<p>Little more than 3 weeks until decisions come in.
Congratulations to those that have already been accepted for rolling decisions :).</p>
<p>i was deferred ED from CALS. i’ve gone from counting days to counting minutes, this wait is BEYOND agonizing.</p>
<p>Accepted:</p>
<p>“This special invitation is extended to you because of your strong academic and personal record and because you will be admitted to Cornell Universitys Class of 2015.”</p>
<p>^Diversity?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted via Likely by (CAS)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (CR: 770, M:750, W:790)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: Spanish 800; US History 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 139
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): American History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Philosophy, Advanced French, UCONN English, AP Physics, Digital Imaging, UCONN Calculus, Honors Humanities
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, French NHS, National Hispanic Scholar, National Merit Commended, CT Association of Schools Governor’s Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club President, Varsity Tennis, High School Bowl, Newspaper Editor, Political Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Library Aide / Sales Associate
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work, Travel (with Family)
[</em>] Essays: Short Answer (8/10), Personal Essay (8/10), Why Cornell? (8/10; told them I liked the diversity in the CAS curriculum)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both pretty good. Can’t imagine anything stellar.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other
[ul][<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Venezuelan-American (born Venezuela)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: $50,000-$60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation[/ul]
Reflection
[ul][<em>] Strengths: Test scores! My essays were pretty good and for sure my “diversity” was appreciated.
[</em>] Weaknesses: No volunteering per se, although I did work for a library that worked closely helping the community. Paid internship, however.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Being from Venezuela and having duel-citizenship was a plus. They might have enjoyed that I mentioned a couple details from their curriculum, showing that I had researched and was excited about the university.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: So far, University of Connecticut, University of Vermont, and McGill university. Waiting on University of Chicago and Stanford.
[/ul]
General Comments: Sooo excited! Good luck to everyone!!</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted by College of Engineering (likely letter) **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800 M 790 W 740 CR)
[</em>] ACT: n/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math 780, Physics 770, Chemistry 800, Biology 800, Chinese 770, USH 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.73 W, 3.93 UW [Or something close to that]
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Officially top 10% (school uses decile system) at least top 30 in a class of about 600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), Physics C M (independent study) (4), Calc BC (5), AB subscore (5), USH (5), ES (5), Bio (5), CS A (5), Eng lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Business& Management SL (7)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Calc2- multivariable+linear algebra, AP Chem, AP Japanese, AP Econ, AP Gov, AP English Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FBLA Nationals- Business Procedures (8th); FBLA State- Business Procedures (4th), California State Science Fair -3rd in Electronics and Electricity, National Merit Semifinalist/finalist, National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Independent research, FBLA, various volunteer work, Peer Tutoring, Piano, Violin, Chinese School, visual arts
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a University in Taiwan, and a private lab in CA
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Food Bank, Library, Summer Care
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship, volunteer work, one college art class
[</em>] Essays: I sort of forgot what I wrote, but I think the supplemental was okay
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: The two teachers who did Cornell should have written good ones
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: nope
[</em>] Interview: there was an interview? o_O
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant): CA</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] School Type: Public, magnet, very competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: I can’t remember, but my sister’s in college too
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really. maybe female in engineering?[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: B pluses in math and physics. My main common app essay seemed a little risky too, but my teacher thought it was good…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I really don’t know…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: USC, UCI, UCLA, UC Berkeley; Rejected: Caltech, MIT
[/ul]
General Comments:
After the double rejection, this made me feel better! :D</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by CoE (likely letter)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2320 (800 M 790 CR 730 W)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 780 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.0 UW 4.72 W (on a 5+ scale)
[<em>] Rank: 32/916
[</em>] AP: Statistics (5) English Language and Composition (5) AP U.S. History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors English IV, Honors Gov’t/Economics, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C
[<em>] Major Awards: National Hispanic Scholar, besides that nothing major
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Cross Country (varsity co-captain, state champions), Track (varsity member), Choir (tenor section leader), Native American Club (vice-president), NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Two months at a driving range, summer '08
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 150 hours with track/cross country/triathlon kinds of things
[<em>] Summer Activities: Cross country practice every morning
[</em>] Essays: Excellent, probably the strongest part of my application
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not read, were probably excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Did not read, but probably generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Went rather well. The guy took a liking to me.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Texas
[</em>] Country: N/A
[<em>] School Type: Moderately competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half-Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: $200,000+
[li] Hooks: URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: URM, near-perfect SAT for Cornell, essays, co-captain of a state champion team
[</em>] Weaknesses: Relatively few academic-related ECs, lack of many APs, possibly rank, no major awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I showed a clear sense of direction on my application, and I think I effectively communicated why Cornell would be a good fit for me.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UT Austin, Baylor, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt. Rejected nowhere. Still waiting on Duke and Princeton.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Congratulations to all accepted, and best of luck to those of you still waiting on a decision! To future applicants reading this, make sure you know why you want to go to Cornell, and make sure it’s clear in your application. Do your homework.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by COE (Likely)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 690 Math II 730 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.7 (W)
[<em>] Rank: N/A (top 5%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov (4) Human Geo (5) Bio (5) Calc BC (5) Lang (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc 3/ Dif EQ hon, AP Spanish Lang, AP Chem, AP Lit, Anatomy Hon, Art
[</em>] Major Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, Peak Scholar with Distinction (school award, same as AP+150 hr of community service)</p>
<p>[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: varsity soccer (9-12, captain x2),varsity swimming (9-11), varsity cross country (12), NHS (10-12), SHS (11-12), LINK (freshman mentoring, 11-12), StuCo Treasurer (12), club soccer (9-11)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard and swim instructor (summer 9-12)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: peer tutoring, elementary carnival, canned food drive, random school activities (200+ hr total)
[</em>] Summer Activities: summer@brown-intro to med- 11th, lifeguarding, sports
[<em>] Essays: unique but could’ve been better
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read but from spanish teacher (had for 3 yr) and math (had for 2), so should’ve been strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: knew well from LINK, should’ve been great!
[</em>] Interview: pretty good, with an oldish alum who had 2 daughters at Cornell, we were able to keep the conversation going</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: CO
[</em>] School Type: Charter, college prep, top 50 in nation
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>]Income Bracket: applied for aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female in eng…</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: gpa, course load, act score,
[</em>] Weaknesses: community service, leadership positions
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: gpa+rigor, visited and expressed interest
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted- CU Boulder, CO Mines, Univ. of Denver, NAU, Colgate (AMS) waitlisted: Wash U waiting on: Brown, Dartmouth, Lehigh, Bucknell, Bowdoin, Syracuse
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: makes me feel better about my other schools, just waiting now…</p>
<p>i think it’s a bit funny that someone listed their weakness as “two B pluses.” My transcript was riddled with B’s. I’m no. 2 in my class, though. I think class rank is more revealing than actual grades, because if I have a bunch of B’s but am still second, clearly my school doesn’t donate A’s. just a thought for people who don’t have straight A’s or near straight A’s in school.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by CAS (likely)</p>
<p>Gender: M
Location: NY
High School: Public HS of around 1500
High School Type: Usually sends a handful to tops, but this year sent many to tops so far.
(My class is VERY competitive and VERY successful compared to others)
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>My dad is Puerto Rican, no high school. He is noncustodial and missing.
My mom is Puerto rican, no college - single mom.
so Hispanic, 1st generation, income ~64k all that jazz.</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.0
Class Rank: 32
Class Size: 448 [li] APs: Chem, 5, USH, 5, Bio (now), Calc AB. My school only offers 9 AP’s, and most overlap during only 2 periods of the day. There isn’t really an opportunity to take more than I have, and I explained that to my schools.</p>[/li]
<p>all honors where honors could fit, and all A’s.</p>
<p>Major: Chemical Biology/CAS</p>
<p>2000 SAT (bad) 650M/670W/680CR
SAT II! - 690Math 2, 710USH, 770 Chem
31 ACT (better…) 35Eng, 31Sci, 29Math, 30 Reading, 32 Writing+English 9/12 Essay</p>
<p>recommendations:
1 GREAT from AP Chem teacher (TAing with her now)
1 GREAT from counselor who knows me VERY well
1 unknown, presumedly great from english teacher who knows me well
1 Awesome from Superintendent of Schools- knows me very well. Huge emphasis on how I did this process all by myself, including FAFSA/CSS/IDOC since my mother works too much to give any support other than $, which I’m grateful for.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
I think this is where I’m strong…</p>
<p>-Academic team (varsity) co-captain
-Track & XC scholar athlete
-Was on quiz bowl TV show competing for $10,000 for charity
-Manager, coordinator of charity event to raise $20,000 for hunger causes globally and in the community with the superintendent, 2 other students, some community members. Inaugural year of an annual project. The project goes off on 4/2. I’m responsible for media management & event planning.
-I’m a mentor for freshman through the guidance dept.
-National Honor Soc., Math Honor Society, Lead Prosecutor of Mock Trial
-Was assistant JV XC coach when I was out hurt from XC.
-Head of public relations for shark club (we raise & donate money to shark saving charities)
-Freshman tour guide
-Teaching an AP Chemistry lab class. We meet 2x/wk. I set up, coordinate AP labs to demonstrate everything a teacher would. It’s on my transcript as Independent Study - Teaching Lab Science Methods.
-Safe School Ambassador: we work with administration to keep the school safe and happy through watchdog efforts, reports on the student body. No, we don’t rat people out.
-Clean up crew for XC/Track meets, football games all 4 years.</p>
<p>Hooks: URM (Hispanic) (Idk what else?)</p>
<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>
<ul>
<li>[li] Strengths: EC’s?[/li][ *] Weaknesses: Test scores, definitely
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Still pondering.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Northeastern, UVM, UDelaware, SUNY Bing, Boston College (EA), Cornell. Deferred: Georgetown. Rejected: none. Waiting to hear from: UPenn, Harvard, Tufts, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Boston University</li>
</ul>
<p>@Gleek4life
I am almost sure it was those B pluses that got me rejected from Caltech+MIT lol. I know that some high schools grade harder than others; but in the end, colleges can’t and don’t take the time to research each school. I have no regrets about any of it. I’d rather take a B+ in Calc2 but learn from a phenomenal teacher than get an A+ in some easy math class and pay for it with my college GPA.</p>
<p>I’m scared</p>
<p>2 weeks until full results come out!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by CoE (likely letter)</p>
<p>Ahh why does nearly everyone on here seem to be getting a likely letter? I want one too XD a little more than 1.5 weeks now</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to the hotel school</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2060, M 800, CR 550, W 710<br>
ACT: 29 didn’t send
SAT II: 800 Math II 660 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
Rank: 13/443 (top 3%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stat (5), Calc BC (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Calc 3 at community college, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Comp Sci A, AP Physics C (M & E&M), AP English Language
Major Awards: AIME Qualifier (11), National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar (12)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: competitive table tennis (9-12), training and instructing karate (9-12), math club (9-12), student gov’t (9-11), world affairs council (9-11), fbla (9-12), ping pong club founder and president
Job/Work Experience: started a tutoring business (10-12), busboy/waiter (10-11)
Volunteer/Community service: peer tutoring (over 200 hours)
Summer Activities: pennsylvania school for global entrepreneurship, bronze medal at AAU 2010 Junior Olympics, internship with a CEO, travelled to prague, budapest, spain, france, england, and other european countries
Essays: very good, but i thought i could have done better given more time
Teacher Recommendation: amazing, teacher from 9th grade who I still talk to on a daily basis and other is from a math teacher who loves me
Counselor Rec: amazing, i enjoy talking to him on a daily basis
Interview: amazing, lasted over 2 hours </p>
<p>Other
State: PA
School Type: public, crappy (at least i think so)
Ethnicity: hispanic american
Gender: male
Income Bracket: applied for aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): hispanic, expressed interest of taking this over my ED deferral</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: gpa, course rigor, extracurriculars, letters of rec/essays
Weaknesses: sat cr score
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: expressed interest of taking this over ED deferral and extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted- babson, lehigh, and drexel honors. rejected- mit. deferred- wharton
General Comments: (hopefully i’m DONE) if i get a lot of aid from cornell i’m officially there but may take other options if i don’t get a lot</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted by (Hotel School)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 630 CR 610 W 770
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: Math I 640
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 Weighted: 4.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 27/600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Language and Composition (4) US History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP German, AP Econ, AP English, CHS Statistics, CHS Accounting
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pom Pons (2 year captain), All-School Musical (feature dancer) , School newspaper (layout editor), National Honor Society, Student Council, dance classes
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: hostess/carry out server at Bravo Cucinia Italiana
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Salvation Army Soup Kitchen volunteer, student teacher at dance studio, library volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: Pom Pons, dance classes
[</em>] Essays: good!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see it
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see it
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: It went really well!! Possibly the strongest part of my application.
[/ul]
Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: interview, work experience, extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II score
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My interview demonstrated my passion for traveling and the hotel industry
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted to Penn State, deferred ED at Cornell [/ul]</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by (School of Hotel Administratio)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred by (insert school)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected by (insert school)**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 780 CR: 690 W: 800
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 750 Math 1: 720 Literature: 600
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4-3.5
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30-35%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Microeconomics, AP Lit, AP French, AP Physics B, Hospitality
[ <em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major… Honor roll, NHS, French Honor Society,
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Culinary Club (President), French Honor Society (Secretary), Debate (Judge), Peer Leader, Harvesters,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Restaurant Internship, Bobby’s Burger Palace, Paris Baguette, Presented at a Board of Ed. meeting.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mission Trip to El Salvador, Annual Korean Thanksgiving Festival, Tutoring, Handicapped center, server at retirement party, (around 250 hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: The Mission Trip, Work
[</em>] Essays: Both Common app and Cornell one were good. Not outstanding, but I think pretty good.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty Good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, but short.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: I didn’t think it went too well… It was only around 45 minutes…
[ /list][ b]Other**</p>
<ul>
<li>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Small Public. Around 170 per class
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: ~50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </li>[/li]</ul>
<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>
<ul>
<li>[<em>] Strengths: A lot of experience and showed passion and interest in the essays. Good Test scores.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I sent them extra supplements with foods I created and another letter with more experience.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Didn’t hear back from most. Accepted to: Rutgers, Montclair, Fordham, Johnson and Wales.
Waitlisted at: University of Delaware…
Waiting to hear back from : Georgetown, UPenn, UMich, Lehigh, NYU, BC, BU, GWU. </li>
</ul>
<p>[ b]General Comments:**</p>
<p>oops… how do i fix that…</p>
<p>ACCEPTED CORNELL CAS (Received likely letter today!!!)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2020
ACT:29 was not to be submitted - but it somehow appeared on my transcript - oh well - it did not make a difference.
SAT II: Math 2 = 780!!!, Bio = 700
Unweighted GPA 98.8
Rank no rank on my school, but probably around top 5-8%
AP every single one available - 5 X3
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Difficult - hardest available
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won a science contest for NYC Public High Students. Very prestigious award - I received a 10K scholarship toward any 4 year college.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars - many leadership positions in and out of school, started international organization for assistance to Haiti - already raised over $700,000. - An article about me and the organization appeared in the NY Daily News.
Received an award from the Mayor at City Hall
Band for all 4 years, played in several concerts
Job/Work Experience: Supermarket since 9th grade
Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hours
Summer Activities: Work
Essays: Very good.
Teacher Recommendation: I think they were great, but did not see
Counselor Rec: Don’t know, probably very good
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: over the phone - she was stuck at work - went well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: I’m Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Medium
Hooks: ? not sure of any (my mom graduated community college at age 40 Dad graduated Queens college at age 35, maybe that helped - they are both union leaders</p>
<p>Reflection
There is hope for Asians!!!
Test scores don’t mean too much at the most prestigious schools.
GPA is very, very important!!!
Admissions is very holistic. Have awards - they are important.
Strengths:GPA
Weaknesses: Tests
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Very good GPA, recs
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted to MIT (probably going), accepted CUNY, accepted BU, deferred Yale EA, waiting on Columbia and NYU. As of now, I’m thinking it is MIT.
I told cornell to withdraw my application after I got MIT, but it seems my letter was already sent out
So someone else will be getting my spot at Cornell Arts & Sciences for the class of 2015.
My choices were like this: Yale first, then MIT, then Columbia, then close between NYU and Cornell.
My advice, stay positive, have a great gpa, have awards!!!, and you don’t need great test scores.
Asians, don’t fret - you have a chance.</p>