<p>Did all the admitted students receive their envelopes today? Did those waitlisted receive a letter? I didn’t have an online decision and Cornell is my top choice. Obviously, I’m freaking out a little because my friend who didnt have an online decision got in today through the mail. Was just wondering if waitlist letters come out at a different date than admit letters.</p>
<p>I was accepted and I’ve yet to receive my letter. I don’t think there is a correlation between acceptance and day of letter received</p>
<p>thank you so much for answering!
I’m hoping for the best and congratulations on your admission to cornell :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - College of Engineering</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2020 - Math: 740 Reading: 650 Writing: 630
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Chemistry 760 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Government, Economics, Organic Chemistry, Gothic Literature, Judo, Concert Band, Modern Instrumental Chemical Analysis (MICA), Quantitative Analysis (Quant Lab)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from AP Chemistry Teacher and one from English Teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Written by the College Office Adviser - College Counselor (it was probably amazing because she knew me personally for 3 years, and she addressed everything)
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted to Harvard, Boston College, Accepted to Northeastern, PolyTech-NYU, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY UBuffalo, Macaulay Honors at Hunter College, Rejected from Columbia, Northwestern, UChicago
[/ul]
General Comments: PM me if you have questions</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR, 790 M, 690W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Biology M: 790, Chem: 740, Math L1&2: 800, U.S. History: 690, World History: 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not reported… probably around 3.8-3.9?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (5), APUSH (4), AP English Lang. (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP World (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP English Lit., AP Statistics, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP 2D Design (independent study), Honors Spanish 5
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, NJ Governor’s Scholar (for engineering and technology), SWE Certificate of Merit, two essays published (including common app one) with Editors Choice Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (mentor), Spanish Club (secretary, fundraising committee), NSHS (historian), NHS, NAHS, NMHS, Peer tutor (math, spanish, ESL, science), MUN, Interact & Able, FCA (discussion leader)
Job/Work Experience: None :’(
Volunteer/Community service: Basically every extracurricular, volunteer at food pantry and run drives for them, assistant teach for ballet and catechism classes
Summer Activities: Summer Institute for the Gifted (Princeton), Governor’s School for Engineering and Technology (Rutgers)
Essays: philosophy of walking (result of injuries), and a very very detailed Why CMU
Teacher Recommendation: really awesome from english teacher, good from physics teacher
Counselor Rec: super awesome!
Additional Rec: Gov School Director (Rutgers Admissions person)
Interview: Very good, but not my best
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Moderately competitive public
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering (hopefully double major in Astrophysics)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: too much yet not enough :’(
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineer, research experience
Reflection
Strengths: I think my interest was very genuine and my essays were really unique. Honestly CMU is what I would be if I were a university, so I’m happy that really came through!
Weaknesses: SATs… I never liked standardized tests…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I’m Scottish 
But really, I don’t know… it was so competitive this year I’m ecstatic that I was accepted!! I think it probably is because I sent in an arts supplement (with a few obviously Pittsburgh pictures) as an engineering applicant?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Rutgers, Villanova, Lafayette, Lehigh, Carnegie Mellon & Cornell; Rejected: Duke (Don’t know why I applied…) & Princeton (EA Deferred)
General Comment: Right now I’m torn between Cornell and Carnegie Mellon… So it will be interesting… Financially they are both just about equally impossible, so Lehigh if finances don’t work out… In general, congrats to everyone accepted! And for everyone who wasn’t, you’re all still overly qualified awesome applicants, and I will say that I have faith that you guys will be working on incredible projects in the future!</p>
<p>**I had no idea how to do the fancy big green font… lol</p>
<p>College: Human Ecology
Major: Nutritional Sciences</p>
<p>SAT I: 2070 (CR: 600, M: 690, W: 780)
ACT: 29
SAT II: Math 1- 710, Chemistry- 710
Unweighted GPA: 3.85-ish
AP: English Language & Composition (5), US History (5), Statistics (Pending), Physics B (Pending), French Language (Pending)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP French Language, Pre-Calculus Honors, English, Art, Government, Economics
Major Awards: National Science Bowl Civility Award, National French Contest (various), RIT Computing Medal Award, STEP Research Competition 1st, 2nd, 2nd places, and more…</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: I can’t list them all, but here’s a few… National Honor Society, National French Honor Society (Vice-President), Cultural Connections Club (President, Treasurer), High School Newspaper (Managing Editor for Writing & Reporting, News Editor, Staff Writer), Math Team (Top 10 in school), French Club, Charity Book Club, UMOJA club, Kente Cloth Group, etc.
Job/Work Experience: School Store Manager, Dental Intern/Assistant
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital (150+ hours), Mosque (200+ hours), Soup Kitchen (40+ hours)
Summer Activities: Syracuse University Summer College for High School Students, interning, volunteering
Essays: I am a strong writer and have had two English teachers read over my work. I wrote about diversity in my CommonApp essay and about how I came about wanting to study Nutrition in my CHE-specific essay
Teacher Recommendation: I waived my right to see them, and neither offered to show me. I’m assuming that they were great… I really don’t think that any of my teachers have anything bad to say about me
Counselor Rec: It was probably a general “insert name here” type of essay, but I guess it worked!
Interview: I feel that it went really well. I asked really inquisitive questions… ones that couldn’t be found anywhere online or in a brochure. It also helps that my interviewer was really down to earth! </p>
<p>State: New York!
School Type: Medium/small, suburban (~950 students)
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Hooks: URM, First-generation American</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I knew that Cornell has a big issue with recruiting African-American students, and so it definitely helped that I wrote my essay about diversity. I also think that my extracurricular activities were particularly striking… my activities sheet is 3 pages long!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got accepted to all of my schools (Fordham University, American University, Syracuse University, Rochester Institute of Technology, University at Buffalo, Le Moyne College), though I do wish that I believed in myself a little more and applied to more competitive universities
General Comment: I was still surprised that I got in, though. I made the mistake of thinking that it’s all about the grades (as you can see, my SAT score and GPA aren’t exactly stellar). It goes to show that you never know until you try. I have a friend who got into Harvard with a 1900 SAT! I’m still unsure as to where I want to go. Cornell may not be the best thing for me career-wise since I hope to become a dentist. I’m waiting to hear back from a Combined Degree Program with the University at Buffalo, but if that doesn’t work out then I’ll be submitting my deposit! Good luck to everyone else who got in, and go Big Red!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (620CR 770M 720W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 750 Math II, 670 Chem, 690 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/540
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 English Language, 4 US History
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus, AP Biology (1st sem), AP European History (1st sem), AP Psychology, AP Government, Chemistry Honors, Economics (2nd sem)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, just small awards</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: AMC participant (2 years), JV Basketball (2 years, Co-Captain), Photography Club (2 years, President), MESA (4 years), HOSA (2 years), Psychology club (3 years), NHS (3 years, President)
[</em>] Summer Activities: UCLA Summer Session 2011; Took Differential/Integral Calculus; B+
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: One-time hired photographer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Math Tutor at school (2 years), Local hospital volunteer (2 years)
[<em>] Essays: #1: Wrote about my UCLA summer session experience.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: n/a
[<em>] Counselor Rec: n/a
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[<em>] State: California
[</em>] School Type: ~640 API, Low-performing
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~120k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): UCLA Summer Session</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: UW GPA, strong SAT score from my region, UCLA summer session
[</em>] Weaknesses: Didn’t take many AP classes before senior year; could’ve have more leadership activities and more community service hours
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied engineering. D: Plus didn’t have any AP Classes designed for my major.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: It’s all good! Cornell was far away from home anyway. :o I’ll be going to UCLA, most likely. :)</p>
<p>hey, did anyone receive anything about finan. aid ? I received my acceptance package but saw nothing about aid.</p>
<p>Can people who were rejected still log into this page?</p>
<p><a href=“https://newstudents.cornell.edu/first-year/todolist/[/url]”>https://newstudents.cornell.edu/first-year/todolist/</a></p>
<p>Use the appID they gave you to log in.</p>
<p>I can log into it as a transfer and I’m trying to figure out if that means anything.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (710 R, 790 M, 780 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 780 Chem, 760 US, 740 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71, 4.18 UC GPA
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not available, top 9% according to UCs
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), US (5), Calc AB (5), Chem (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, AP Stat, Econ/Gov, English 4, APES, AP Calc BC
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CSF, AP Scholar with Honor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country and Track 4 years, including 2 as varsity (Captain senior year). I am also an Eagle Scout. I volunteer with the Environmental Club at my school and participate in the Quidditch Club.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 10 hours / week summer after soph year at a swim pool cafe.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Developed website for the educational foundation in my city, which supports our schools.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Swim Team through the summer after soph year. The above volunteering after junior year.
[<em>] Essays: Common App was about my love for running. I thought it was really well done. Engineering essay was great in my opinion.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: May not have been as strong as I thought they would be. One junior year AP Chem teacher was probably good, but the sophomore year english teacher may have been sub standard.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I imagine it was very good.
[</em>] Interview: Went very well. The guy and I chatted for over an hour (he spent 30 minutes each with 10 other kids from my school) including 10-15 minutes about running and about the old XC Coach at my school, who he knows. Of course, the interview doesn’t matter at all for Cornell. Damn.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] School Type: 1300 students, public, highly ranked
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: $250k +
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy. My Dad went to Cornell.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Strengths: Running and being an Eagle Scout and my SAT score. Grades 10 - 12 grade (4.0 unweighted first semester this year)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: My GPA is pretty bad because I slacked off freshman year and played runescape 3-4 hours every day. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my GPA really held me back. I thought I had a good shot at Cornell. I wonder if my Dad being legacy is the only thing that even got me waitlisted.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>Accepted: Cal Poly SLO, UC Davis, UCSB, UCLA, Colgate, University of Washington, USC
Waitlisted: Johns Hopkins
Rejected: Duke, Northwestern, Berkeley
Waiting: Georgetown</p>
<p>[/ul]
General Comments: </p>
<p>I thought I might really like Cornell. The stories of how hard it is percieved to be made it incredibly appealing to me. My Dad loved it and wanted me to go there. I spent a week at Cornell over the summer at a running camp, and that almost sealed the deal. Unfortunately, I could not get over the weather and bind myself to Cornell by applying early. I have suitable alternatives in either UCLA or USC, but am left leaving the college process hurt by rejections and waitlists.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - College of Human Ecology</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 (780 R / 620 M / 710 W)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Bio M - 600, Lit - 630, Math II - 600
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/80
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): I’m an IB student but the scores will only be available after I take the exams in May.
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: English Highers, Visual Arts Highers, Economics Highers, Biology Standard, Math Standard, Arabic B Standard (all IB courses)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of theater over the four years. National Honor Society (President). I also organize and run an art club.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a community library for a summer, in addition to school and NHS related service throughout the four years
[ *] Summer Activities: Took art courses.
[ *] Essays: Common App was about my cultural background. I spoke about Beirut, Lebanon, and my relationship with it. The Human Ecology essay was basically about why I was applying in relation to my life goals; I used a metaphor of magic throughout the essay.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: My English teacher wrote it, but I have no idea what she wrote. I hope it was good! 
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>
<p>[/ul]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): I live in Bahrain.
[ *] School Type: It’s a DoDDS school. Around 400 students in the high school.
[ *] Ethnicity: Lebanese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *]Income Bracket: Not entirely certain
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing.</p>
<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: My involvement in both the visual arts and theater, and possibly my GPA. Perhaps the fact that I’m an IB student? Not sure how that factors into their decisions.
[ *] Weaknesses: My SAT II scores weren’t wonderful, but then again, I wasn’t applying to a college that necessarily needed high SAT II scores. I also don’t have much work experience.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not entirely sure. Perhaps they saw a dreamer in me and liked my brand of idealism. My portfolio may have also played a large role in their decision.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Pratt Institute, Parsons The New School, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Rejected from UT Austin.</p>
<p>General Comments: I guess I’m somewhat of an anomaly applicant, considering most of my other applications went to art schools. I was absolutely floored when I got my acceptance - it wasn’t something I saw coming at all. As of now I’m weighing my options between Cornell and Pratt - I love both schools so much for different reasons. It’s a really difficult decision, but I’m glad it happened this way. :)</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 660 writing 600 math 600 reading
[ *] ACT:26
[ *] SAT II:770 Biology - 620 Literature
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1 of 178 (Valedictorian)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology(4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc. AP English
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society. </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Interact, California Scholarship Fed.(Treasurer), Student School Board Member, Girls State Delegate
[ *] Job/Work Experience: paid 8-week Bio neuro Internship
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:Reading at elementary schools twice a week
[ *] Summer Activities: Girls State, Summer internship
[ *] Essays:About how being home schooled for 2 years has made me appreciate diversity and another about how my strongest trait is curiosity and my thirst for knowledge being why I love science
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good role model, high character, leadership qualites etc. from my AVID teacher and my Interact adviser.
[ *] Counselor Rec:…never saw it but the counselor loves me
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:On phone. She was very nice. In general it was on the better end of an okay interview.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public, small town, demographically challanged
[ *] Ethnicity: White, American Indian (non-registered)
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *]Income Bracket: 68,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Kinda a URM…? I was invited to the diversity hosting.</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: Biological summer intern…
[ *] Weaknesses: Lower SAT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted… The dean of engineering admissions personally asked if he could have his college review my application rather than the life science college.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>
<p>ACCEPTED to Cornell (contingent upon me doing the 6week presummer freshman program), UC Davis, CSU Long Beach, Case Western Reserve, Missouri Science and Tech, Seattle Pacific, Oregon State, Northern Arizona University. </p>
<p>WAITLISTED:Brown</p>
<p>REJECTED: Harvard, UC Berkley, Hillsdale</p>
<p>WOW! I just read though some people who got rejected… I’m amazed. You are all so much better than me on paper! I wonder what it was about my app. You are all really fantastic and I am jealous of all of the things you have done.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted (Engineering)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] SAT II: Biology(E)-780 Math II-800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish (not sure about UW)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 90
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5) Environmental Science (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, Physics, Dual Enrollment Biology and Chemistry
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre and drama all through high school (at least 10 productions in high school), Quiz Bowl (co-captain senior year), Michigan Envirothon Team, Michigan State Honors Choir, Arts Chorale, Bell choir, youth group, and youth choir at my church
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: AYSO Referee since freshman year, NHS member, Key Club member
[ *] Summer Activities: 3 years of science camps at Hillsdale College
[ *] Essays: Common App one was alright, I personally thought the Cornell one sucked
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but I’m guessing pretty nice
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[ *] Additional Rec: Didn’t read, but the teacher knew me pretty well
[ *] Interview: n/a</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[ *] School Type: Small Public (<500)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: 60,000 to 70,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: My test scores, grades, number of extracurriculars, college classes taken, National Merit Finalist
[ *] Weaknesses: None of my extracurriculars really stood out, and I had very few leadership positions. Also, I thought my essay was crap, partly because I did it the day the application was due.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High test scores, good grades, fairly challenging classes, high number of extracurriculars and volunteer activities
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Michigan State Honors College, Waitlisted by WashU</p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:** I got a likely letter (actually email) in the middle of March, which surprised me when I got, but meant I wasn’t too surprised when the official acceptance came. I wouldn’t have been shocked if I hadn’t been accepted, as I didn’t feel like there was much on my application that really popped, but I was hoping anyway. Also, do you essay earlier than I did. If I had gotten rejected or waitlisted I probably would have blamed it on my essay, as it was pretty bad, at least for me.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - Engineering (CS major)</p>
<p>Objective:
- [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1540/2270 (took once) - 780 CR, 760 M, 730 W
[</em>] ACT: did not take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Bio (M)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/360
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Psych (5), U.S. (5), English Lang. (5), Chem, Govt
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: DE Calc I, DE English Composition I & II, DE Bio I, Yearbook, DE British Lit., AP Govt, AP Chem
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
Subjective:
- [<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (section editor), Technology Student Association (various positions, lots of regional/state awards, one top 5 award for national), Scholastic Bowl (team co-spokesperson), NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Taxidermy shop with my stepdad, Subway (came after applying)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much…launched a webapp to improve student essays in an English class, helped launch a school literary magazine
[</em>] Summer Activities: Reading and programming
[<em>] Essays: My English teacher said my common app essay would stand out…I guess it worked haha. My supplement was more generic, talked about how I want to study how computers work
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Alright. Nothing amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: none
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: did not go (sick)
Other
[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Rural public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Filipino, so read that however you want to)
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>]Income Bracket: lower middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian male in engineering? Anti-hook lol
[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection
[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT (780 CR for an engineer helped I guess), essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian male in engineering…although I can’t really change that…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Common app essay. It was about food and a revelation about growing up. Had nothing to do with engineering, so probably rounded out my application
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to William and Mary (Monroe), UVa, Virginia Tech, Johns Hopkins. Waitlisted at Columbia and Princeton. Rejected at Stanford
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:
My advice: write a kick-ass essay. Seriously. One that will make the admissions peeps laugh, cry, whatever. Just make it good, and make sure you stand out.</p>
<p>Forgot to do this earlier, but hey, better late than never, right?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (CR: 750, M: 790, W: 790) [Superscore: 2340 with a M: 800]
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: Chem: 730, Math II, 800, Literature: 700, Physics: 680 (Not very proud of that last one. 
But they require you send all scores, so.)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (WGPA: 4.7)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Envir. Science (4), Psych (5), Spanish Language (5), Physics B (4), Calculus BC (5 w/ 5 on the AB subscore)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Language, AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Economics (Microecon), AP Computer Science A, Graphic Design
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Online magazine (president/webmaster), Taekwondo (black belt), and pretty much every honor society in existence.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Research assistant at nearby research institute, paid tutor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: ~135 hours at library volunteering
[ *] Summer Activities: Summer school for three years, and Stanford High School Summer College
[ *] Essays: Above average. I got compliments on them, but they’re nothing mindblowing.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I waived the right to see them, but I’m guessing average.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Average, I’m guessing too. Didn’t see this one either.
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Other
[ *] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): California
[ *] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[ *] School Type: Public, non-magnet
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *]Income Bracket: Shouldn’t matter since I didn’t apply for financial aid.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female engineer? N/A otherwise.</p>
<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Course rigor, SAT, essays.
[ *] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, GPA, lack of awards
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe the being female thing. I like to think it was because of the above listed strengths, ahah.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCI, UCD, UCSD, UCLA, UCB, USC, Cornell (obviously); Waitlisted: Caltech, WashU; Denied: Stanford, Harvard, Dartmouth, Duke, Hopkins</p>
<p>General Comments:
I’m happy with where I ended up. College admissions are always slightly unpredictable, so I’m glad I didn’t end up unlucky in this process.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted at ILR</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1960 (610 in Math, 650 in Reading, 710 in Writing)
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: 650 in Physics, 650 in World History, 610 in US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I think it was around a 3.95 (4.15 W at the time, 4.2 now)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of around 150-160 (the number of graduating seniors keeps changing as more kids get the minimum amount of credits and pass the exit exam and such)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): I only mentioned my 4 in AP Psychology
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Semester 1- Honors Chemistry, AP English Lit, AP Calculus AB, Spanish 3, Tutoring for a Geometry class, Music History. Semester 2 was the same with the exception of Honors Econ instead of Music History (believe it or not, these were all the AP classes my school offered)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): eh, just some regional piano competition awards, minor school awards, etc</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of the Debate Team, President and founder of the Music Club, Secretary of the Astronomy Club, Chess Club, 2011 Raytheon Engineering Games, National Honors Society, UC transfer level courses at local community college since I was in 8th grade [I got an A in Political Science, Math 125 (basically College Algebra 2), English 101 and 103 (the highest 2 classes needed to complete GE requirement if you’re not an English major). Got a B in Advanced College Algebra], project manager for my school’s music concerts since 10th grade (along with performing solo piano and as an accompaniment), tutoring (tutored precalculus in 10th grade, physics in 11th, and geometry and AP Calculus in 12th), keyboardist in the pit percussion section of our drum line, keyboardist in the school jazz band, Peer College Counselor (helping students register for SATs and whatnot, informing my peers about college), Georgetown University Summer International Relations program, and some other trivial stuff I can’t recall
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: unfortunately none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring, peer college counseling (didn’t get home from school until around 6)
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer program at Georgetown (2011), learning German on my own the summer before, taking English 103 the summer before that
[<em>] Essays: pretty strong IMO. Common App essay was about the influence my physics teacher (a Cornell alumnus) had on me. Cornell supplement was decent (I mentioned my love of English history since I was 7 and how much labor law has driven it and evolved throughout time and how it’s affected me and such)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: the one my English teacher did almost moved me to tears; didn’t get to see the one my physics teacher did
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably decent
[</em>] Additional Rec: my physics teacher submitted an additional rec through Cornell’s alumni ambassador association. I think it must have been good considering how much he knows me as a student and the profound affect he’s had on my education
[li] Interview: went well, I loved ILR even more hearing my interviewer share his experience with me. We talked for almost two hours :-P</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public, VERY low-performing
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~14K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Don’t think being poor or a musician counts</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA perhaps (relative to where I’m from), highest SAT scores in my school (yeah, hard to believe, I know), good essays, my most influential teacher being a Cornell graduate? Having done a lot for my school (or at least tried to), took every AP class offered at my school except for AP Spanish, being a musician.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores compared to other applicants
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea. There are so many amazingly qualified students here that have been rejected that it leaves me baffled as to how they choose the students they want. My teacher’s connections to Cornell definitely helped, I’m sure.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UMass Boston, Elmira College, St Peter’s College, Manhattanville, University of New Mexico, American University
Waitlisted: Cornell, George Washington, Catholic U of America, William and Mary
Rejected: Georgetown (EA deferred), Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, UPenn</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: March 29th was a pretty horrible day for me, but I feel blessed having at least been given a chance by the ILR decisions committee. I learned that if waitlistees don’t get in off the list this year, that we have a guaranteed transfer for next year (ILR is one of the few schools at Cornell that does this). So if I can’t get in this year, I’m definitely transferring next year. Congrats to all who got in and hopefully I can see you guys this or next year. To those who have been rejected, I feel your pain, but all you guys are AMAZING, and don’t let any rejections get in the way of your success. You guys are all superstars and will make it far in life. All it takes is hope, hard work, and diligence. And to all my fellow waitlistees, let’s keep hoping for each other that they can make some room for us.</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED 
at college of Human Ecology for Nutrition and Food Sciences</p>
<p>[ <em>] SAT(breakdown): 2040- 650 Math, 680 Reading, 710 Writing
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] SAT II: 760 in Literature, 690 in US History, 590 in Math (I took it only for the Cornell HumEc requirement, but I took it before I had taken PreCalculus as a class…)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.9? I go to a tough college prep though (weighted for full high school career is 4.05, senior year is 4.15)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top ten out of 80 seniors
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):Statistics (4), US History (4)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP bio, AP Art, Spanish 5 honors (the school’s top level, some of last year’s ap students who are now seniors are in it), Precalculus (since I took stats last year *stupidly</em>), Senior English, 1/2 year art history, 1/2 year required speech class
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): …hahaha…no I’m pretty sure nothing…</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Multiple job stuff, Varsity Tennis (spring sport), Community Service, Martial Arts (I’m a 2nd-degree blackbelt in Tang Soo Do, I teach some too), Varsity Swimming (winter sport), Alumni Career Connections committee (it’s a school club), I also play flute and mountain bike and do art but I dunno if that counted for anything lol…
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Landscape (oh yeah i do)- 4 hrs/wk, babysitting -on and off, approx 8 hrs/month
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Homeless shelter (Co-leader)-every other friday evening, approx 3 hrs each time,
[ *] Summer Activities: I work more throughout, and summer before senior year I did a week-long camping volunteer program to help assist mentally disabled children do fun stuff and I also took a college visiting trip, summer before junior year I went on a tour with the Hawaii Music Ambassadors (they have one from every state) around Europe (playing flute).
[ *] Essays: In my Commonapp essay, wrote about my grueling black belt test (pretty motivational if I do say so myself :P). I thought my Human Ecology essay was really bad, personally. I talked about how I was lead to the nutrition major because the only things that I can memorize easily are song lyrics and nutrition labels/facts, and how I became a vegan and how there’s so much to learn about nutrition, etc.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: heard they were good
[ *] Counselor Rec: I love my councilor shes adorable.
[ *] Additional Rec: My junior physics teacher & high school adviser, hes cornell alumni and really high strung but he was happy to write it
[ *] Interview: The lady was really nice, we talked for like 1 an 1/2 hours in a coffee shop- this is natural for her though from what I heard from other people, she just likes doing really long interviews so don’t freak out haha.</p>
<p>[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Hawaii (reppin it)
[ *] School Type: rigorous college prep (it and one other school fight for pretty much all of hawaii’s Ivy league acceptances, although this year I was the only one in my class to get into an Ivy [I’m stoked but I feel bad for all the people who really wanted it too… not fair to them!])
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian and Native American (Ojibwe)
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *]Income Bracket: 100,000 -120,000 (but my mom-a doctor- works 3 part-time jobs and my dad -a nurse- works one full-time)
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m a URM (as the school has brought up to me multiple times lol) being Native American. I also am from Hawaii, which is probably a slightly less competitive state for high level schools because it’s a smaller population state and also because our public school system is really bad (For the national math competency test at the public high school near me, only 10% of the senior students passed…). However, it still is really hard to get into schools. Also maybe my range of activities?</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: Range of activities I do, being Native American, that I work a lot, being from Hawaii, strong school grades, my commonapp essay.
[ *] Weaknesses: My SAT & ACT scores aren’t that great (Specially Math II, it’s a lil bit embarrassing), I’m not top of my class/top of any teams specifically, I dunno my HumEc essay seemed pretty bad.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, honestly. Does anyone really know? Although, one possible thing I thought was for Cornell having the best nutrition program in the nation, I don’t know THAT many people (actually I know like no one personally) who want to be dietitians, so I feel like it’s easier to get into the program. My friend who got rejected is definitely a stronger student than me (although I have way more diversity & work/community service on my side compared to her) was applying pre-vet,and so not only is it a way more popular major nationally but also I feel that there are dozens (or at least way more compared to nutrition) of high-level only-A’s students who are applying to this program. Same for another friend who was denied pre-med, I feel like there could be more competition because of how many people want to be doctors and did really well in school…Or I could be totally off (just a thought).
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: NYU, Drexel, Colorado state (honors program too), USC, Northeastern, Boston University. Waitlisted: Boston College. Denied: University of Chicago (Although I was deferred first), Dartmouth. </p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:**
No idea. Good luck everyone else! I feel like I really tried to emphasize in both my interview and all of my essays that I have a strong work ethic and also that I try my best and do lots of different things not for a good resume, but because I’m legit interested in these things. For instance AP classes, if I don’t feel like I like the subject then I’ll just take normal (lol). Anyway good luck to others! Hope this was good(?) I’d love some replies though just to know I didn’t totally just waste my time talking about myself (lol not that it was that hard…but that I’m procrastinating writing a paper…).</p>
<p>You shouldn’t feel bad about your scores, sand2snow, mine are worse :-P</p>
<p>Aw haha thanks ladyelizabeth429! I just feel like compared to all the people on here with like >2300’s I’m feeling a little unworthy lol.</p>