<p>Hello, I am an international student applying Early Decision to the AEM major at Cornell. I was deferred. To be honest, I was expecting a rejection right away due to my ridiculously low SAT scores. Could you please ‘analyze’ , according to the following information, of why I was not rejected?</p>
<p>SAT l: OCT
CR: 650
MATH: 670
WRITING: 670 </p>
<p>DEC (after ED results were out, since I was deferred, they will be used when the adcoms compare me with those RD people)
CR: 690
Math: 710<br>
Writing: 720 </p>
<p>SAT 2: NOV (retake in January)
CHINESE: 800
MATH II: 670
PHYSICS: 500 (I know it is bad)</p>
<p>Common app essay: good
I think my Teachers’ rec Counselor’s rec were great since I am very close with them, and the counselor, although was busy, said that she was willing to do all those things for me as I am the first person in my school to get a chance to study in the United States.</p>
<p>EC:
I held a number of president posts at school, but I mostly concentrated on two activities, which 1) show my leadership
2) show my use of every opportunity that comes my way</p>
<p>a) I was the president of my English Language Society, and I pioneered that selling the STAR Newspapers to improve the English proficiency among students (for your information, I am from a Malay speaking country) and also make a significant profits for our society ( for each copy sold, we could earn RM0.40) . I was involved in this activity for almost three years).
b) I was the editor of my school inaugural magazine. It was for my supplement essay of my experiences that ‘propelled’ me to choose my major (i.e. AEM, business). I talked about how I created the impossible, (since we lacked fund, experiences and all the necessary things to start the magazine), and how the way I utilized ‘human resources’ that we at the end ‘not only published it, and also made it be the first magazine to be distributed to other schools in our state).
So, my whole package shows how I elevated my school, which is in a rural area, to be on par with the elite schools in the city areas. I also showed how I defied all the obstacles that come my way, like poverty, and went on to be the top scorer in my national government exam at my school, and secured the government scholarship to pursue my studies in the USA, a country where opportunities are abound.</p>
<p>Honestly, I did not think my EC is that great compared with all those kids that worked with Donald Trump and Morgan Standley. I was quite grateful that Cornell did not reject me right away. I knew quite a number of CC’ers who applied to the same program like me, and who have greater stats than me, were rejected. So,
1) did you see any ‘special’ of me from the above info?<br>
2) Did you think it was because of my SATs that pulled me down?
3) I am confident that I can at least pull up 200 marks for my physics this coming Jan. Do you think I still have a shot if my SAT ll is good?<br>
4) People who are applying to Wharton and Sloan are also applying to AEM, so my chance during RD will be even slimmer. But do you think I will have an advantage since I am an “ED’er’?</p>
<p>I really need the opinions from you all. Please give me guidance as I like Cornell very very badly. You could even add me at msn, facebook, or AIM. Thank you everyone in advance.
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