</em>] SAT IIs: World History 800, Chem 770, Math II 740
[<em>] GPA: 4.4 weighted, 3.9 uw
[</em>] Rank: 5/870
[<em>] Other stats: Volunteered for ~100 hours at a Children’s Hospital. Chess club. Not much else.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Confident about them.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Couldn’t read, but assume they were great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably great.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Nothing really.
[/ul]Location: Out of State[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Male
[li] Gender: Middle Eastern[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I really love this school. General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in!!! Sorry if you didn’t get in. :[</p>
<p>Congrats to next years class. Welcome to ****ty beer and packed sweaty parties, all-nighters feeling like suicide before a final, freezing your ass off, and paying no less than 10 dollars for a meal that consists of two pieces of bread and a thin slice of deli meat.</p>
<p>I feel really weird being surrounded by these people who are obviously very smart and were rejected. I feel only mediocre in comparison. I really think the fact that I live in a place that doesn’t churn out many high achievers or scientists or people pursuing agriculture academically helped me. Also, no one in my school went to an Ivy last year, and on average, only one or two do a year. It also sort of comforts me. I put myself into that application, and as the date drew nearer, I started to doubt how much I wanted to go to Cornell. But they obviously don’t just look at stats, they also look for fit. If they think I fit well enough, then I’m confident I do.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 720 M 740 CR 800 W
SAT IIs: 800 US History 730 English Lit.
Rank: 8/400</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Confident
Teacher Recs: Couldn’t read, but I think both were good.
Counselor Rec: Good.
Hook (if any): A leader of a national organization.
Location: Out of State
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: I’m in love with Cornell.
General Comments: Congrats to all those accepted, and I look forward to meeting you. To those who didn’t, stick it out. I have faith that we’ll wind up where we’re supposed to.</p>
<p>I’ve been lurking the boards for a while, so I guess I’ll post my stats
Accepted to CoE</p>
<p>SAT: 620 CR, 800 M, 670 W (1420/2090)
SAT IIs: 770 MII, 670 Physics, 670 US Hist
ACT : 31
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.4/4.8 W
Rank: 1/490
Other stats: Took 10 AP classes.</p>
<p>Essays: English AP teacher said they were great. Commonapp essay was about a really personal experience, supplement was about the role of engineering in the world
Teacher Recs: Good I guess
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): Jewish?</p>
<p>State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/non Hispanic
Gender: Male
Other Factors: 3 years of varsity swimming, 40 hours tutoring, 4 years of karate, GATE club, physics team, NHS.
EDIT: For the past 2 summers I’ve worked 5 days per week as a pool lifeguard.
General Comments: I didn’t think my ECs showed the “fit” that Cornell looks for. I guess my supplement essay made up for it.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in - I anticipated the great feelings, I’m truly happy some got to have them. </p>
<p>I got deferred from SHA (Hotel)
Don’t feel like posting all my stats, but heres some stuff:</p>
<p>ACT: 33 Comp (3 times, all 33’s)
SAT II: 750 Math</p>
<p>GPA: 4.5/5.5 about a 3.3</p>
<p>EC’s: NHS
4 years hockey
4 years community youth group with a whole bunch of com. service
4 years with local religious group and a bunch of com. service.
National Merit Scholar
10 years of band in school
some other little stuff</p>
<p>Work Exp. (big for hotelies): 40 hrs. / week in a hockey pro shop - I think this hurt me since it isn’t really hospitality related</p>
<p>Hook: LOTS of connections, alumni, staff, know the Dean personally, etc, both parents went, sister currently in CAS.</p>
<p>Surprisingly, I’m not too devastated, but I’m experiencing a calm that has been missing for the last few days - I’m gathering my thoughts and figuring out how to show my level of devotion in the next few months. Stay positive fellow deferred, and sincere, heartfelt sorrow to those rejected. Upon reading the first word and not seeing Congratulations! I immediately assumed the worst, but 20 min. later read the rest, I can’t imagine your pain.</p>
<p>Also - scs243, would you mind posting some info? just anything to help would be awesome - and very much appreciated.</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED ARTS AND SCIENCES!!! **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2310 (superscored)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 lit 780 us history 730 math ii
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 uw/4.14 w
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: 35 ACT, 5 US History, 5 Euro History, 5 English Language
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: decent personal statement, great supplemental essay
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one was amazing (or so he told me) from a cornell graduate, the other i have no idea. also had extra rec from summer program at brown.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: he likes me but he advises 500 students
[<em>] Hook (if any): mother went to cornell for grad school
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I think my ECs got me in. General Comments: couldn’t be happier. found out during my free period and immediately went to get milkshakes with my friends. happppyyyyyy!!!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED TO CALS INFORMATION SCIENCE!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2230(superscore)
SAT IIs: 750 physics 780 math ii 720 math i
GPA: 3.93
Rank: n/a
Other stats: 5 physics, 5 stat, 4 comp sci a, 3 euro, 5 more aps this year
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: talked about summer research i did at cornell, why id fit into cornell perfectly
Teacher Recs: assume both are very good
Counselor Rec: unbelievable
Hook (if any): did research in the cornell human-computer interaction lab during the summer and took aem class, letter of rec from the director of the lab who is also the chair of the communication department and faculty of my major, mom went to cornell undergrad and both parents went to cornell med school
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: new york
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: no spectacular ecs outside of research
General Comments: CANT WAIT! CLASS OF 2014!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>2320] SAT:
[</em>800 math 2, 790 chem] SAT IIs:
[3.45~unweighted, 4.0~weighted *] GPA:
[n/a *] Rank:
[Passed 7 AP Exams, Perfect 5’s on 6 of em *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[I worked really hard on em. A bunch of teachers/my school counselor thought they were great *] Essays:
[One from a teacher who knew me for a while, was one of her fave students that year, the other from a science teacher who told me his only goal “was to get me to a great university” *] Teacher Recs:
[Probably pretty good, from what it seemed *] Counselor Rec:
[Nope, I’m an Asian, non-legacy. I didn’t apply for FA if that matters *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ CA *] State or Country:
[ Large, Public, Very competitive *] School Type:
[Azn *] Ethnicity:
[Male *] Gender:
[Had a good list of EC’s lots of leadership positions in clubs, as well as a couple regional/national writing awards /list]
[Had a pretty rigorous courseload, have taken 7 AP’s, currently taking 5 b]
Other Factors:[ sigh…the only other ppl I know at my school that applied ED besides me were a legacy and a recruited athlete. Both with lower stats that got in. I guess it was my GPA that killed me (2 C’s and quite some B’s) /b]
[ I’m really depressed. I would’ve really liked to have gotten in… b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>