Official Cornell University Class of 2015 RD Results

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<p>Got a likely to CAS (Tanner Dean’s Scholarship)</p>

<p>Too lazy for full stats, but:
2320 SAT (1520/1600, 740 Math, 780 Reading) One sitting
SAT Subjects: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 780 World History
AP Scores: World History, U.S. History, English Language and Comp, Chemistry, Russian - all 5s
Senior Year Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Literature, AP US Government, AP Psychology, College Business BA10
GPA: 105.52 (weighted), 99.5 (unweighted) through high school
Rank: Unranked, but 2/209 (public magnet, top high school in country)
JSA Chapter President/National Position, a few political campaigns (Bloomberg/Carolyn Maloney), a lot of band stuff in and outside of school (alto saxophone player), a couple hundred volunteer hours in various engagements, a few leadership positions and other ECs
Also received two As in college courses in Chemistry and Political Science at a local college</p>

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<p>Hi I have what will probably seem like a really stupid question but does anyone know if admitted students RD will get an email or is the decision only available on the cornell website- I am asking because I am at a boarding school in England and we have censored internet and for some reason the cornell website is blocked so I can’t get on it… Appreciate any help- Thanks.</p>

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<p>They send you an email that tells you to view the decision online…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by (CALS via Likely)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1940: 570 M 670 CR 700 W (I took this only once and with no preparation. Please do not make that same mistake haha)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t Send
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t Take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5/4.0 (4.0 W)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12% out of ~500 students
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Psychology (4) AP English (4) AP US History (3) (ouch) AP Macroeconomics (4) AP Microeconomics (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Spanish, AP U.S. Gov., Class Piano
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois State Scholar, National Achievement Outstanding Participant, Humanitarian Award, District 88 Best
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (I’ll keep it short) 13 clubs & 5 Leadership roles including Student Council President, O Ambassadors President, Senior Council President, Skyline (Newspaper) Editor and Founder of school/community volunteer group
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked for a state unemployment office for a summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: An extensive amount
[<em>] Summer Activities: Lots of community service
[</em>] Essays: Very good. I worked on it for 3 months
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing! They made me cry
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but my counselor and I are good friends
[<em>] Additional Rec:-
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other:[list]</p>

<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):-</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Nigerian & Egyptian </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:~ 90K</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection
[li] Strengths: Essays, ECs, Reccomendations, URM</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: SAT and no Subject Tests</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Exceptional Essays, A good “Fit”, sheer will of wishing? haha</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:[/li]Accepted: (Safeties) DePaul University, Elmhurst College, Marquette University, University of Illinois, Syracuse University
Rejected: Northwestern University (oh well :P)</p>

<p>[*]General Comments: I’m really excited! When I didn’t get into NU I was crushed, but things turned out better than I imagined. I love Cornell and I’m extatic to attend : ) Everyone has a shot.</p>

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<p>^Congratulations. Never give up hope!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to COE via LL </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (750 W, 770 M, 750 CR)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 740 Lit, 730 US History, 710 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese Lang (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), Physics C: Mechanics (4), Psychology (5), Human Geography (5), Calculus BC (5), Art History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP US Govt, AP Macroecon, AP French
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Presidential Scholars Award, other less significant awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (President), Science Olympiad (Captain), Academic Decathlon, NHS (Community Service Chair), French Honor Society (Secretary), Swim Team (2 years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship for a State Senator, School Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Interact Club, volunteer tutor (not much)
[<em>] Essays: Common App was cliche (not too profound, a bit unbelievable) but relatively well written. Essays were whatever. Should have been well-written though.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Only read one, which was okay. Assuming other one was okay as well. Gave them both brag sheets so they probably sounded similar.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Absolutely outstanding. Like, amazing.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None.
[<em>] Interview: “Alumni Informational Meeting” with a guy who basically live up a street from me. It was okay, I basically just asked a bunch of questions.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100-140k, with special circumstances (ie not this rich)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, other than maybe senatorial internship?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Grades, AP Scores, SAT score, Courseload, ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of community service, generic/not-too-good essays
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Female engineering major
[li] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? UCLA, UCSD, Case Western, UChicago[/li][/ul]General Comments: We’ll see with the financial aid package when it arrives!</p>

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<p>@ I V. thanks! : )</p>

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<p>Supervisor and others, thanks for replying despite the fact that it has already been answered in previous threads! </p>

<p>Good luck to you all. I wish you the best. </p>

<p>Congrats to those accepted via likely letters! ^__^</p>

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<p>wait how did people find out that decisions are march 30th?</p>

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<p>Accepted: CAS by Tanner’s Dean Likely Letter</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR 740, M 800, W 760, Essay 12) one sitting
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 35, M 36, R 34, Sci 35, Essay 10, Eng&Writing 33) one sitting
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M 800, Chem 800, Physics 800, Math II 800, Chinese 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96.xx/100.00
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 101.67/100.00
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/837
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), BC Calc (5), AB subscore (5), APUSH (5), Eng Lang (5), World (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov’t, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon, AP Eng Lit, AP Chem, AP Comp Sci A
[<em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: Like ~9-10?
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Science Olympiad medals (6), Rochester University Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, NYC Metro Math Fair Bronze, One-time USABO semi-finalist, 14th ranked fastest Rubik’s Speedcuber in NYS, USNCO Semi-finalist (High Honors - top 50)</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Olympiad (Engineering & Biology Group Leader), Columbia University Medical Center research internship (helped publish a scientific paper), Rubik’s Cube Club at school (founder & president), Calculus Challenge Team (2nd in country last year), Calculus Tutoring (all tutees got a 5), Jazz Band (lead alto saxophone & president), Webmaster of SciOly and Sci Dept website
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]Columbia U internship for one year
Surgical Center (observe >200 surgeries)
Library
Senior Center</p>

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<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Essay: 1) Common App one on Rubik’s cube and how it impacted me. original & very creative. definitely a 10.
[</em>] Supplement:Cornell supplement I did 3 days before, just generic BS about what I want to accomplish. Don’t think it mattered all that much. 6
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 5 pages. SHE LOVES ME. from AP Bio teacher <3. 10+
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 1 page. I wrote it and AP English teacher signed it. Attests to my extraordinary writing ability and analytical skills in literature (90% true).
[li] Counselor Rec: Saw afterwards, sort of a laundry list. 5</p>[/li]
<p>Other[list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: LARGE PUBLIC (4000+)
[<em>] Ethnicity: ASIAN YO
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Kind of high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Rubik’s Cube, ~15 second solves. Sent video of 13.76-sec solve to admissions office along with my transcript, etc.</p>

<p>Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: grades, test scores, RUBIK’S CUBE !
[</em>] Weaknesses: Spanish; got my lowest grades there but i guess it didn’t matter
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See ‘strengths’. This is repetitive -.-
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Is this necessary? Yale EA accepted. MIT RD rejected (affirmative action!)</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: yay guys. GL</p>

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<p>Chetmae, it’s on the site.</p>

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<p>Three more days!</p>

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<p>wow, congrats to all the likelies! you all deserve it (:
decisions are out in 3 days… does anyone else love the countdown timer on the admission status website? haha</p>

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<p>I thought it was funny lol. Well only 3 days to go what ever happens happens.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by Engineering with Likely</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1st sitting/2nd sitting 700/800 Math 740/730 CR 710 Writing (two sittings 8 and 12 essay, same overall writing score)
[</em>] ACT:n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Math II 790 US History 760 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0?; my school has a weird system 4.13/4.6 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not reported, but definitely top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem(5) AB Calc(5) US History(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science(online); Honors Wind Ensemble(flute); AP English; Spanish 4 honors, theology(required); Physics Honors, AP BC Calc/Linear Algebra (online)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award; NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): award winning marching band(most dedicated senior award); Mock Trial(lawyer jr sr year); FIRST robotics(build and programming; head of scouting); girl scouts(since kindergarten); youth group and miscellaneous church community service; NHS; SHS; a couple of violin groups when underclassman; mentored middle school lego robotics team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: girl scout gold award; church activities, mentoring middle school lego robotics team
[<em>] Summer Activities: Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth summer camps; NJ Governor’s School of Engineering and Techology, Gold Award Project in Ecuador
[</em>] Essays: Common App- really good; Cornell specific- cute essay about about engineering, not much about Cornell(I wrote one for all my schools and just tweaked it for each)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 amazing recs
[</em>] Counselor Rec: never saw it
[<em>] Additional Rec:n/a
[</em>] Interview:went pretty well; it was my first so I was nervous and didn’t have questions, but she seemed to like me
[/ul]Other</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Catholic (very sports heavy, not academically focused)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: XX
[</em>]Income Bracket: don’t qualify for financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female in engineering</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection : Cornell isn’t my first choice because of the weather, but I’m hoping the likely is a sign of good things to come!</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: heaviest course load at my school and more because of online classes; summer experiences and strong EC’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays and possibly counselor rec (she’s not very articulate)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: strength of academics and female engineering
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: all I know so far is that I got into Lehigh, waiting on Carnegie Mellon, Princeton, Columbia, and Stanford</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

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<p>Two more days! Countdown’s almost over guys.</p>

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<p>Hey guys,
I applied H/EOP and I actually feel like I’m a pretty good candidate. 1290/1600 on SAT and 1st in class, however from small school. Great rec. letters and great personal essays. I read somewhere accepted H/EOP students get likely letters too? Can anybody confirm this? Very worried :/</p>

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<p>Well, one day left!</p>

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<p>^I got a 1280 and retook for a 1350… then got a 32 ACT. Hopefully they won’t be as biased against the ACT as I hear they are. :stuck_out_tongue: I’m fairly nervous because I’m ranked first… in a class of 12 at a private Christian school. That, in combination with only 3 concurrent credit classes offered by my school, plus a rejection from Stanford, keeps me in suspense. Best of luck guys.</p>

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<p>Just to make sure: Cornell takes the best score from each section, right? But it’s general agreement that the Writing score doesn’t matter at all (too bad, because this is my highest score)</p>