<p>Shocker part:UNweighted gpa 3 out of 4
weighted 4.3 out of 6
Rank:21percent out of 630
SATS: 750 verbal 790 math and 750 writing :-0
Predicted SATII's Math IIC :790
Biology:770</p>
<p>OH senior courseload : ALL hard classes which im doing well in now but does it matter?</p>
<p>500 community hours worked at a hospital
President of anti-Drugs and Alcohol
Student Council Class rep for 3 years
Class officer for keyclub, been in it for 4 years
Decathalon 2 years
Boys state</p>
<p>oh man im a slacker and im trying to make up for it i know it doesnt help that im indian, i could do well in those classes but i've never been motivated untill i got my class rank the other day GG?!</p>
<p>I basically want to go to cornell and do engineering is it a reach? a super duper reach? or should i just quit trying and apply at like A&M where im almost locked in </p>
<p>You have a lot of good things going for you, and if your GPA has been consistently rising that would help you. But your GPA does hurt you--a 3.0 is not going to get you into Cornell. You have great Extracurriculars and stellar test scores...but 3.0 is definitely the very low end of the applicant pool. You should apply anyway, especially if you get straight As this year...but don't be surprised if you get rejected. Make sure to have plenty of safeties. Remember, there is always grad school.</p>
<p>Apply Cornell ED if it's what you really want. But admissions officers might be suprised that someone with test scores as high as yours only managed a 3.0.</p>
<p>Look, if you are only in the top 21% of your class, you know your chances are Cornell are essentially nil, despite the good test scores. (It basically says you could have gotten the grades, but didn't make the effort to do so--either that or you had something going on in your life that took precedence over school). Either way, at this point, you need to get realistic and plan to go someplace else. If you prove that you can get the grades there, then you can possibly transfer to Cornell in two years.</p>
<p>Good luck with that--it is possible--but you do need to consider that continuing to "coast" will not be what gets you to Cornell in the long run.</p>
<p>even if i get a 3.9 gpa this semester? i havent actually counted my unweighted gpa but if its 3.3 will that make a big diffrence? my average of cores is around maybe a B to a B+ and also i took a lot of ap's like all 7 this year and french ap and APUSH</p>
<p>Look, showing that you can do it one semester is nice--but you have four years of history saying that you will go back to the "old ways" once the semester is over. And what are they supposed to do--let you in because you did well one semester, and not let in the student who did well every semester, but whose test score was 40 points lower (meaning they missed maybe two more questions than you)? It's not going to happen. You admitted yourself that you've been slacking; do you think they won't realize this?</p>
<p>You've got to accept reality. The best way for you to graduate from Cornell is to go someplace else, do really, really well for two years--and then transfer to Cornell.</p>
<p>P.S. Go ahead and apply to Cornell if you want--but you better have a backup plan (meaning you need to apply someplace else from which you can then later transfer to Cornell).</p>
<p>heh thanks for the advice, i was planning on applying to TAMU as backup auto acceptence if you are in top quarter with 1300+ ill apply anyways just maybe itll slip through hope for the win!</p>
<p>When did you come out of this "slacker" funk? If I were you I'd try finding some nice safety and match schools, maybe ones that offer financial aid. Save your money, and go to an amazing graduate school. But still, shoot for the stars...good luck.</p>