Official Cornell University Class of 2014 RD Results

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<p>Decision: Accepted CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 Math, 740 CR, 680 W
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Literature, 720 Chemistry, 680 Math
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank: considering my workload, top 10%?
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Chemistry (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes - English, U.S. History, Biology, Comparative Politics, Multi-Variable Calculus, 2 electives
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, various essay contest awards, community service awards, school academic awards
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Mandarin Club (President), Professional Youth Choir - 4 years, FIRST Robotics (Mechanical Department Leader) - 3 years, Model United Nations - 5 years, Piano - 9 years, High School Mascot - 2 years, National Honors Society, Diversity Club - 3 years, Asian American Summit Planner, Tutor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 70 hours at homeless shelter, 100 hours at local library, 20 hours various retirement homes, 20 hours pulling ivy and working in community gardens
[</em>] Summer Activities: Volunteer Work, French Exchange, College Course
[<em>] Essays: I think they were very good. My common app was about me being my school’s mascot. My school specific essays were also very good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never read any of them but I assume they were excellent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never read it. I assume it was good.
[</em>] Interview: Excellent but I did it over the phone cuz the timing never worked out.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Oregon
[</em>] School Type: Private, Catholic, College-Prep
[<em>] Ethnicity: Biracial: White/Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks: Legacy?[/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Test scores, extra-curriculars (several very strong ones), essays, recommendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, lack of job experience
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not exactly sure. Legacy maybe helped somewhat? However, I know a lot of other people with legacy who didn’t get in so I’m not sure. I know my recommendations were good and so were my essays. My only concern going in was my somewhat low gpa. I guess the other stuff made up for it?[/ul]
General Comments: I’m so excited to attend!!!</p>

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<p>Congrats everyone! Come to visit while its so nice outside! 84 degrees tomorrow! Whooooooooooeeeeee :)</p>

43

<p>Decision: Accepted to CALS!!!</p>

<p>I’ll post stats later…I’m too excited lol</p>

44

<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Engineering!!!
Freaking made my day. I checked Columbia first and that was a negative… didn’t have very high hopes as I opened Cornell’s</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted-Trinity 3/24/2010 1:16:00 PM E.S.T.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 M, 700 CR, 800 W)
SAT Subject Tests (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 780 Math 1, 650 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.74
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5 out of 500
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5- Calc BC, 5 - Psych, 5 - Comp Sci A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Microecon, AP Macroecon, AP Statistics, AP Language, Multivariable Calculus, AP Studio Art- Photography, AP Computer Programming 3
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Wrestling (Captain), Math Honor Society (President), Varsity Tennis
Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor, Tax Assistant, Camp Counselor
Interview: None
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, got a lot.
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
School Type: Large Public (504), Sends a few to top schools
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100K-$200K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Wrote a scholarly paper and had it published in a journal of psychology
Reflection
Strengths: gpa/sat, essay
Weaknesses: no science awards, competitions, or anything like that
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: great GPA/SAT scores, wrote a paper, fun normal guy who is motivated and passionate</p>

46

<p>Decision
ACCEPTED!!! ILR! Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar!</p>

<p>Stats:

  • SAT II:
    -Chem: 740
    -Math 2: 790
    -US History: 760
  • ACT: 33
  • AP/IB taken/scores:
    -Euro: 3
    -Chem: 4
    -English Lang: 5
    -US History: 5
  • GPA weighted: ~99
  • GPA unweighted: NA
  • Rank or % estimate: 1</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Essays: loved my personal essay. hated my why georgetown. super awk. was freaking about this all week. guess it didn’t matter!!!
  • Teacher Recs: no idea
  • Counselor Rec: no idea
  • Hook (if any): none at all</p>

<p>Location/Person:

  • State or Country: NY
  • School Type: small public
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: female
  • Legacy Yes/No: No
  • Recruited Yes/No: No
  • Important ECs: newspaper is my love (lots others too)</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 Math, 35 Science, 35 English, 32 Reading, 10 Writing)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 US History, 700 Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, Yearbook
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just some school awards
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): yearbook (editor-in-chief), swimming, tutoring (director of program), published writing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: bioengineering research, magazine internship
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: executive service leader for school, service leader for a local night shelter
[<em>] Summer Activities: math/business programs at penn and princeton
[</em>] Essays: excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good i think
[<em>] Additional Rec: excellent
[</em>] Interview: ok
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: top private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female engineer?[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT, essays, EC’s
[<em>] Weaknesses: bad freshman grades
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: from the likely letters, it seems like they were looking for more female engineers
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Duke, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, UVa, Michigan, Georgia Tech; waitlisted to Princeton and Dartmouth; rejected from Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Penn[/ul] [/li]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted! I’m either headed to Cornell or Duke in the fall :)</p>

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<p>wrong thread mithopeful ;)</p>

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<p>Decision: Reeeejected from CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (superscore, took it twice) 800 CR 770 M 750 W
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Lit (i think), 670 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank (fortunately for me)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none so far
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at my school
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ultimate Frisbee, basketball, a bunch of trombone stuff… not too impressive overall
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity
[<em>] Summer Activities: Interlochen Arts Camp, Habitat for Humanity
[</em>] Essays: meh…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: They were very good, I think
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: not eligible for financial aid
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: test scores… ECs were decent but not really any leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: courseload. straight a’s would have helped. i think my essay was decent, but not great. but really i think it was the courseload that did me in. i only took two honors classes and two of the eight AP classes that were available to me. so let this serve as a warning to all you slackers… but hey, if you just wanna go to a decent in-state public school and pay much lower tuition, go ahead and coast!
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Waitlisted at Northwestern. Accepted to University of Wisconsin-Madison, Carleton College, and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities[/li]General Comments: congrats to those of you who got admitted and good luck dealing with those snooty ivy leaguers.</p>

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<p>Accepted to cornell!!! I cant even believe it!!! Rejected from upenn but i dont care!!! ****ing cornell!!! I cant even believe it!!!</p>

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<p>A hearty congrats to all acceptances. To the GT’s, keep your heads up! I was a GT and here I am now! (albeit I’m in the library lol…welcome to Cornell)</p>

<p>And a special shout out to CALS acceptances… see you at Cornell Days! I will be one of the Ambassadors :D</p>

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<p>Accepted to CHE!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 Math, 800 CR, 710 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 33 Composite
[<em>] SAT II: Don’t remember, nothing special
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t say, probably around top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), Bio (5), US (5), 4 more yet to be taken
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, a couple of throwaway classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Zilch
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Work as a waiter at senior living facility. Also used to work as an ump
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much, basically what I do in NHS
[<em>] Summer Activities: A lot of stuff, none of which is productive.
[</em>] Essays: Very subjective question, but my common app one was excellent, and my personalized one for Cornell was quite good as well.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Two teachers, one an AP teacher, both very good more than likely.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Yup
[<em>] Additional Rec: Friend’s mother is alum who does interviews, wrote one for me.
[</em>] Interview: Yup
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public, but very competitive (consistently ranked in publications when they do that sort of thing).
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: High Middle Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My commandeering personality.
[<em>] Weaknesses: I care too much.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][/li]General Comments: I applied ED, and was deferred. I continued to show interest, and sent a handwritten letter or two to the people in charge of admissions (not enough to come off as pushy or anything like that, however). Obviously my stats aren’t anything special compared to others here, but I guess it’s a “fit” school for a reason.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected- CAS</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 660CR 720M 680W </li>
<li>ACT: 34E 34M 27R 33S</li>
<li>SAT II: 740 Physics, 710 Math II, 710 USH</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): USH-5, Chem-3, Physics B-4, Stats-4, Will take Physics C, Calc BC, Bio, English Lang., Macro.</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): Not Offered</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calc BC, AP English Lang., Advanced Video Production, Band</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope. AP Scholar with Honor?</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Unique stuff. I do a lot of music and film ECs that I spend a lot of time on. Leadership positions in 4 clubs. Co-founded a club.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Summer and sometimes during the year.</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: A lot through my ECs.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Reading more than most people read in their lifetime. Working. Learning Calculus (was going to take multivariable through EPGY, but decided not to)</li>
<li>Essays: Commonapp was amazing. Supplement stuff was also amazing.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: 3 Amazing</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Awesome</li>
<li>Additional Rec: From a music teacher I’ve known since 6th grade.</li>
<li>Interview: Didn’t have one.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): NY </li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): </li>
<li>School Type: Average public. Usually sends one or two to an ivy every year. </li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: 100,000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope. ORM.</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Definitely my essay. </li>
<li>Weaknesses: I suck at standardized testing. </li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Boston U, RPI, Northeastern. Waitlisted at Columbia, Carnegie Mellon. Rejected everywhere else- MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Penn, Cornell. </li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: I would be upset, but I am way too happy to have a spot on the waitlist at Columbia. Congratulations everyone! You all genuinely deserve it and good luck next year! Also, if you know anyone who got into Columbia, TELL THEM NOT TO GO! :)</p>

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<p>rejected by cornell CAS but accepted to duke, amherst… i thought duke and amherst were harder to get in? ahh whatever cornell’s too cold anyway</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780 CR)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): MathIIC 800, Chemistry 800, Chinese w/ listening 800, English Literature 790
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/300ish
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Modern European History (4) CalcBC (5) Chemistry (5) Chinese Language (5) French Language (5) English Language (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Econ/US Government AP, Statistics AP, English Literature AP, physics, journalism, peer tutor
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really. National merit finalist, NCTE, a few piano things.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): manga translator, piano, Chinese violin, school newspaper (In-depth Editor), cultural magazine (managing editor), non-profit organization (owner and secretary), badminton, volunteer QA at startup company
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: peer tutor at school, English and music teacher in rural China for a summer
[</em>] Essays: pretty good, somewhat political
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read but I’m guessing pretty good, nothing spectacular
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read but again, I think pretty good, nothing spectacular
[<em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[</em>] Interview: Pretty good</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: anthropology with minor in chemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, fair amount of extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: no big awards, no dominant leadership position
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know :frowning: Thought I would get in…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected from Columbia, Brown, Harvard, Yale. Waitlisted at Cornell and Upenn. Accepted to Stanford, Princeton, Duke.
[/ul]General Comments: kinda crushed.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted! College of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690CR, 720W, 770M
[</em>] ACT: –
[<em>] SAT II: Math II–760 Chemistry–780 Hebrew–800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not given by school
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Chemistry (5), Psychology (5), Physics B (didn’t take the exam)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):–
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, English, French (most rigorous schedule possible at my school).
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): gold in science fair, lots of running awards (but not anything spectacular), and a bunch of school/community ones
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Racing and training with a running club, the head counsellor in a youth movement, tutoring a couple elementary school girls, volunteering at a senior residence, and also a bunch of short-term activities.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutored and worked at a bakery
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: mentioned in ECs
[<em>] Essays: felt like they were very strong, i really loved them
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: both were excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>] Additional Rec: nope
[li] Interview: nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):–
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[<em>] School Type: Public, but was part of an accelerated and enriched program
[</em>] Ethnicity: Israeli
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none
Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, essays, recommendations, grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: awards, SAT score</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to all the other admitted students!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 M 730 CR 620 WR 760
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: BioM 750 Chem 760 Math2 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0+
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Int’l –> no AP
IB (place score in parenthesis): same as above
Senior Year Course Load:most rigorous
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor society for high school scholars? Also some dutch awards in Chinese
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debating (also organized mock European parliaments) Class Representative, co-founder of cultural film club, research project with Swiss school, Pre-university programm for Biology, and President of the Youth board from sailing club(also listed under community service)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 900+ hours President and treasurer of Youth board (organizes sailing for the handicapped) and president of committe that “raises” food for lower income families.
Summer Activities: Sailing trips and EXPLO summer program
Essays: Commonapp: About an accident that happened during sailing last summer(pretty good) Brown: about my chinese class(good)
Teacher Recommendation: very good!
Counselor Rec: pretty generic, she doesnt know me
Additional Rec: peer rec, very good!
Interview: Awesome! I loved my interviewer, we talked for about three hours!
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): The Netherlands
School Type: Gymnasium (highest type of secondary education in the Netherlands, Latin and ancient greek are mandatory)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: No clue, but no FA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
I guess being Dutch, but also being an US citizen?
Reflection
Strengths: Essays and Community service
Weaknesses: Scores…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I think because I am Dutch (diversity:P)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Cornell and UVM
Rejected: HYPS Dartmouth Tufts
General Comments: I can’t decide between Brown and Cornell!! I WANT BOTH!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1420/2080 (680 CR, 740 M, 660 W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 660 Math II, 720 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), Chem (4), English Language (3), Macro (5), Micro (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Physics B, English Literature, Honors Precalc, Japanese 4, World 2/Gym (grad requirement)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): random school ones, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ethnic Fair (co-leader of Filipino group this year), NHS, Church Youth Group, Science Olympiad
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mostly done through NHS and some volunteering at my church
[</em>] Summer Activities: Mission Trip to the Philippines for 2 weeks (topic I revolved both essays around)
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were ok, but could’ve been better
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: decent, both done by teachers who know me quite well
[<em>] Counselor Rec: bleh
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): negative</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test Scores, ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lack of ECs, class rigor wasn’t as high as other people that applied to Cornell in my school (both that I know applied got waitlisted), essays were probably sappy, no major awards of note either!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Michigan (the only other notable school I applied to)
[/ul]General Comments:
I was sad for a total of two seconds. I honestly applied to Cornell on a whim, so I wasn’t really expecting much anyway. To the Maize and Blue I go!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>good thing I didn’t really want to go :)</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted AAP **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1450/2250 (750 CR, 700 M, 800 W)
[</em>] ACT: Never took!
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Biology M, 710 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76 before Sr Year/ 3.81 Sr Year Included
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 64/342
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Calc AB (5), World History (4), English Lang (4) US Gov’t (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Calc BC, AP French, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Chemistry, Choir
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Nope
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Vice President), Cappies (Lead Critic), Theater (Leading roles), Choir (President), A Cappella (Artistic Director), SHF (Historian), Tri-M (Secretary). I also run and play tennis/ping pong.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None at all
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hours thru NHS
[<em>] Summer Activities: Theater, tennis, facebook.
[</em>] Essays: I wrote about walking to school every day of high school. I think it was well written, but it wasn’t anything groundbreaking.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I did three - one was probably excellent, and two were probably pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He doesn’t know me at all, and gave me a pretty crappy review. Even though I’ve taken 10 APs in high school, he still didn’t give me “most demanding” schedule. He also marked me at “average” for leadership.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: I think it went pretty well, but it definitely wasn’t my best.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[</em>] School Type: Top Public, many Ivy acceptances this year.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100-150K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] None
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT scores and extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Probably class rank, even though my school is ridiculous.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea, but I’m REALLY HAPPY!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Dartmouth, Waitlisted at WashU, Waitlisted at McGill, Accepted at Penn State for SHC. [/ul]
General Comments: </p>

<p>I’m really excited that I might be going to Cornell!</p>