Official Cornell University Class of 2015 Early Decision Results Thread

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<p>Decision: Deferred ILR</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2000 total (700 CR 670 M 630 W)
ACT: 32
SAT II: 700 Global, 630 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): NSchool uses 100% format, 93 UW, 101 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12 out of 230( Top 5%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), English Language & Composition (4), Psychology (5), US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit and Comp., College Spanish, Government, AP Microec, AP Calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): PTSA Reflections Poetry Finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 soccer teams, Regional Champions, All-Conference, All-League selection. NHS(Vice-President). Key Club International. Athletes Helping Athletes. Peer Leaders. Dollars for Scholars. Spanish Club(VP). High School Exchange Program(I went to a severely underprivileged high school for a day, a real eye-opener.)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Certified Referee in soccer
Volunteer/Community service: Tutored numerous students from younger grades.
Worked as a goalkeeping instructor for over 30 underprivileged young players per session.
Salvation Army
Essays: Common App: on how someone who died in 9/11 affected my future. Supplement: I thought i touched well on how my interests applied to the school.
Teacher Recommendation: my AP Language teacher and my Chem teacher, former Ivy Leaguers
Counselor Rec: excellent
Additional Rec: None
Interview: I thought I made a good impression, and expressed myself exactly as I wanted to.</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): New York<3
School Type: Public
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT, essays, ec’s
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT, lack of central focuses
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Low GPA, inadequte qualifications(?), lack of awards</p>

<p>General Comments:
I tried not to have high expectations, but it’s still a tad crushing. I’m just trying to formulate a game plan for the rest of the year, starting tomorrow. I’m not giving up yet=D</p>

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<p>To everyone accepted,</p>

<p>How do I go about getting in? I’ll be a senior next year, and I’ll apply ED. Whats the bare minimum gpa, and what not that i’ll need? I’m seeing a bunch of people here getting in, and I’m thinking, “damn I have a chance” so i’d really like to know. You can reply to this or PM me, I don’t care which but i’d really like to know.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: CR:770, M:800, W:710
[</em>] ACT: 35 (Straight 36s except for a 33 writing)
[<em>] SAT II: M2:800, Chem:750, Bio:770
[</em>] GPA: 4.529 (weighted)
[<em>] Rank: Not reported but (probably) within top 10 people
[</em>] AP: EngLang:5, Chem:5, Stats:5
[<em>] IB: Not offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, Spanish 4 Audit, AP Calc BC, AP US History II, AP Bio, AP Physics BC, AP English Lit
[<em>] Major Awards: None, other than NMS Commended and Scholar’s Program Finalist
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Golf (Going on 3 years), Varsity Chess (3 years, Co-Captain), Piano, Violin, Student Government, Board of Education Representative
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Audition Coordinator for annual piano auditions
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mainly school/local event planning jobs
[<em>] Summer Activities: Much-needed sleep, music, extensive travel
[</em>] Essays: I was proud of mine, only my GC and parents read it; neither was critical.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Both should have been excellent. Calc/Stats teacher and Gov teacher, both claim to rewrite from scratch per student.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been excellent too. Frequently spoke with GC and were on very good terms.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State: New Jersey
[</em>] Country: Australian-American
[<em>] School Type: Well-respected public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: [Withheld from CC]
[<em>] Hooks: None, first in family to American university[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT as rated on the 1600 scale, ACT, relative class rank, ridiculous courseload
[<em>] Weaknesses: Occasional lapses in grades due to said courseload, weak community service
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: Good fit due to science bias, very high GPA in school class to be applying ED, good standardised test score
[li] Where else were you accepted: Unknown, don’t care. Expecting acceptance from UIUC, expecting deferral from MIT.[/ul][/li]General Comments:
Got in where I wanted to go. That is all. No regrets for not trying HYP.</p>

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<p>branhs2002,</p>

<p>Did you visit the school?</p>

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<p>sxeYustas: I’ll be making a thread a few weeks before going to school so we can all meet each other :slight_smile: as for everyone who got rejected or deferred, I’m really sorry and hope you al get accepted into another excellent school that you’ll love :)</p>

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<p>My D was accepted into Human Ecology. Thanks for all the advice I received here.</p>

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<p>Accepted! I’ll post my stats tomorrow. Bit tired after celebrating tonight.
My condolences go out to those who did not get accepted. You are still winners.</p>

328

<p>Accepted to CALS
Happiest day ever</p>

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<p>@ numberfortyone</p>

<p>well, i just found out a few hours ago during my physics class that i got into cornell. =) anyway, first off, i was the type of person who never thought about college. i literally didn’t even like think about which college i might even possibly apply to until second semester of my junior year. this is unusual though, from what i’ve seen at my school haha. </p>

<p>you need a good GPA, that’s very important i think. there are people who get 2300s on the sat that get rejected. so make sure you’re taking AP classes that can boost your gpa (and your knowledge, that’s what’s most important right haha). also, try interning this summer. i interned last summer at a chemistry lab (going into bio). also, do tutoring like at your local library or school. that’s what i did. and also, i just decided to shelve books for my local library soph year. that might have helped =] join teams too. like academic team or maybe a sport. and as for testing, PREPARE before you take it. i prepped for the SAT before i took it even once. before i prepped, i got like an 1800. after prep, i got a 2260 (note that i broke 2300 on a practice sat. basically, the testing conditions/proctor might not be to your liking, so be aware of that. also bring a watch. i had to sit under the effing clock and he basically said it was my own fault). see the huge gap? also, do not do what i did. i had to take the sat 3 times, and here’s why. i got a 2170 the first time and i was semi-content and not at all enthusiastic about taking it again. so guess what? i didn’t prep like at all and i did worse; i got a 2130. so my mom freaked out and i like cried. and then…i prepped. got a 2260 the third time. also note that cornell does not care about your writing score, so if you really want to go to cornell, make sure your MATH and CRIT READING are up to par (i got a 1490/1600). also note that cornell makes you SEND ALL SCORES, so it’s especially important to prepare BEFORE you take the sat even once. also, you don’t have to prep for subject tests if you’re taking the ap class for it and prepped for that. (CALS does not require sat 2s and next year i don’t think any college will require sat 2s, BUT from what i’ve heard they can still help you make your case) like math 2 sat, you should be fine with if you’re ok with math. i took it sophomore year WITHOUT ANY PREP and i got a 760. then i decided to take it again junior year (without prep basically) and i got a 750. sigh. i didn’t learn my lesson. i did not take it a third time though. thankfully cornell forgave me for that. also, i got a 750 bio and 740 us history without prepping. (i prepped for the ap test though, so that’s why.)</p>

<p>as for letters of rec, i asked my teachers during like the first week of my senior year. it took them a looong time to send them in though. in fact, one of my teachers sent it in on the last day! basically, give your teachers ample time. you should also make sure to talk to your counselor about the colleges you’re applying to and the process. note that some schools use naviance and some don’t, so maybe ask about that. oh yeah, you might also want to send your ap scores to cornell. i did. i know that it’s not recommended and viewed as a waste of money to send the scores to a college that you don’t know if you’ll get accepted to, but i did. whether that mattered or not, i don’t know. basically, you need to decide whether 15 dollars is worth more than peace of mind (at least that was the quandary for me). </p>

<p>and lastly, don’t forget to write thank you cards to those who helped you! it felt good, and honestly, my teachers/counselor were happier than i was! so you can really make their day, basically. </p>

<p>things that you don’t need to do: at 2 pm in the middle of your final class tell your teacher that you need to go to the bathroom so you can rush to the library to scramble onto a computer to hastily copy and paste your pin (cornell gives this to you days before the decision is made) and password onto the site that cornell has linked you to to find out your decision. that is unnecessary. although i must say it felt pretty good. we weren’t doing anything too important anyway. </p>

<p>to the people who are juniors and haven’t even thought about college until now and are worrying: that was me last year. </p>

<p>and good luck!</p>

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<p>@donquijote2 i guess they just didn’t like me :T</p>

331

<p>My friend and I both applied early decision; I applied to Cornell and she applied to Columbia. We both looked at the decisions at the same time, and imagine my disappointment when I was rejected and she was accepted. I had to be happy for her, but inside I was dying. </p>

<p>What has happened, happened. Cornell has always been my dream school and still is. One day I’ll be there, either as an undergrad or graduate, but I’ll be there.</p>

<p>Congratulations to those who got accepted. I wish you all the best on your future endeavors.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to the School of Hotel Administration</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown):DID NOT TAKE</li>
<li>ACT: 27 (26,34,19,29)</li>
<li>SAT II:750 Math II, 720 Chemistry, 580 US History</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5) </li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load:AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, Ethics, Asia/Africa History, Modern Russian History, North American Literature, Studio Ceramics I</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</li>
<li><p>Job/Work Experience:
Caribou Highlands Lodge Lutsen MN, Full Time Intern</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer/Community service:
Elementary School Chinese Teaching
Health Care Center Volunteer </p></li>
<li><p>Summer Activities: Cornell Summer College (but not in hotel program)</p></li>
<li><p>Essays:Excellent</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recommendation:1 good, 1 excellent</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: Excellent</p></li>
<li><p>Additional Rec:NONE</p></li>
<li><p>Interview: GREAT</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): Currently going to school in MN</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): China</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Income Bracket:150000+</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):NONE</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Work experiences</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Test Scores</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Great fit and passion for the hotel program</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments:
Low scores plus international====> you still have a chance!</p>

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<p>@cheng6991
Yes, my brother attends AEM and two of my cousins live just off campus so I visit all the time. I attended the CALS info session and the campus tour. For future reference, does visiting make a big difference?</p>

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<p>i’m sorry for you and happy for your friend</p>

335

<p>webster17: aww :frowning: I’m sorry to hear that. My friend and I both applied to Columbia and Cornell ED respectively and both got in</p>

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<p>OMG guys i GOT IN!!!</p>

337

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 1910</li>
<li>ACT: 29</li>
<li>SAT II: Bio 690 Math 590</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on english, 3 on human geo, and 3 on apush</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: all APs, except band</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Hispanic Merit Scholar
AP scholar</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
band (section leader) all 4 year
FFA 3 years
National Science honor society (secretary)
Spanish Honor Society (vice president)</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience:
Worked at medical office for 2 summers</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service:
Animal Shelter all 4 years
Parks and Recreation center for past year</li>
<li>Summer Activities:
uhh travel?</li>
<li>Essays: mine were pretty mediocre</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: both, very good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: very good</li>
<li>Additional Rec: none</li>
<li>Interview: nope</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): TEXAS !</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: more than 250 k</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
none</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: hispanic, very good college fit, I applied for cals with sole purpose to become a vet.</li>
<li>Weaknesses: sat score</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was a “good fit”</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
no where else…didnt apply anywhere else except for a&m</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments:
dont let anyone bring you down because you might have lower scores than them, do your research on the school you wanna go to and really FIT into them.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (750 CR, 800 M, 750 W)</li>
<li>ACT: 31 (32 E, 34 M, 31 R, 26 S, 29 W)</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 740 US History</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55 and W GPA: 3.69 <– probably why I got rejected</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not even in top 25% =( <– also probably why I got rejected</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis):
Art History (4)
Biology (5)
Calculus AB (5)
Chemistry (5)
Comparative Government (5)
English Language (5)
Human Geography (4)
Macroeconomics (3)
Psychology (4)
US History (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Statistics
French 3
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics B
AP Microeconomics / Honors Government
AP English Literature
Dual enrollment in Biology</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none.</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
French Club (Secretary) - 11th, 12th (Secretary only this year)
Astronomy Club co-founder (Vice President) - 12th
Infinity Club (Activities Director) - 11th, 12th (Activities Director only this year)
JSA member - 11th, 12th
Attends Astronomy lectures and uses telescope frequently</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Intern at a private educational institute - work as a tutor</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours in tutoring, teacher assistance, and library assistance</li>
<li>Summer Activities: UCLA Math Program</li>
<li>Essays: I guess mediocre. Probably not horrible, but nothing spectacular.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: I suppose they’re written with good intentions, but how well-written is the question.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good.</li>
<li>Additional Rec:</li>
<li>Interview:</li>
</ul>

<p>Other:
*Special circumstances - major diagnosed depression, moving 6 times, and exponential upward trend mentioned in essays</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): CA</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Public, mildly somewhat competitive</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: negligible amount (living on savings)</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st generation</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Test scores</li>
<li>Weaknesses: GPA, rank, and ECs. Almost everything else lol</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA and rank are abysmal and my ECs are average at best.</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: Since I expected to be rejected, it didn’t hurt me too much.</p>

<p>*Please note that out of the 10 AP tests I took, I only took the class for one of them at school (Art History).</p>

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<p>[ olor=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by CALS ED **[/color]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 - 720 CR 790 M 710 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chem, 800 Chinese
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.69
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Environmental Science (5), Macroeconomics (4), Microeconomics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP English 4, AP Statistics, AP Biology, Physics Honors, Topics in Calculus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with distinction, FBLA States 2nd Place Economics, FBLA Regionals 2nd Place Personal Finance
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science National Honor Society co-founder and co-president, Starbucks employee, very successful and reputable tutor, 2- year president of People Helping People, 2- year board member of LEO Club, FBLA competitor, ~100 hours volunteering
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Starbucks, tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nursing home work, Friendship Circle participant, various other activities
[<em>] Summer Activities: Cornell University Summer College (really helped me I think)
[</em>] Essays: not being cocky, but they were very creative and well done. Showed a lot of fit.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: Professor from CUSC. Another “hook”
[</em>] Interview: Went well - alumnus said I was a good fit.
[/ul]Other</p>

<ul>
<li>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Very competitive, average-sized
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): CUSC, CUSC professor rec</li>[/li]</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:</li>
</ul>

<p>[ b]General Comments:**</p>

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 reading, 750 math, 760 writing
ACT:
SAT II:710 math1, 720 history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):89.5 (unsure out of 4.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):school doesnt rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): history (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:all APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):volunteer EMT, captain and/or founder of several teams and clubs
Job/Work Experience:lifeguard/ EMT
Volunteer/Community service:volunteer EMT
Summer Activities:lifeguard
Essays:very good in my opinion
Teacher Recommendation:ditto
Counselor Rec:ditto
Additional Rec:
Interview:went very well
Other
State (if domestic applicant):nj
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:private
Ethnicity:white
Gender:male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:</p>