Official Cornell University Class of 2014 RD Results

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101

<p>Decision: Accepted to Human Ecology</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M740 CR690 W680
[</em>] SAT II: 650World History 720 Math2
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank. Within top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) Psychology (5) Micro and macro economics (both 4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US history, AP Calculus AB, AP Human Geography, AP English Lit and Composition, AP European History, Concert Band 12
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </em><em>…
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Badminton, Debate, Schoolreach, Model UN, Swimming, Jazz band, Concert Band
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Volunteer and Worked at School Summer Program
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Heart2Heart Foundation, Vancouver Leos Club
[<em>] Summer Activities: nothing of interest
[</em>] Essays: one is about Family crisis, the other about debating and my passion for speech arts
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: All of them are my favourite teachers and i’m sure they like me enough to write good refs for me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Ridiculously Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: 1 additional
[</em>] Interview: no
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[<em>] School Type: Elite Single Sex (boys) Private school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American (Hong Kong- Canadian)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: I unno…
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay. Was really powerful (I think). And reference letters.
[<em>] Weaknesses: SATs and GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it was probably the essays and because Human ecology is slightly higher acceptance than the other colleges
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Berkeley, USC, Emory, Irvine, NYU. Rejected from Duke :([/ul][/li]General Comments:Can’t wait til I go to Cornell</p>

102

<p>Decision: Rejected CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1490/2230 (760-M 730-CR, 740-W)
[</em>] ACT:N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math 2: 790, physics: 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish upward trend
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 percent
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): english lang:3
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs, Latin, internship
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars : Varsity sport, therapy dog, in a few clubs, held a few jobs etc. Not much leadership though and not anything too special
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a bike shop and at an ice cream shop, shadowing a doctor right now
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: therapy dog, community garden stuff, <100 hours
[</em>] Essays: common app essay was about taking risks, not too special I guess
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: didn’t see should be good
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Assuming it was ok
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: scores, upward trend in grades
[<em>] Weaknesses: essays, no spectacular ecs or awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing that stood out as very special (major awards, contests, ecs) but thought I would get in
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

103

<p>Decision: Accepted (CALS)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading (520) Writing (620) Math (570) Total (1710)
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT II: NA
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95…I have no idea what that equates to.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English (4), have yet to take AP Calc exam
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Spanish IV Award, AP Drawing and Painting Award, Award for Academic Excellence some time in 2009…from what I remember
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): uh…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer city clean up last summer
[<em>] Summer Activities: (see above)
[</em>] Essays: On the Common App I wrote about an epiphany experience while visiting a cemetery. Very life changing indeed! haha~
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were from art teachers. One is one I’ve known for several years, and the other taught me at a college. I’m guessing their recommendations were excellent since I see no other reason why I got into CALS based on my SATS and extracurriculars.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I guess it was good…
[<em>] Additional Rec: none.
[</em>] Interview: none.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Med-low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My outstanding uniqueness…? :smiley:
[<em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, SATS.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: Must have been my portfolio, or recommendations, or my essay. I was sure they’d reject me because of my lack of extracurriculars and horrible SAT scores.
[li] Where else were you accepted:[/ul] UMASS Amherst, SUNY ESF, SUNY Delhi, Le Moyne, Siena, University at Buffalo. No rejections/waitlisted[/li]General Comments: I seriously cannot believe I got accepted! I literally imploded when I saw my acceptance online last Thursday. Cornell has been my dream school for a long time now. My advice to future Cornell applicants: absolutely do not go by my stats for they are amazingly horrible. I mean, look at those SAT scores! I was sure I’d get rejected. But by some miracle I had gotten accepted. Don’t give up on your dreams, kids!</p>

104

<p>Does anyone know when NetIDs are sent out?</p>

105

<p>Correction: I did have an alum interview for Cornell. Completely forgot about it - I’ve been on so many since then! It went pretty well. My interviewer was very nice. It was more informative than inquisitive, a way for prospective students to learn more about the school.</p>

106

<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CALS- AEM</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2320 CR: 720 M: 800 W: 800</li>
<li>ACT: n/a</li>
<li>SAT II: Chemistry: 760 Math I: 790 Math II: 780</li>
<li>Weighted GPA (out of 100): 102.84</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/171</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Theatre Arts SL (5) (still waiting for the rest)</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mathletes (President), Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Science Olympiads (President), Odyssey of the Mind (President), HS Theatre Group (Leading Actor), Spanish Honor Society (President), National Honor Society, NYS Science Honor Society</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: n/a</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Math/SAT Tutoring</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Research project at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan (past 2 summers)</li>
<li>Essays: About my first leading role in a musical, and my father</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Great recommendations from my Chem and English teachers.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Great rec.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: A recommendation from the Math Department Chair at my school and another from my mentor at Sloan Kettering.</li>
<li>Interview: Decent interview.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): NY</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): USA</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Grades, ECs, scores, supplements</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Could’ve done more volunteer work</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hooks, involvement in school?</li>
</ul>

<p>Also got into Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn Wharton, Columbia, Georgetown, NYU Stern.</p>

107

<p>**Decision: Accepted Human Ecology **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 750 R 700 W 680 (2130)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: US History 800, Bio M 750, Lit 740, Math I 720, Math II 670
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 94.6, weighted 96.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/220
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), English Language (4), US (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Bio, AP Gov, Economics, Calc III/ Linear Algebra, Human Anatomy, Advanced French 5
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Field Hockey (5 yrs, 3 varsity), Drama Club (treasurer), Foreign Language Club (treasurer), Chorus (7 total in 4 years), School Musicals (lead roles), National Honor Society, Bible Study
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: automotive repair assistant (my dad’s business- i can paint cars lol)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: church- Sunday School teacher, Children’s Choir founder/ director, Relay for Life
[<em>] Summer Activities: NFAP Community Theater
[</em>] Essays: one on my favorite disney princess- really showed my personality, supplement was about my experience in a hospital and how it showed me that theres more to medicine and healthcare than just science- i’ve been told they were both very good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: French Teacher- great, AP Bio Teacher- amazing (also went to Cornell)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: she’s my best friend (: it was awesome, very personal
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $80,000- $90,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none really- talked to the admissions counselor a lot! and UB Gifted Math program since 7th grade (22 college credits, top 10 program nationally)
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essay, extracurriculars (especially volunteering)
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really tried to show who I was
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]
Accepted: Cornell, University of Rochester, University at Buffalo, St. Bonaventure, Rose Hulman IT, Niagara University
Waitlisted: HARVARD grrr
General Comments: excited to be in Ithaca next fall (:</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT I (Superscore breakdown): Math 790 Critical Reading 750 Writing 800 (9 E) ** 2340**
[li] SAT I (Best Single breakdown): Math 790 Critical Reading 750 Writing 720 (11 E) ** 2260**[/li][li] SAT II: Math II 800 Physics 790 Biology M 780[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[/li][</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3rd out of 548… so top .5%?
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): [/li]Biology 5
World History 5
Calcu BC 5
Physics B 5
Environmental Sci 5
Macro econ 5 and AP Micro Econ 5
English Language 5</p>

<p>[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:

  • English 110/111
  • Advanced Engineering Physics
  • ROP FIRST Robotics
  • Political Science 101 (city college)
  • Multi-variable Calculus (MATH 200)
  • IB Economics HL
    -Boys Tennis</p>

<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Regional Science Bowl Winner and Nat’l Qualifier (2x years), Economics Challenge State Champ. And 2nd in Western Regionals, FIRST Robotics Regional Finalist in San Diego and Winner at Los Angeles (Motorla Quality Award and Engineering Inspiration Award), and Towbes Honors Scholar ($7500 merit scholarship)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Bowl, Economics Team, Boys Tennis, FIRST Robotics, Math Club, and Piano achievement programs.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid Internship at UCSB for Economics and Engineering
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Cottage Hospital Volunteer (240+ hours)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Look at “Job/Work Experience”
[<em>] Essays: Wrote as passionately but genuinely as I possibly could
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Only saw one and it was full of praise
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never read it. But I think it was good considering my counselor is retiring and says I am one of her all time best.
[</em>] Additional Rec: nope, not that cool
[li] Interview: Great! The guy was more stoic than I was and he was almost late to pick up his kids because we were talking for so long.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese (Asian Permanent Resident)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 140k + (With assets about 700k which really killed any chance for FinAid)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely NONE. Being Asian sucks</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Rank, GPA, Awards
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, trying to stand out enough on essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my SAT scores were a tad too low for an Asian male. Maybe my senior course load could have been more rigorous? I am not really sure where to pin point. It was probably my SAT scores
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Caltech, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, and UCSB.
Waitlisted: Princeton, Harvard, UPenn, Cornell, Stanford
Rejected: MIT
[/ul]General Comments:
I came up short in a lot of places, but I tried my best in high school so it’s all good. Caltech here I come!</p>

109

<p>Decision: Accepted SHA</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1910- Cr-620 M-670 Writing 620
[</em>] SAT II: World History-640 U.S. History- 650 Math IC- 640
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 unweighted
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S History (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: A.P. Environmental Science, Calculus Honors, Gothic Literature, Fiction, History of NYC, Psychology, Sociology, Astronomy
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society, Scholar Athlete
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Volleyball, Community Basketball and Baseball team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Kitchen, Super Market, Burger Restaurant
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Baseball Coach, Tutor, Peer Counselor, Blood Donor, Volleyball Manager
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work, Beach Volleyball team
[</em>] Essays: My english teacher didn’t like my common app essay, but i guess it was good enough. I thought my supplement essay was good though.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: never saw
[</em>] Counselor Rec: never saw
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: Had a required interview for the Hotel School. It went very well.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Large Catholic School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Ethnicity, fit
Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Ethnicity, fit
[</em>] Weaknesses:] Test Scores
General Comments:</p>

<p>I was accepted in early march via rolling decision. It was really shocking seeing how low my stats are. I guess my application was able to show my passion for hospitality. Either way it goes to show that anything can happen! I really want to attend but my financial aid package wasn’t too good so now I’m not sure. Congrats to everyone!</p>

110

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 740, M: 800, W: 780
[</em>] SAT II: Math I: 750, US History: 780, Chemistry: 800
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Environmental Science (5), Spanish Language (5), English Language (5), US History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Biology, AP English Lit., AP US Government, AP French Language, Calculus, Economics (0.5 credit), Public Speaking (0.5 credit)
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Indoor and Outdoor Varsity Track & Field x4, Varsity Soccer goalkeeper x4, very competitive club soccer x4.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None.
[</em>] Summer Activities: International Business with National Student Leadership Conference, French study abroad program.
[<em>] Essays: You wouldn’t want my own biased opinion about my phenomenal essays.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Waived right to see.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Waived right to see.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Waived right to see.
[<em>] Interview: Went well.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public (270 per grade)
[</em>] Place of Birth: Malaga, Spain
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong standarized and AP scores, international perspective, very time-demanding extracurriculars (athletics).
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of community service or work experience.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Rice University (accepted), Duke University (accepted), Carnegie Mellon University <a href=“accepted”>Carnegie Institute of Technology</a>, Washington University (accepted), University of Rochester (accepted), SUNY Binghamton (accepted), Northeastern University <a href=“accepted”>University Honors Program</a>, MIT (rejected).
General Comments: I still don’t know where I’ll be heading, but Cornell is definitely up there!</p>

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<p>Hello guys, just wanted to say congrats to you and i’ll be looking forward to meeting you next fall!!! I believe you will enjoy cornell as much as the rest of cornellians do.
if anything you need to know about cornell, just hit me up.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted - Human Ecology</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): (one sitting) 2260 CR 720 M 750 WR 790 ESSAY 11
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Spanish/Listening 720 Math IIC 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.33/5.0 … dunno what it is unweighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%… 26/335
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Language & Composition (5) US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Literature & Composition, AP US Government & Politics, AP Spanish, AP Biology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scouts Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards, Edward J. Bloustein Scholar Award (NJ students), Debate League Speaker/Team Awards, Field Hockey Award (Second Team All league), NJ Science League recognition
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (JV/Varsity co-captain), Model UN (Webmaster), Girl Scouts, National Honor Society, Class Officer (Treasurer Sophomore/Junior years), Varsity Field hockey (Played Jr/sr year, varsity both years), Tae Kwon Do (second degree black belt)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Waitress at a cafe for one summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts (includes volunteering at a nature center, hospital, and all projects created to earn the awards… adds up to 300+ hours), Habitat for Humanity
[<em>] Summer Activities: field hockey pre-season, tae kwon do, Girl Scouts, and normal summer stuff
[</em>] Essays: it was a bit metaphorical - I wrote about sleep away camp - camping outside on a tiny island in the middle of a lake staring at the stars and getting my feet wet… sort of a reminscing-type of essay… the structure was also not in a typical essay format - tried to show personality, quirk
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: as much as I like my teachers, the recommendations were very generic so they probably were not large considering factors - they just wrote about my grade in the class, extracurriculars, future plans
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I’ve had 3 different counselors… 2 during senior year - my guidance counselor wrote mine June of Junior year before she went on maternity leave so I never read it but I’m guessing it was just generic
[<em>] Interview: never scheduled one but Cornell e-mailed me to have an information session with an alumnae
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: competitive public/suburbs - about 1,300 students
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle class - about 100k but with tax deductions it really isn’t as large as it seems trust me
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] I am a first generation college student but I don’t really think it was much of a hook
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Commonapp essay, supplement essay, SAT/AP, extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: Transcript (I’ve only taken honors/APs throughout HS, but my grades were mostly Bs so no sign of significant improvement, grades & GPA remained mostly constant)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my writing and standardized test scores made up for my transcript. HumEc also generally has a smaller applicant pool, so that might have been a factor. Some of my extracurriculars may have helped, like Girl Scouts, because not many girls maintain it into high school (only about 5% of Girl Scouts are high school students!). I also showed long term commitment to a lot of activities.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] William & Mary (accepted), Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy (accepted), College of New jersey (accepted), Northeastern (accepted), College of Saint Elizabeth (accepted), Wellesley (waitlisted), Wesleyan in CT (waitlisted), Vassar (rejected)
General Comments: To be honest, I didn’t even consider applying because of the competition, and I felt like my parents were hyping up the school because of the name/asian parent-ness/ etc. But Cornell is actually costing me less than William & Mary (my top choice after being rejected from Vassar), and I feel like this school has everything we’d need as undergrads. The essays DO make a difference! Especially the supplement ones - do research on the individual college before writing so you don’t sound generic… Looking back I probably should have procrastinated less (took SATs in December 09) But overall, things worked out. See you guys in august :)</p>

<p>This whole college process is so unpredictable… i got into my reaches and waitlisted at my targets - congrats to everyone who’s done with it, and good luck to those applying next year !</p>

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<p>SAT: 1930, CR 680, M 610, WR 640, Essay 8
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Biology 630, Literature 670
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/304
AP: AP US History (4), AP Literature and Composition, AP Gov’t
Senior Year Course Load: Weights I, AP English, Biotechnology, Leadership, AP Government, Floriculture, TA, Anatomy and Physiology, Sociology</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: FFA (Chapter president), Cross country(varsity captain)
Job: Feed store sales associate junior year, pet sitter
Community service: various FFA events, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Essays: One about my passion for learning including how my elementary education was self-taught. The other about my love of animals
Recommendations: I am assuming that they were generic</p>

<p>State: Washington State
School Type: Average public school with 1200 students
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income bracket: Lower middle class
Hook: Passion for learning and my major?</p>

<p>Strengths: Success in my school, unique essays, focus of extracurriculars
Weaknesses: SAT scores, course load, community service, successes
Why I think I was accepted: I was totally surprised that I got in but I believe that it was my determination as shown in my essays as well as my obvious passion for animals
Where else did you apply: UC Davis (accepted), TAMU (accepted), WSU (accepted), CSU (accepted).</p>

<p>General comments: If you want to go to Cornell, do not get discouraged by the scores and essays of people who have been accepted. Do your absolute best in school and don’t change yourself to be what you think Cornell wants. It seems that they want sincerity and individuality. Apply no matter how bleak your chances of getting in. And don’t let the estimated cost discourage you either. It was actually cheaper for me to go to Cornell than an in-state public school.</p>

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<p>Is there a thread like this for Early Decision applicants?</p>

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<p>Yup, the thread for ED applicants is at:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/821243-official-cornell-ed-class-2014-decisions-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/821243-official-cornell-ed-class-2014-decisions-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Djokovic!! i cannot believe you were waitlisted from Cornell (Harvard and the like, of course; you never know what to expect). but cornell is the “easiest” Ivy, you should have been accepted? why weren’t you?</p>

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<p>Imrappa92: I just have to say that after looking through these forums and seeing the competition I’m up against it was such a boost of morale to see that someone who has comendable, but not spectacular grades, was accepted to Cornell. My grades and test scores are similar to yours, and your post has really inspired me to not get too discouraged. Thanks</p>

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<p>this thread is really inspiring for people like me whose SAT’s result is disaster. Thanks for posting it</p>

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<p>is the GPA (unweighted, out of 4.0) the H.S. cumulative GPA?</p>

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<p><a href=“YouTube”>www.youtube.com/?v=t5-SdXVyFwM</a></p>