Teacher Recs: both of my teachers really liked me…tho i havent read them
Counselor Rec: pretty strong
Hook (if any):
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CANADA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
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<p>Other Factors: lots of EC, always in top three in Math and Physics contests(skl wise of course)
General Comments: I’m so psyched to major in under water basket weaving!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 750 CR 780 M 760 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 MII 760 Spanish 750 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: 5 Calc BC 5 US History, National Merit Semifinalist
[</em>] Hook (if any): Paid internship at a Fortune 500 chemical company.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other Factors: Science Olympiad, Debate, Amnesty International, DECA, Tennis, Skiing, Drums, Guitar, etc.
General Comments: I can’t believe that after 4 years of hard work, it finally all paid off. For all of you that are going to apply in the future, dream big. Don’t get caught up in the mess that is CC. There’s nothing that can guarantee you admission, just try your hardest. Always remember that you’ll ultimately end up where you were meant to go. When I took my PSAT sophomore year, I did horribly for CC’s standards (166). I improved dramatically over the past 2 years. I honestly was as intimidated as you probably are when I first saw decision threads. If I can do it, you can do it. Never lose hope. To those that were denied admission, you were all very impressive and you’ll find a great school regardless of what happened today. To those accepted, I will be seeing you in the fall!! Cornell baby, Cornell!!!</p>
<p>ED CALS for Biology (concentration in Marine Biology)</p>
<p>ethnicity: White/Female
school: Well regarded public school in far NW New Jersey (top 2 students last year got into Harvard and MIT)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.96/4.30
Ranking: School does not rank except for top 2. I am either #2 or #3 out of 402
SAT I: 2100 (CR 670 W 740 M 690) Got very sick night before which stunk!
SAT II: Bio 790 Chem 770 Math II 720
AP: Total of 11
Soph:Physics B(4)/U.S. History(4)
Junior: Calc ab(5)/Bio(5)/Lang and Comp(4)/World History(5)
Senior: Chem/Env. Science/Calc bc/Lit and Comp/French
All other classes honors, hardest schedule permitted.
Took College Algebra course at local college btw. 10th and 11th grade to jump ahead in math and got A.</p>
<p>EC:
IDI (Inform Defend Improve) Biology Club
President- grade 12 (9th 10th 11th 12th grade)
Science League (10th 11th 12th grade)
Math League (12th grade)
Mini-MORT (FIRST LEGO Robotics Team) Team Member then Mentor (9th 10th grade)Debate Team (9th 10th 11th 12th grade)
2007 Championships 2nd Place Negative Team
2007 Overall Season 2nd Place Negative Team
Gay-Straight Alliance (11th 12th grade)
Treasurer- grade 12</p>
<p>National Honor Society (11th 12th grade)
Mount Olive World Language Honor Society - French (10th 11th 12th grade)</p>
<p>Tri-M Music Honor Society For Violin and Double Bass (11th 12th grade)
Girl Scouts–Silver Award/Working on Gold Award
Mount Olive Press (9th 10th 11th grade)
Church Choir (Age 6-present)</p>
<p>Mount Olive Swim Team (9th 10th 11th 12th grade) Mt. Olive Varsity Award 05-06,
06-07, 07-08 seasons
Flanders Valley Swim Team (9th 10th 11th 12th grade)</p>
<p>150+ volunteer hours</p>
<p>Awards:
Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award 2008
New Jersey Governors School on the Environment 2008
AP Scholar with Distinction Award 2008
SUMO Invitational Orchestra 2008</p>
<p>so I already posted, but I finally figured out the formatting lol</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED CAS Bio and Society Major </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:2100
SAT IIs: 760-Biology, 640-Lit, 590-Math II, 580-French
GPA: 3.9 unweighted, 4.2 ish weighted
Rank: top 10%
Other stats: AP Calculus AB-5, AP English Lit-4, AP Biology-4
Subjective:
Essays: decent I suppose
Teacher Recs: also should be pretty good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): double legacy, went to Cornell Summer College in 2008, got supplemental recs from my professor there and my TA
Location/Person:
State or Country: Northern California
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: declined to state, but white
Gender: female
Other Factors: had an alumni interview, grandpa head of some committee of some sort, NHS, 150+ hrs community service, president of a club, leader of community service projects, varsity track, avid photographer
General Comments: dreams can come true! My story is proof that good SAT scores don’t necessarily get you in</p>
<p>CONGRATS EVERYONE WHO GOT ACCEPTED! SEE YOU NEXT FALL!!!</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
No AP lol
legacy: 1 older brother in sophomore</p>
<p>EC:
2 years of TA
3 years of homeless volunteer
math club pres.
jazz band/jazz choir
missionary to mexico
med. missionary to native reserve
senior’s care centre</p>
<p>Jeez, CC Cornell-EDers on the whole did really well this year. I wonder if Cornell is taking more of its class early this year - or maybe the CC selection of applicants is just really lucky.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen a single Human Ecology decision except mine which was a deferral… I didn’t see HumEc applicants doing well/not well.
It seems like a ton of out-of-staters got into Cornell, while in-staters applying to contract colleges didn’t?
This is strange.</p>
<p>it could just be a coincidence, or perhaps cornell is trying to make more space between their affliliation with NYS with all the political garbage being tossed around, let alone the budget crisis we are facing</p>
<p>It is not strange. out of staters need to pay higher tuitions. Cornell is probably trying to guarantee X number of out of staters during ED, and picking up in staters during RD.</p>
<p>I’m from NY (and not even the rich New York City kind of NY. Redneck NY.), and I got into CALS. </p>
<p>It seems like Cornell didn’t put nearly as much emphasis on SATs this year - particularly on SAT IIs. Maybe that means that during RD, they’ll go for more high SAT-scorers (to keep their SAT averages up).</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 730 CR 730 M 800 W
SAT IIs: 790 Math II 750 Chemistry
GPA: 3.9
Rank: top 5%
Other stats: 5 on AP Calc BC, US History, Stat, Chem
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Track Team captain, Debate Team, Summer Volunteer work</p>
<p>I looked on the Facebook Cornell '13 group and not a single Human Ecology kid who got accepted was from NY: they were all out-of-state.
Hmm. Maybe I have a prayer RD.</p>
<p>whoever commented on the views of this thread is right: 33,482.
that’s a lot!</p>
<p>anyway, congrats to all of you who were accepted. Cornell is an awesome place and I am sure it will serve you well!
if you have been deferred but are still devoted to the school, let them know it. it will help your chance of being accepted later on.
to those rejected, particularly those who have been posting here a lot: I enjoyed getting to know you online. you seem like excellent people who will shine in college wherever you go. best of luck to you!</p>
<p>jimbluecheese, how you were rejected is beyond me… I mean, are top of the class, incredible SAT/AP scoring students with solid EC’s not good enough for Cornell? I don’t understand the admission process. I can understand why I’d be rejected, but there were many people who were highly eligible and competitive who got turned down this year. It’s just odd…</p>