Official Cornell University Class of 2015 RD Results

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81

<p>Decision: Accepted by (School of Hotel Administration)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 780 CR: 690 W: 800
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Math 1: 720 Math 2: 750 Literature: 600…
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 30-35%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP Literature, AP French, AP Micrecononomics, Hospitality
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing big. Honor Roll, NHS, French Honor Society</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Culinary Club (President), French Honor Society (Secretary), Debate (Judge), Harvesters, French Club, Peer Leader.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Restaurant Internship, Bobby’s Burger Palace, Paris Baguette, A lot of different school events.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: El Salvador Mission trip, Annual Korean Thanksgiving festival, Town stuff, tutoring, center for handicapped, some school stuff. (around 250 hours)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Working, tutoring.
[<em>] Essays: they were pretty good, but not OUTSTANDING IMO.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: i think pretty good, but short.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: i honestly thought I BOMBED the interview… it lasted barely 45 minutes and I stuttered and stuff so much… [/li][/ul]Other I emailed Cornell with extra supplements. One with pictures of foods I created and descriptions and another with an update on other extracurriculars and such. Also attended a CIA summer program during the summer of sophomore year. </p>

<p><em>[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Small public school.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>]Income Bracket: ~50K.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A.</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, CIA summer program (?), showed a LOT of interest and passion I think. essay possibly?
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA INTERVIEW
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Woulda died if I didn’t get in.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Rutgers, Fordham, Montclair, Johnson and Wales
Waiting for: UPenn, Georgetown, BC, NYU, GWU, BU, Lehigh, UMich
Waitlisted at: University of Delaware…</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: YOU CAN DO IT! JUST TRY HARD!</p>

82

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: “Likely” Accepted by (CAS)**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2200: 730 CR, 740 M, 730 W
[ *] ACT: 32 Composite: 27 Eng, 35 M, 33 R, 33 S, 10 Essay, 28 Eng + essay
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 760 Physics, 800 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/604
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), English Lang (5), Physics B (5), US History (5), Psychology (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP US Gov’t, AP CoPo, AP Calc BC, Econ Honors, Computer Programming (Python/Java), AP Chem, AP English Lit
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, lots of math team awards (2nd Place National History of Math), regional science fair awards</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Mu Alpha Theta Math Team (VP) - a large focus and dedication, awards at regional state, national levels.
Masterminds Quiz Bowl Team (co-captain) - large time commitment
Science Fair - 2 award winning projects
National Honor Society - meh, not much
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Mu Alpha Theta Fundraising - I was in charge of this as VP
Mighty Mu -a local math competition we hold for local elementary school kids to promote interest in science/math
Science Research Mentorship - I helped younger kids with their science fair projects.
[ *] Summer Activities: Mu Alpha Theta National Convention
[ *] Essays: Good, I had them checked over by my junior year English teacher.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Very Good, an awesome one from my Pre-Calc math teacher and one from my junior year English teacher.
[ *] Counselor Rec: meh, basically restated my resume
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other**</p>

<ul>
<li>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: medium sized public
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: M
[ *]Income Bracket: 20K - 30K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and 1st generation</li>
</ul>

<p>[ b]Reflection**</p>

<ul>
<li>[ *] Strengths: Academics, recommendations, essay, Hooks
[ *] Weaknesses: Unique extra-curriculars lacking
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: previously stated strengths
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: MIT, UF, UCF, U of Miami. Likely Accepted: UPenn. Awaiting: Princeton</li>
</ul>

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

<p>Good Luck to everyone who is awaiting decisions and those who will apply next year! Just remember, do what you love, put in as much effort as possible (while retaining sanity, that is number one), and let the chips fall where they may. Unfortunately, not everyone can go to the college of their choice, but, you can be successful wherever you go.</p>

83

<p>Decision: “Likely” Accepted by (CAS)</p>

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

<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200: 730 CR, 740 M, 730 W
[</em>] ACT: 32 Composite: 27 Eng, 35 M, 33 R, 33 S, 10 Essay, 28 Eng + essay
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 760 Physics, 800 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/604
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), English Lang (5), Physics B (5), US History (5), Psychology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP US Gov’t, AP CoPo, AP Calc BC, Econ Honors, Computer Programming (Python/Java), AP Chem, AP English Lit
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, lots of math team awards (2nd Place National History of Math), regional science fair awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Mu Alpha Theta Math Team (VP) - a large focus and dedication, awards at regional state, national levels.
Masterminds Quiz Bowl Team (co-captain) - large time commitment
Science Fair - 2 award winning projects
National Honor Society - meh, not much
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Mu Alpha Theta Fundraising - I was in charge of this as VP
Mighty Mu -a local math competition we hold for local elementary school kids to promote interest in science/math
Science Research Mentorship - I helped younger kids with their science fair projects.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Mu Alpha Theta National Convention
[<em>] Essays: Good, I had them checked over by my junior year English teacher.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very Good, an awesome one from my Pre-Calc math teacher and one from my junior year English teacher.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: meh, basically restated my resume
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: medium sized public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: 20K - 30K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and 1st generation</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: Academics, recommendations, essay, Hooks
[</em>] Weaknesses: Unique extra-curriculars lacking
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: previously stated strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: MIT, UF, UCF, U of Miami. Likely Accepted: UPenn. Awaiting: Princeton</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Good Luck to everyone who is awaiting decisions and those who will apply next year! Just remember, do what you love, put in as much effort as possible (while retaining sanity, that is number one), and let the chips fall where they may. Unfortunately, not everyone can go to the college of their choice, but, you can be successful wherever you go.</p>

84

<p>Got accepted to School of Hotel Administration on March 7th, though the letter was sent out March 1st. I’m all the way in California; very scared of moving all the way across the country!</p>

85

<p>Sun6360 I find that super weird that udel weightlisted you…</p>

86

<p>^ I KNOW! i was just like … O.o LMAO when i found out.
but w/e. I GOT INTO MY DREAM SCHOOL!</p>

87

<p>Does anyone know if the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences sent out likely letters?</p>

88

<p>Decision: Accepted by CAS (Likely)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (790 CR, 800 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.5 W (that’s what I get for taking too many music classes)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% – school doesn’t rank, but does use deciles
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP Literature, AP US Gov, AP Macro, Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist? Nothing really…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[list]
[<em>] Research Internship: Chemistry Dpt. at local UC with thermoelectric materials (11, 12)
[</em>] Flute and Piccolo: principal stands in two competitive groups (school has an exceptional music program), multiple honor bands including principal chair in one (9, 10, 11, 12)
[<em>]United States Pony Club: 1st place Quiz Team at Regional’s, 3rd place at National Championships (9, 10, 11, 12)
[</em>]Jewelry Design: Organized fundraisers for school clubs (9, 10, 11, 12) [/ul]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital (11, 12), Local science center over the summer (11, 12)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research, summer school (took Linear Algebra at local UC)
[</em>] Essays: Okay, I guess. I’ve been told my writing is good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but probably fine
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t know her all that well, since I only went in to complain about scheduling mistakes
[<em>] Additional Rec: From research PI, probably okay
[</em>] Interview: Nope.
[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Eurasian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>]Income Bracket: Low-ish, but didn’t apply for aid. My mom used to be doctor so we have money in assets and stuff
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: High scores, research experience
[<em>] Weaknesses: Overall mediocre-ness, lack of major awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Definitely not expecting this! I have no idea…
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Admitted at Caltech, UCLA (with Regents’ Scholarship), and UC Berkeley (waiting to hear if I’m a Regent) Waitlisted at MIT [/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone!</p>

89

<p>Wait, how do you all know of your decisions already? Don’t they come out on March 30th?</p>

90

<p>Some folks who applied to the contract colleges get acceptances before then. This is known as “rolling” admissions. I was one of those folks last year.</p>

<p>Got accepted to School of Hotel Administration on March 7th, though the letter was sent out March 1st. I’m all the way in California; very scared of moving all the way across the country!</p>

<p>You should be fine. There are probably plenty of folks from all over California among your year. Heck, some Californians I know hadn’t even seen snow before and they still enjoyed the place.</p>

91

<p>Decision: Accepted via Likely (CAS)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (CR: 800, M:600, W:660)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: US History 740; Bio E 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/407
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP English, Accounting I Honors, Calculus I, AP Biology, AP French, Honors Wind Symphony (self studying AP EnviSci also)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, French NHS (officer), NJ Governor’s School for International Studies nominee (ceased operations before able to attend), Regional NJ District 11 Art Competition finalist, various local academic awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band, Concert Band (excellent music program, first chair flautist jr year), student run flute choir, French Club (VP), Junior Statesmen of America, Environmental Club, Track and Field
Job/Work Experience: none :frowning:
Volunteer/Community service: Retirement home work, library work
Summer Activities: travel and vegetate really until August when band/sports start :confused:
Essays: pretty good/well-written in my opinion
Teacher Recommendation: one almost positively stellar, one good at worst
Counselor Rec: pretty generic I’d imagine
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a </p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: public, very good reputation
Ethnicity: first generation African-American
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $150,000-200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: I’m relatively proud of my essays. And my ethnicity is what it is I guess :confused:
Weaknesses: Test scores (taken only once, not recommended…), no work experience
Why you think you were accepted: Once again, I think my CAS essay really conveyed my passion for both wanting to attend Cornell specifically and studying what I plan to study there. Being accepted was definitely a (VERY pleasant) surprise though! Plus, being Ethiopian-American probably helped too, hahaa.
Where else were you accepted: As of now, UPitt, TCNJ, Rutgers, Wiliam & Mary, Ithaca College, UMass; waiting on Columbia, Princeton, GW, and Boston College</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to everyone already accepted and good luck to those still waiting! Also, for the future reference of others, I guess I’m proof the fact that test scores aren’t EVERYTHING. There are many ways to being impressive, but in the end, I would cheesily recommend just being yourself :slight_smile: Ithaca, here I come!</p>

92

<p>Congrats to all who got likely letters! Does anyone know if Art, Arch & Design ever sends out likely letters?</p>

93

<p>the posted stats for likely’s are giving my son some hope that he may have a chance to get in. He has a 31 ACT, high 700’s on Math 1, Math 2 and Bio SAT II’s and a 98uw GPA and is ranked 2 in his class of over 500. He has alot of EC’s including volunteering at the local hospital and is also a volunteer at the coroners office as a autopsy tech. His essay was on his autopsy experiences… kind of gross…but he thought that it would be somewhat unique. He applied to college of agricultural and life sciences. good luck to all</p>

94

<p>I am not an admissions pro, but it would seem that your son has an excellent chance. There is no rule to this stuff, his test numbers are better than mine and he has some good extra-curricular activities; and I’m Asian from NY with no what they call “hook” and got accepted to CAS with a likely letter a few days ago.</p>

<p>Reading through the information posted here about regular decision results, your son has a much better chance regular decision than had he applied early decision to cornell with that profile. Don’t get scared by the early decision profile of accepted students as getting in early at Cornell CAS is super difficult. My school, an NYC magnet, already has 2 asian kids this year with basically the best test scores and gpa possible get declined from Cornell early decision, only to receive an acceptance from Caltech and one likely letter from Harvard. </p>

<p>The so-called “unhooked” kids who get in early to CAS are likely the kind of applicants that could get in most anywhere. They probably know that but just wanted to go to cornell over other schools because of a particular attraction to a certain program at Cornell or the rural location which is great for nature lovers.</p>

<p>This year Cornell rejected a lot of high test score applicants early only to seemingly admit from the listings here many applicants with 2000 sat 29-30 act scores, average applicants at best. It just shows that admissions is holistic and getting in early is not easy. I’m Asian with noting more than average grades and scores (but did have a prestigious science award) and I got in regular. From the looks of things reported in threads at this site, I never would have made it in through early decision to a school like Cornell.</p>

<p>Your son has hope and will probably get in. Stay optimistic.</p>

95

<p>Dear goodness I applied to the school of Hotel Management and have heard nothing yet; should I expect the worst?</p>

96

<p>Did anyone get a likely for HumEc? I’m starting to lose hope… Lol</p>

97

<p>msbrilliant;</p>

<p>me too! i’m losing hope…:(</p>

98

<p>idonthaveany & msbrilliant: Dont lose hope! The likely letters are probably very discouraging and distracting but dont forget that OFFICIAL decisions dont come out till the 30th. It may seem like eveyone is getting one but CC is slanted. You guys Definitely still have a chance. Stay hopeful, if I got in then you guys most definitely still have a chance :)</p>

99

<p>So these likely letters… </p>

<p>So people who are “likely” to get accepted get them, but what about everyone else?
If I didn’t get a likely letter does that mean I am not getting accepted??!! </p>

<p>='( </p>

<p>Geez… this is really lame. Ten more days.</p>

100

<p>** Decision: Accepted by CALS**</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
**SAT I (breakdown): **1910 (CR 690, M 590, W 610)
ACT: 30 (34 Eng, 34 Reading, 25 Math, 31 Sci, 11 Essay)
**SAT II: **Didn’t take…I’ll explain below.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
**Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): **36/418…graduating top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (2) World History (3) Statistics (4) Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Enviro, Govt Honors, Precalc Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Scholarship Outstanding Participant
[ /list]Subjective:[list]
**Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): **Leader in Christian Club, Yearbook Copy Editor, Newspaper Co-Editor in Chief, Member of Key Club, Girl Scout for the past 9 years, Sign Language ministry
** Job/Work Experience: **Worked as an administrative assistant at a security company for a year now.
**Volunteer/Community service: **Museum of Science and Industry Interactor, Camp Counselor, Random Church stuff
**Summer Activities: **University of Florida’s Summer Journalism Institute, volunteered at the Museum of Science and Industry
**Essays: **My supplemental essay was adequate. My general common app essay was pretty good IMO.
Teacher Recommendation: Really good. :slight_smile:
Counselor Rec: Eh. She probably did an alright job.
**Additional Rec: Not sure. Guessing it was good.
Interview: N/A
[ /list] Other
**
State (if domestic applicant): Sunny Florida.
**Country<a href=“if%20international%20applicant”>/B</a>:
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: F
**Income Bracket: **$80Kish
**Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): **URM</p>

<p>Reflection
**
Strengths:** Well, gosh. I dunno. I didn’t expect to get in.
**Weaknesses: **Just about everything, lol. Weaker scores and GPA than most on this forum.
**Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: **I guess URM status? My scores are so below what Cornell expects that I didn’t think that I had a chance.
**Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: **Accepted to UCF, FSU, UF, Southeastern, and NYU.</p>

<p>General Comments: Cornell sent me a letter in the mail requesting my SAT II scores earlier this year…I freaked out because, like the idiot I am, I didn’t realize that Cornell required subject tests…I applied only to make my parents happy anyway. I didn’t think that I’d be considered without subject tests but…I got in, so that’s cool. Going to the University of Florida anyway.</p>