<p>I feel the same way even having been waitlisted. I just can’t figure out colleges. There seems to be no sure way of knowing your chances. You could have perfect test scores and a bunch of other stuff and still get rejected.</p>
<p>Sorry but I don’t see how one can “feel bad” about his scores after he gets in. I’d be freaking overjoyed (feeling good about myself) if i get in a top tier school with subpar scores.</p>
<p>What I mean Colene is I’m definitely overjoyed and so happy don’t get me wrong at all! and I know that those scores represent me also, I don’t really think I should have/would have gotten a higher score or something in a different situation and it’s not like I’m ashamed of them, it’s just I have friends who did better who didn’t get into Ivy’s like Cornell (most likely for different reasons) and also a lot of people who did way better who did get in.
I mostly just meant to say that I know I have strong points that really “got me into” Cornell but since SAT’s are such a measure of your general intellectual ability, when people get way above me I feel that they were smart enough that they deserve to get into the school to.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted (College of Engineering)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (Superscore) - 800 M, 780 CR, 740 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 (M2), 790 (Chem), 790 (US History)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~400
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), World History (5), Biology (5), Environmental Science (5), Calc BC (5), US History (5), English Language (5), Chemistry (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP US Gov, AP English Literature, AP Physics, AP Psychology, AP Statistics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Winner, National AP Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country, Soccer, Key Club, NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 7-week paid NSF Internship, 7-week internship at local tech company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, NHS, Math Tutoring
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internships
[<em>] Essays: Could have done better - last minute
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Went very well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, Recommendations, Internships
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not really sure, I thought I was going to be accepted. I guess maybe the essays hurt me.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Caltech, USC, Rice, RPI, Carnegie Mellon, UW; Rejected - Princeton, MIT</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: More of an ego bruise than anything.</p>
<p>This is really late, but reading these threads always helped during admissions so I thought I should contribute nonetheless.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Arts and Sciences)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1480/2160 - 740 (M), 740 (CR), 680 (W)
[ *] ACT: –
[ *] SAT II: 720 (US History), 680 (Biology)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW, 4.5 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st percentile
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), US History (4), Biology (4), Statistics (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature and Composition, AP Chemistry, AP European History, various honors courses and college classes
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): dance marathon (over $200k for a children’s hospital), science olympiad, marching band, national honor society, JETS, math league, pep band, spell bowl, various clubs, etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: paid private tutor in chem and math, summer intern at children’s science museum
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hrs at children’s science museum, 300 hours with Earthwatch, 100+ as a camp counselor, peer tutor through NHS
[ *] Summer Activities: internship at previously mentioned children’s science museum, Earthwatch expedition
[ *] Essays: Above average.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Probably good; I didn’t get to read it.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably good; I didn’t get to read it.
[ *] Additional Rec: Probably very good; I didn’t get to read it.
[ *] Interview: I didn’t have one.</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *]Income Bracket: Enough that I didn’t get any financial aid, haha.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): --</p>
<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: I am fairly certain that the reason why I was accepted was because of my essays and my passion (so cliche) for birds. Cornell’s lab of ornithology is probably the best in the nation, maybe even the world, so I think that my interest in working there gave me an edge. I guess my grades are alright, too, since my class is very competitive. I’ve been told that my volunteering work is impressive.
[ *] Weaknesses: My test scores and AP scores aren’t great, and I don’t want to contradict what I said previously, but I definitely wrote my essays at the last minute.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: On my “Why Cornell?” essay, I gave very specific reasons why Cornell’s orni lab appealed to me and how I would like to work with some of the professors there.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Indiana University (Bloomington) with pretty much full ride merit scholarships, waitlisted at UChicago and Northwestern, rejected at HPS, UPenn, and Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>General Comments: Make sure you let your dream college(s) know what you love about the school! Do not be afraid to make your interests show, even if they might not be considered incredibly intellectual or mainstream. Do some research on the colleges you intend to apply to, there is a wealth of information available online. Finally, don’t be immediately discouraged by less than stellar test scores, college admissions truly is a holistic process so as long as one excels in other areas, it’ll all be OK. :)</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2210 single sitting( 750 CR 800 M 660 W)
[ *] ACT:32
[ *] SAT II:780 Math 2, 780 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.7
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 25%( Competitive School)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APCS 4, AP World 4, AP Calc 5, AP Bio 4, AP English 4, AP Statistics 4, AP Physics B 5, APUSH 3
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: more ap clases
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mostly chess
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:mostly local
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:ok
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:ok
[ *] Counselor Rec:ok
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:ok</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):WA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Indian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *]Income Bracket:150k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths:SAT Scores( math and reading), essay was pretty good
[ *] Weaknesses: Bad senior grades and class ranks
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:not strong applicant
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: UW, UCLA, USC, Georgia Tech, Illinois( all for engineering) Rejected: Cornell, CMU, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford </p>
<p>[ b]General Comments:**
This sort of sucks but congrats to everyone who was accepted.</p>
<p>Accepted!!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2290 (CR 770, Math 800, Writing 720)
[ *]SAT II: US Hist 790, Math II 800, Chem 800, Bio M 800
[ *]GPA: 3.9ish
[ *]Rank: 5/450ish
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chem, US Hist, Calc AB, Stat, Compsci A, Bio: All 5’s</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Common app: 8/10, Supplements: 6 or 7 out of 10. They were mostly cut and paste, but maybe I’m being modest
[ *]Teacher Recs: Should be great, didn’t really get to see them.
[ *]Counselor Rec: Should be excellent, I’m probably one of her favorite students.
[ *]Supplementary Material: Didn’t send any
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None. Antihook: Asian male with no exceptional EC’s going into engineering :’(</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: PA
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender: Male</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: Nothing special. Orchestra, Mock Trials, Electric Car Club, Intern at a chem lab for 4 years (my strongest one probably. Sent in a pretty good recommendation from that)
[ *]Awards: Distinguished AP scholar, National merit finalist
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/list]Congrats to all those who got in!! </p>
<p>Where else: Accepted to upenn, rice, and psu schreyers. going to cornell!</p>
<p>Does anyone know when waitlist results come out? Specifically for the college of engineering?</p>
<p>Waitlist acceptances have been posted in other threads for CAS, ILR, CALS, Hotel, and I think even Architecture and Art, but nothing yet for the College of Engineering. :(</p>
<p>^I hope it’s because they haven’t sent them out yet, and not because there aren’t any people taken off the waitlist for engineering…</p>
<p>Oh, also, does anyone know when Cornell stops accepting people from the waitlist? does it continue into June?</p>
<p>Well said…also hanging in on the ILR wait list. Are you certain about the Guaranteed Transfer??? Will ALL of us who are still on the wait list receive a GT notification??? Fingers crossed at least for that!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:
- [<em>] SAT I: Reading (780), Math (780), Writing (680) = 2240.
[</em>] ACT: <not submitted="">
[<em>] SAT II: Math II (800), Chemistry (790), U.S. History (750).
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.28/4.0.
[<em>] Rank: <na>
[</na></em>] AP: U.S. History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), Statistics (5), English Language and Composition (5).
[<em>] IB: <na>
[</na></em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Government and Politics, AP Biology, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus BC, Spanish IV, Teacher Assistant.
[<em>] Major Awards: Third Place WV State Math Field Day.
Subjective:
- [</em>] Extracurriculars: Student Government (Senior Class Secretary), Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society (President), National Honor Society (Vice President), Math Honorary Club, Science Bowl, Cross Country (3 Varsity letters), Track and Field (1 Varsity letter), MHS Frisbee Club (Founder and President), Community League Basketball (Captain), Community League Frisbee (Captain).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: <na>
[</na></em>] Volunteer/Community service: Middle school tutoring, helping in a nursing home.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Governor’s Honors Academy for 3 weeks in 2011, a smattering of one-week camps.
[</em>] Essays: I took the essays very seriously.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: ???
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ???
[<em>] Additional Rec: <na>
[</na></em>] Interview: No.
Other
- [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): West Virginia.
[</em>] School Type: Public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White.
[</em>] Gender: Male.
[<em>] Income Bracket: $120 - 140k.
[</em>] Hooks: Class Secretary, underrepresented region.
Reflection
- [<em>] Strengths: Application essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Music, foreign languages.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Low probability.
[</em>] Where were you accepted: Brown, Olin, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, UVA (Honors), Virginia Tech (Honors), WVU.
[<em>] Where were you waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Duke, Lehigh.
[</em>] Where were you rejected: Yale, Cornell, Penn.
General Comments:
[ul]
[<em>] I am pleased to be going to Brown University in the Fall of 2012.
[</em>] There seems to be quite a bit of randomness in the evaluation process at schools where the acceptance rates are very low.<br>
[li] I took all of the application essays very seriously because my lowest SAT score was in writing. Brown’s app was the one with the most essays which might be why Brown was the only Ivy (out of the seven that I applied to) that accepted me.[/li][/ul]</not></p>