Official Cornell University Class of 2017 RD Results

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1

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details):
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1:[/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul]
[li] Interview:[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

2

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2060( 610 CR, 770 M, 680 W)
[</em>] ACT: 22 Composite (did not report)
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Math I, 680 Math II, 760 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/336
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AB Calc (5), Chem (5), USH (4), Bio (3), World History (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Spanish Lang, Calculus 2, Gym, Physics, Computer Applications, Participation in Government, Economics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar with Honors, Principals’ list, N.Y.S.A.H.P.E.R.D, National Ventures Scholar, High Honor Roll
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Advisory Council (Secretary, Sergeant of Arms), Student Government, American Red Cross’s Project Guard: Make-a-Splash, National Honor Society, Badminton (Captain), Wrestling, Bowling, United Nation’s LIFE Program, After-school Music Program, Long Island Film Academy, Chess Club, Hofstra’s Mock Trial Techniques program, Mock Trial (Captain), French Club, Class of 2013 committee
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Soup kitchen, Tutoring, Student Ambassador, School Translator, created a student-run SAT prep program with best friend, Funds collector for UNICEF during Japanese Earthquake,
[<em>] Summer Activities: Tutoring people in Calculus
[</em>] Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7
[<em>] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: 7- Came from a teacher who I do not associate myself with anymore.[/li][</em>] Teacher Rec #2: 8- Came from my Math Teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 10, My guidance counselor wrote a phenomenal letter of rec. at the last minute.
[</em>] Additional Rec:[/ul] None.
[li] Interview:[/list] None.</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: x< $30K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] First generation, URM</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Math Skills, SAT scores,
[</em>] Weaknesses: essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They call me DaddyCalc. I have an extraordinary standing in my school’s history.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted… 17 Schools, Rejected… 6 Schools, Waitlisted: Brown</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

3

<p>Decision: Rejected CAS</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2300 (710 CR, 800M, 790 WR)
ACT:
SAT II:800 physics, 800 chem, 800 math 2c
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): UW 3.8 ish?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): World history (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):science ECs, math competition, tennis team etc.
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: nothing notable
Summer Activities: Summer School, Research at International organization
Essays (rating 1-10, details): CA was about a 8-9ish (creative)…
Cornell supplement wasn’t that great
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I didn’t read any of them
Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): East Asia
School Type:
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender:M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths:nothing apparently…
Weaknesses:no hooks, SAT reading score, ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected at Brown, Cornell, Harvard
Accepted at random places
General Comments:</p>

4

<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR: 720 Math: 700: Writing: 750 for a total of 2170/2400
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math II 640 (ouch) Literature: 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unreported, but my WGPA was 4.03/4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors German III/IV, AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP Latin, AP Human Geography, and AP Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Classics Club Club (Planner), NHS, Theater Company (Stage Manager), and Broadcasting Station.
Job/Work Experience: I’ve been working since I was 16 as a cashier and after school care for three children with special needs.
Volunteer/Community service: Animal shelter, soup kitchen.
Summer Activities: Working working working!
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10, at least. I worked on both my CommonApp essay and Cornell supplement for months. The supplement was full of detail.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Unsure, I’m assuming they were decent!
Teacher Rec #1: ?
Teacher Rec #2: ?
Counselor Rec: ?
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I did have one, and I felt that it went really well. She seemed to be impressed by my knowledge of the school.</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): ME
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private/Public (It’s a strange situation.)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Lower middle, maybe?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Woman in the sciences, most likely!</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: My essays were definitely gold. I think that my unique interests combined with my clear interest in the school made me stand out as an applicant.
Weaknesses: Probably grades/SAT. They’re obviously good, but they’re so average good that I don’t think they did anything for me but show that I am good enough to apply.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely my interest.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Brandeis, University of Rochester, University of Illinois: Engineering, Lawrence University, Syracuse (kind of, I was notified in my Coronat rejection email that I was admitted but nothing is official, yet.)
Rejected: Dartmouth, Northwestern.
General Comments: Nothing but reiterating that I believe it was my interest that won me my acceptance.</p>

5

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34 Composite- 35 Reading/34 English/32 Math/33 Science
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Chem/800 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, school does not report UW, weighted is 4.12 with consistent upward trend
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, school does not report percentile or rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), English Lang (5), Macroecon (4), Microecon (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP World, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, Physics I, PE
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar, National Chemistry Olympiad Finalist (w/ Honors)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chem club (co-president, 2 years), environmental activists (2 years), soccer (1 year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: None
[</em>] Summer Activities: None
[<em>] Essays: Supplement for college of engineering. I wrote about an innovation of mine in great detail, and my passion for chemistry was genuine and permeated throughout my essay. Common app main essay was also science-related and passionate.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Teacher #1: AP Chem teacher, fantastic letter. Said I was one of his best ten students in his 28 year career. Teacher #2: Precalc H teacher, no idea I didn’t read it. I was a mediocre math student but showed great improvement.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, I barely even know my counselor.
[</em>] Interview: Nope</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female engineer</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My passion for chemistry and interest in engineering really shined in my essays. Strong test scores and perhaps rec letter(s).
[</em>] Weaknesses: Few EC’s, no volunteering whatsoever.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A wide variety of factors-- I believe the primary factor was my essays. Without them, I would look like a robot. I think I described my love for science quite well. Strong test scores, of course, are a bonus especially to the college of engineering which puts more emphasis on grades than the other schools. In addition, being a female interested in STEM helped.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to U of Michigan, Rejected from Stanford, Columbia (lol no surprise here, literally spent 30 minutes on my essays), and UC Berkeley.</p>

<p>[/ul]**General Comments: **
I could not be any happier! Essays are very very important! Don’t be afraid to express what you love, be specific with anecdote(s), and write from the heart. Admission officers will certainly appreciate a genuine essay after reading so many essays that sound contrived and/or robotic. Your essays are what sets you apart from another similarly qualified applicant.
Nothing I did was just for college apps alone, you don’t need 300 volunteering hours or NHS or any of that. Just do what you want to do, enjoy high school, pursue your passions, and you will be rewarded.</p>

6

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2250 (710M, 740CR, 800W: 12e76mc)
SAT II (subject, score): Math II: 720, World History: 740
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~280
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): 4 in WH
Senior Year Course Load: APs (chem, psych, lit, stats) calc, government, consumer ed, Debate/forensics
Number of other ED applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 2012 Debate State 4th place, 2013 State Champion, and two-time national forensic league All-American
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Honor Society</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
FBLA (Chapter president two years)
Class President (soph-senior)
German Club: President, plus some state-recognized speaking awards
National Honor Society (Chapter president)
Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout)
Debate
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service: Boy Scouts and NHS = 200+ hrs
Summer Experience: 3 wk debate camps, Boy Scout trips, boys state
Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t see any of them, but awesome! from my debate coach!
Teacher Recommendation #2: from my German teacher who really likes me, so I bet it was also very good.
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good, but probably not great. I don’t really know.
Additional Info/Rec: n/a
Interview: not contacted</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App: 1/1
U.S. State/Territory or Country: KS
School Type: Public, ultranon-competitive–last person to go to an ivy league school was 7 years ago (Cornell)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: I don’t know, but probably 250+
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athlete, development): None. maybe location: 2nd poorest county in a pretty mediocre state. Also, my schools avg ACT scores are below the national and state averages. Don’t know if that helps or hurts.</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, GPA (they probably saw straight through this though.) SAT writing
Weaknesses: Math scores were low by Harvard standards. Essays.
Were else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: KU honors, Minn-Twin Cities Honors, UT-Dallas—all my safeties
Waitlisted: WUSTL, Cornell
Rejected: Northwestern, Penn, Harvard
Pending: Dartmouth, NYU
What would you have done differently?: Gone to a better school haha, made essays perfect and more interesting, study for the SAT more. Applied to some matches…</p>

7

<p>Decision: Accepted CAAP</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (Reading: 670, Math: 750, Writing: 710)
ACT: none
SAT II: Math I: 710, Math II: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School only does weighted: 4.03
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/407
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), English: Language and Composition (4), U.S. History (3), World History (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, A Cappella Choir, AP Studio Drawing, Orchestra, AP English: Literature and Composition, Contemporary Issues, Physical Education, AP Physics B, Advanced Studio Drawing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, honor role
Subjective: ?
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school theatre (lead roles, co-properties mistress), International Thespian Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society (VP), Community Orchestra, All-County Orchestra, School Orchestra (concertmistress), school a cappella choir, All-County Chorus, All-State Chorus, All-County Jazz Choir, Church (Usher, Sunday School Teacher, Choir member), Fellowship of Christian Athletes, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society (VP), school broadcasting team, community Quidditch team
Job/Work Experience: Art Camp Director, private art lesson teacher, tutoring, babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Meals on Wheels volunteer work, 30 hour famine, tutoring
Summer Activities: art camp, music camp, theatre camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): about using art to solve problems or send a message (passion for crafting and making birthday cards), design project of log drum, involvement with theatre company
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: AP Calc AB teacher, good grades, 5 on AP exam, was involved in a musical with her
Teacher Rec #2: AP English: Literature and Composition teacher, good grades, writing improved a lot, 4 on AP exam
Counselor Rec: ?
Additional Rec: AP Art teacher: good grades, good relationship
Interview: none</p>

<p>Other: Portfolio - 17 items (charcoal, collage, oil pastel, photography, graphite, soft pastel, prismacolor, sketchbook drawing, acrylic paint, ink political cartoon, ink stamp project, t-shirt design, 8 direct observation)
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public High School
Ethnicity: ABC (American Born Chinese)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses: only 2 years of Spanish
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: variety in portfolio, relatively high SAT, some decent AP scores, good grades, intense workload, and definitely not letting go of the things I’m passionate about (theatre, music)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted: UMBC, UMD, MICA, Pratt, VCU, JMU, Syracuse, RIT
rejected: CMU, Yale
General Comments:</p>

8

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

<p>Objective:
ACT: 35 Composite. 34 English/36 Math/35 Reading/35 Science
SAT II: 770 Physics/760 Math I
Unweighted/Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94/4.14 (No GPA boost for honors)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5) US Government (5) European History (4) Statistics (2, drew pics on exam), Biology, Calc BC, Macro, Micro, Psychology, Comparative Government and Politics
Senior Year Course Load: All AP classes and 1 dual enrollment at local community college
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (captain) Tech Student Association (VP) Robotics Team (Captain) Jewish Student Union (President and VP last year)
Job/Work Experience: Sleep away camp counselor, caddie at prestigious country club, ACT/SAT tutor and biology/math tutor 3+ hours a week.
Volunteer/Community service: None
Summer Activities: Debate camp freshman year and sleep away camp every other year
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10 (Engineering teacher, I was his favorite student ever)
Teacher Rec #2: 8 (US history teacher, she liked me)
Counselor Rec: 10 (Awesome counselor for public school)</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (mom)</p>

<p>Reflection:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Rice, Georgia Tech, and UGA Honors. Deferred and rejected to MIT.</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

9

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]ACT: 34 (w/o writing) 33 (w/ writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 780 US History, 720 World History
[<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.6
[</em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400
[<em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US Government and Politics (independent studied no credit) (5), United States History (5), English Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Politics, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, Choir, Orchestra, Electives. AP Euro + AP Psych independent study (no credit)
[<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Concertmaster, Vocal Music, Cross Country Captain, Lead in Musicals and Plays, A cappella, Independent AP Study Group
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Various political campaigns (local, state, and national campaign) and all levels of work (intern/volunteer to advisor, webmaster, state coalition chair)
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout, NHS, Tutor (not a lot of hours)
[<em>]Summer Activities: Orchestra Camp Counselor, Boys State, Travel, Campaigns
[</em>]Essays: One great political essay showing my purpose and direction for my future. One personal essay showing off my personality and love for theatre.
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: 2 excellent letters
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Generic and said I was an average kid
[<em>]Additional Rec: From a political (didn’t read it)
[</em>]Interview: Not offered
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>]Intended Major: Political Science
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): CO
[</em>]School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>]Strengths: Essays, political activism, well-rounded
[</em>]Weaknesses: Counselor recommendation, no hook
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: There’s so many qualified candidates and without a hook and any weak part of the application (Counselor recommendation), it is a crap shoot.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: University of Denver, George Washington, William & Mary
waitlisted: UVA, Cornell, Harvard
rejected: Duke, Brown, Princeton, Yale
Waiting for: Tufts, Georgetown
[*]General Comments: FUTURE APPLICANTS do what you love! Do not waste your time committing to a bunch of activities you don’t enjoy because you’ve seen the stats, it is getting worse and near impossible to get into these institutions. So if you’re probably not going to get in anyway (don’t take it personally), have fun along the way and learn what you want to do not what someone else wants you to do! For everyone who made it congratulations! You are freaking awesome.</p>

10

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - CR 800 M 720 W 800 ; 2380 - CR 800 M 780 W800
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 World History, 800 U.S. History, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 - World History, Computer Science, U.S. History, Biology, Physics B, English Language, Calculus AB
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Studio Art, AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Psychology, AP Calculus BC, AP Art History, AP English Literature, AP European History
[<em>] College: Associate Degree in Art (Studio) 62 Credits (14 classes (3 credits each) + AP credit for Gen Ed)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 4 - Presidential Service Award Gold, 6 - Scholastic Gold Keys, 3 - Silver Keys, Habitat for Humanity Community Builder Award, National AP Scholar, 3 - County Fair Fine Art Competition First Place, etc.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (Captain), Saxophone (First chair, woodwind leader), Art, Habitat for Humanity Club (President, founder), ACE Mentor (Architecture leader), Amnesty International Club, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern with very famous architect, two local architecture internships.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity ~ 600 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Discover Architecture, Cal Poly Summer Architecture Career Workshop, college classes, internships, art
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Alright
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Doesn’t know me - alright
[</em>] Additional Rec: Two from college professors, one from architecture internship
[<em>] Interview: Good
[</em>] Supplementary Material: No way I was putting my work on slides haha too much work.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Not sure, exactly
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Internships, classes taken, I guess
[</em>] Weaknesses: A lot of stuff
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UIUC, Cal Poly SLO, Princeton, Vtech, Cornell (likely letter), Rice, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, Cornell, Columbia. Waitlisted: Harvard, Yale. Rejected: Nowhere</p>

<p>[/ul]**General Comments: ** Will either attend here or Columbia!</p>

11

<p>Decision: Rejected ILR</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050
ACT:
SAT II: USH 700, Bio 600, Lit 620
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5 %
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, USH, Euro 4s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous, dual enrollment at local uni on scholarship
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Mock Trial Captain, TV Studio, Varsity Tennis, HOSA, NHS, and others
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: various, included helping a friend organize a charity that holds a christmas party for kids in a women’s shelter
Summer Activities: babysitting/family duties, took pre-calc online one year
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I can’t rate them and I didn’t give them to others to read. They were about my struggles. I thought they were good, but again I only gave them to one friend to proof (he cried at the one though)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): how do you expect me to rate these?
Teacher Rec #1: didn’t see, TV studio moderator/honors english teacher, he likes me, I don’t think he’d every say something bad
Teacher Rec #2: didn’t see, AP Bio teacher, she likes me, I don’t think she’d say something bad
Counselor Rec: very good, she knows me so well and has helped me so much, very touching and personal
Additional Rec: didn’t see, but was by a professor at dual enrollment uni
Interview: pretty good I thought, not as good as other schools though</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Parochial
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: under 15,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, interesting background story</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays, recommendations, story, grades
Weaknesses:SATs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SATs, plus it wasn’t a great fit, I’m an urban person, don’t even know why I applied
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UPenn, BU, Northeastern, Fordham, Villanova, American, Loyola Maryland, LaSalle
Waitlisted: Johns Hopkins, George Washington
Rejected: Cornell, Columbia
Waiting on: Georgetown, NYU</p>

<p>General Comments: In the end I’m glad I didn’t get in, Cornell is not the school for me. Good luck to all of those accepted, you’ll go on to do great things! Good luck to everyone else as well! I’ll be a Quaker '17 :D</p>

12

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 750CR 750M 800W
[</em>] SAT II: 770 Math II, 710 US History, 700 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/290
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Computer Science with Java (5), AP US History (5), AP English Language (5), AP Chemistry (4) - Currently taking AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, AP Modern European History, AP English Literature
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, Calc BC, AP MEH, AP Spanish, Astronomy, Honors Wind Ensemble, Honors Physics, Gym/Health
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program, NMSQT Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honor</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Varsity Chess Team (Captain), Academic Quiz Bowl Team (Captain), Debate Team (Captain), Tennis Team, National Honor Society, World Language Honor Society (Spanish)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 4 years of volunteering to teach chess to children, random stuff with National Honor Society
[</em>] Summer Activities: None
[<em>] Essays: Pretty solid I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] School Type: Rural-ish public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Pretty Low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Gen, Low income maybe</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT I, Leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs, Rank maybe I dunno
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: hooks probably, got a likely letter a while back
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Cornell, Yale, Stevens, WPI, etc; Waitlisted - Carnegie Mellon (School of Comp Sci), Princeton; Rejected - Brown, MIT</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone that got in, I’m sure you guys will be happy wherever you go!</p>

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (CR 720, Math 800, Writing 690 )
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/1037
AP (place score in parenthesis): US(5), Chem(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Math Team, English Honors, AP Computer Science, AP Physics, Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): FTC Robotics Connect Award, FTC Robotics State Championships, AIME</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics Team(programmer), Math Team, Japanese Club (VP), Arista National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: offer tutoring in school’s library
Summer Activities: CCNY Summer Scholar’s Academy, LYCEE Engineering Projects
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10
Teacher Rec #1: Physics Teacher (didnt see, but I was his best students so it should be very solid)
Teacher Rec #2: Programming Teacher (didn’t see)</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public high school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: really really low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SATs, rankings, recommendations and awards
Weaknesses: essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: girl entering the field of computer science maybe??
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected from Caltech, Columbia</p>

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<p>I do this because I want to help future applicants and show the most unlikely of applicants that it is possible to be admitted to schools like Cornell…</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (CR 630 M 690 W 690 Essay 10)
ACT: none
SAT II: Bio M 680 Math II 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90 (updated from a 3.88 after Midyear reports. Counselor sent the update.)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/220
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 4 Lang 4 Calc AB 5 (my high school doesn’t offer that many)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, Honors Economics (no AP Econ offered and Econ is a graduation requirement), Standard Health (also a grad requirement), AVID, Calc AB tutor, Internship program during school day
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholar, DECA Marketing Mathematics Regional Champion 2012, DECA Marketing Management Regional Champion 2012, DECA Marketing Management State Champion 2012</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
•Governor-appointed state position in education policy (I’m afraid if I put the real title it could identify me)
• Officer of State Student Councils Organization
• National Honor Society
• VEX Robotics Team
• Tutoring
• Girls Varsity Soccer
• Girls Varsity Track and Field
• Mentoring Program at My church
• A Christian teenage group that participates in community outreach programs
• DECA</p>

<p>Leadership:

  1. That state position
  2. President of the National Honor Society
  3. Officer of State Student Councils group
  4. Captain of Junior Varsity Women’s Track and Field team
  5. Teenage Leader of My Christian teenage group that participates in community outreach programs
  6. Founder of Infinite Pride Tutoring Services
  7. Captain of VEX Robotics team</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: State Position
Volunteer/Community service: I work a lot in my church. I also work with a teen community outreach group for 5 years now. Also:
• A community walk to raise money for water wells in Africa
• Pittsburgh Project: Rebuilding houses for the needy in the city of Pittsburgh, PA
• Junior Achievement </p>

<p>Summer Activities: Baby sitting, tutoring, working with children, summer community college courses for those necessary classes that my high school doesn’t offer, like AP Physics. I did Stanford EPGY once the summer after freshman year. I wanted to do it again because it was awesome, but it’s expensive.
Essays: I worked soooooooo hard on them. I think they were pretty good. PM me to learn more.
Teacher Recommendation: Great! I asked my AP Calc teacher and my AP English teacher. I was called a “renaissance woman” lol.
Counselor Rec: Good! My counselor knows me very closely. She’s wonderful!
Additional Rec: From the state superintendent of schools.
Interview: In person. We met at a Starbucks by my high school and the interview lasted an hour. It went great! I learned so much from him.
Intended Major(s): Biomolecular (Chemical) Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American (Nigerian American exactly. Born in Nigeria. West Africans turn up!!)
Gender: Female
Income bracket (if applicable): $50000-$60000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and Female in Engineering</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Writing, Passion for each one of my many interests, GPA and rank
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have NOO idea why any of these acceptances came for me. Not that I don’t think I’m capable, but there were so many other qualified applicants!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Acceptances-- Carnegie Mellon, Duke (diversity likely), Johns Hopkins, UPenn, University of Maryland Full Ride Banneker/Key, Univ. of Pittsburgh Full Tuition, George Mason Full Ride, Drexel, American, UMBC, NYU Poly
Wait list: None
Reject: None!!</p>

<p>General Comments: It’s 2 AM and I’m still in awe after today. No rejections!! Although I got the diversity letter, it’s so much better getting the official admission letter. My advice to those who want it: be yourself. Be yourself be yourself be yourself. I can’t say it enough. I had to learn that colleges want you, not your scores or achievements. Remember that those numbers are only representative of what YOU can do, so if there is any other way for you to showcase your abilities, DO IT! Participate in activities that you are passionate about and activities that will allow you to learn, grow, and develop. Write your essays passionately. Allow someone who doesn’t know you well to read it. If it doesn’t evoke any type of emotion, then rewrite it. Lastly, apply even if you don’t think you’ll get in. I didn’t think I’d get into Cornell or get any of the scholarship offers and acceptances that I got because I doubted myself. This process allows you to grow and you learn a lot about yourself. You just may be surprised! That’s about it… Good luck!</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[</em>] ACT:31
[<em>] SAT II:760 Math II, 800 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/200 and something
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Chem, AP Calc, AP Stats, AP English, AP Spanish
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chemistry Club, Science Bowl Team, Math Club, National Honor Society[/li][</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Around 100+
[</em>] Summer Activities:None
[<em>] Essays: Common App-6/10
Brown Supplements- 8/10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1- 8/10
2-6/10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 6/10
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: Lasted 10 minutes, interviewer arrived late…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Puerto Rico
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 95-100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses:Everything else
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Minority + essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at MIT, UChicago, Brown, Purdue and UPenn
Rejected at Yale and Harvard</p>

<p>[/ul]**General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got accepted! **</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 - 680(reading), 780(writing), 780(math)
ACT:35- 35E, 36M, 34R, 34S
SAT II: 770 Chem, 800 Math II, 730 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Our school only gives weighted, so 4.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World(3), Spanish Lang(3), English Lit(4), US Gov(5), Stats(5), Physics B(5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Bio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended National Merit</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (president), NHS (parliamentarian), Cultural Club (president), Student council (vp)
Job/Work Experience: Peer Tutor, Tutoring Center called Kumon
Volunteer/Community service: Nursing home, ambulance, library
Summer Activities: nursing home, summer science research
Essays (rating 1-10, details): pretty much all 7’s or 8’s
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10
Teacher Rec #1: AP bio teacher-10
Teacher Rec #2: AP stats teacher-10
Counselor Rec: 10
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lol i wish</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Grades
Weaknesses: A lot
Why you think you were accepted: Academic strength and consistency with grades and extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Cornell, Binghamton, Villanova. Waitlisted from Harvard and Hopkins, rejected from Columbia</p>

<p>General Comments: Do what you want to do in high school, don’t just do it for college</p>

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<p>Decision: accepted to CAS</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (CR 730 M 730 W 800)
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: 710 Math II, 780 US history, 730 literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school only gives weighted so 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Enviro Sci (4), Chem (5), US history (5), English Language (5), calc AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP bio, honors spanish, AP English, AP calc bc, govt
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar, national merit finalist, placed several times in top 10 for national Spanish exams
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (model Un), student govt, (debate), band, (varsity field hockey), diversity club
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: nothing special, just required amount.
Summer Activities: various academic camps
Essays (rating 1-10, details): CA essay: 7.5 It was well written and witty at times, but just didnt seem groundbreaking.
Supp: 8.5
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: prob 7
Teacher Rec #2: 8.5
Counselor Rec: 9.5
Additional Rec:
Interview: didnt have one</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: competitive private school
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: extracurriculars, sat?
Weaknesses: GPA, supp
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i think i got lucky honestly.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Georgetown, Boston College, UVA. Rejected: Northwestern, UChicago, Penn
Waitlisted: Duke, Brown</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (660CR, 760M, 730W)
SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA: 3.8
Percentile: ~10?
Senior Year Course Load: have 10 subjects, not very hard</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Physics and Maths competitions, cooking, acting, guitar, school government (not a lot of time spent on any), programming (which I didn’t actually include in my Extracurriculars, but was noted in my rec)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: Physics Camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details):I’ld say 6-7, not very good at essays
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: ~8, very good rec, but from my completely unknown physics teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 10, from Cornell Alumni
Counselor Rec: 7
Interview: Didn’t have one</p>

<p>Other
Country (if international applicant): Bulgaria
School Type: Public (National)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, I think</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT socres, Cornell alumni rec
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, Essays, SAT scores (could have done a lot better)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths
Rejected at lots of places, Waitlisted at Colby, Grinnell and Carleton. First Acceptance, waiting for Amherst’s response tonight.</p>

<p>Honestly I don’t expect to get the tons of Finaid I need, but at least I know I got into an Ivy League Uni (:</p>

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<p>Accepted (College of Engineering - Comp Sci)
Decision: Accepted (posting for my son)</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Engineering - Computer Science</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (Composite): 2380 (800 800 780)
SAT II: 790 Math II, 760 Biology, 760 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94, ~ 4.5 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not Applicable - school uses decile rank.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Over 22 AP and Honors credits. 5’s in all AP tests.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist and National AP Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • President of several clubs (BioTech, Green Youth Alliance, SNHS regional, SNHS local and others)
  • Editor of peacemaker winning magazine
  • Blogger with over 9,000 views and 1,000 visitors
  • Piano level 7 and many others.
  • Influential in passing plastic bag ban in the city via Green Youth Alliance that he was president.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Summer Job at NASA - published research paper and presented in a conference. Another summer job at an internet startup.
Summer Activities: Summer job, Summer Physics Honors course at Northwester (4.0 unweighted)
Essays: Well written. We think they were great.
Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know - we think they were good.
Counselor Rec: Don’t know. Should be consistent with credentials.
Additional Rec: Supervisor from NASA summer job - don’t know how it was.
Interview: Excellent
Supplementary Material(if any): Research abstract and letter from City Environmental Manager acknowledging the impact on passing plastic bag ban.
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian American
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None other than research and leadership. </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Research at NASA, scores/stats, leadership, essays, diverse interests.</p>

<p>Weaknesses: Class decile rank. The high school has 50 national merit finalists and ~ 100 kids getting 2,300+ on SAT and over 75 kids getting 3.94+ on unweighted GPA. It was very very difficult to stand out from this crowd which is super competitive. But they all are very well prepared for college.</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths above.</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UC Berkeley (EECS - regents scholarship), Northwestern, Cornell, CMU, UIUC (James Scholar), UCSD & other UC’s
Waitlisted: CalTech, Duke
Rejected: MIT, Princeton, Harvard
Still waiting: Stanford</p>

<p>General Comments: We have narrowed down the field to UC Berkeley, Cornell and Northwestern. Next month will be visiting these 3 colleges and making the final decision. Unless Stanford gives last minute positive surprise ;)</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2070 superscore (680-M, 720-R, 670-W) (did submit)
ACT:29 (didnt submit)
SAT II:U.S. History 670, Bio E 680 (did submit)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.2 UW, 3.5 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A School doesnt rank
AP (place score in parenthesis):AP Biology (3), AP Statistics (3), AP Art History (2 but didnt submit)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load:AP Physics B, AP Psychology, AP French Language, Honors English, Honors French, Honors Calculus, Honors Economics, Honors Government, Gym
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):African American Student Organization (9-12 but officer 10-12), Academic Team (9-12 but officer 10-11), Model UN (10-11), Science Explorers (9-10), NHS, Nutrition Committee
Job/Work Experience:none
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer since 10th grade, Volunteer at organization for debt counseling during 10th grade, Library volunteer during 9th grade
Summer Activities: not much just volunteered and hanged out with friends and family
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App Essay was about my rekindled love for reading which was pretty interesting imo as well as from others who read my essay too so about a 7; Supplement was about a 6 since it was kinda generic about my interests on science.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10 because I was one of his favorite Chemistry students and was excited to write a rec for me
Teacher Rec #2: 7 because we have bumped heads in the past but my French teacher really does like me and can vouch very well on how I developed as a person
Counselor Rec: 8 because Im pretty close to my counselor and also seen me grow as a person over the four years I had with her.
Additional Rec:none
Interview:
It was okay. It lasted about 15 mins and I just asked her any questions I had about Cornell and she asked me a few questions about my resum</p>