Planning on ED for College of Engineering Cornell

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<p>I am a female/Asian (Filipina).
I actually moved here when I was 10 so I am quite fluent in Tagalog/understand Kapampangan (a regional language in the Philippines).</p>

<p>SATs: 2060 Math 720 Reading 650 Writing 690 Essay 9
2170 Math 760 Reading 630 Writing 780 Essay 11</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests: Spanish 700; US History 620; planning on taking Math II and Biology in October</p>

<p>AP Tests: Chemistry:4 AP Lang:4; planning on taking Bio, Calc AB/BC</p>

<p>GPA: 4.34 (Weighted) </p>

<p>Ranking: 2/130 (about)</p>

<p>Senior Courses: AP English Lit/Comp, AP Span Lit, AP Art Portfolio, AP Calc AB/BC/ AP Bio/ AP Physics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Field Hockey (all 4 years of high school)</p>

<p>Student Council--treasurer (frosh yr), secretary (soph yr), representative (jr yr), secretary (sr yr)</p>

<p>Peer Leader--had to go through interview and was chosen--program that helps freshman become adjusted to high school--meets once a week during school year</p>

<p>Science Team (soph-senior year)</p>

<p>Footlighters--Drama Club (frosh-senior yr)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Volunteer at Pre-School Camp at YMCA--Summer of Soph Year--33 hrs</p>

<p>Junior Volunteer at JFK Med Center--Summer of Soph Year--26 hrs</p>

<p>Occasional Volunteer at Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen--once a month for a few hours</p>

<p>Internships (unpaid):
General Office Intern at Red Cross this Summer for 4 hours/week</p>

<p>Service Learning Intern at Junior Achievement this Summer for 3 hours/week (planning on continuing during school year)</p>

<p>Awards:
Certificate of Merit from the Society of Women Engineers
June 2013
awarded to outstanding junior in science and mathematics, in recognition of three years' excellence in these courses</p>

<p>Smith Book Award
June 2013
recognition for outstanding academic achievement and leadership</p>

<p>High Honor Roll Student
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior Year</p>

<p>Academic/Artistic/Other Achievements:
National Honor Society--Inducted Oct. 2012</p>

<p>Spanish Honor Society--Inducted Mar. 2012</p>

<p>Art Honors Society--Inducted Apr. 2013</p>

<p>Semi-Finalist for New Jersey Scholars Program
Students are nominated to the program by their schools, and the rigorous application process includes writing essays, providing a paper submitted for a class and a letter of recommendation as well as participating in a group interview.</p>

<p>Please help me out and give input on whether I am a good candidate to be considered in the pool of applicants for ED College of Engineering. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Female for COE is definitely a big plus, double the admit rate for females as opposed to males. I think you have an above average chance, especially ED.</p>

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<p>Overall I think you have a solid chance to be admitted ED.</p>

<p>Try to knock out an 800 on your Math 2 test.</p>

<p>As csdad said, being female certainly is a plus for admission into the COE. </p>

<p>My son was admitted this past year ED and is starting in the COE next month. He had somewhat similar profile to yours, although he was a little higher on the SAT’s and had taken 8 AP’s through his junior year (rigor) and received 5’s on all the math and science tests. </p>

<p>The other critical piece here is your essays. They could definitely be the difference maker. Spend the right amount of time on them and customize them for Cornell. November 1 will be here before you know it. </p>

<p>Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>thank you, csdad and InfoSec!</p>

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<p>Bump! Anyone else who may have an opinion or suggestion or advice? Please and thank you!!</p>

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<p>Make sure to do really well on your Math II and biology SAT IIs because they help show how good you are at math and science, plus a lot of engineer applicants, if not most, have 800s or close to that on especially math II. So aim for at least 750+. Also yes your essays are really important so make them unique-they help you stand out from everyone else.</p>

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<p>Other than that the rest of your application looks pretty solid! I’m an incoming freshman into HumEc.</p>