Please Chance an Anxious Applicant!!

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<p>Hello All- I am planning to Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences this RD cycle. As I browse the website, I find my affection for the school growing, and have become curious as to my chances of admission. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated, Thanks :)</p>

<p>Me
White Male
Kentucky
Attends a school that sends three or four students to top universities each year
IB Diploma Candidate (one of two schools in Kentucky with IB)</p>

<p>*Testing *
ACT: 35 Composite (36 S, 33 M, 34 E, 35 R) , 11 Essay
PSAT: 218
SAT II:
-USH 770
-Lit 730
-Math II 730
IB Music SL: 5</p>

<p>Grades
3.95 Unweighted
5.14 Weighted
Rank: 7/408 (top two percent)
Classes: All advanced first two years of school + arts and humanities by correspondence
Junior Year: 4 IB SL, 3 IB HL, two advanced
Senior Year: 3 IB SL, 3 IB HL, 1 advanced, AP Stats</p>

<p>Extracirriculars
- Church Choir (8 years)
- Youth Symphony Orchestra (2 years)
- Academic Team (3 years)
- Governor's Scholars Program (5 weeks in summer)
- Royal School of Church Music (4 years)
- Leadership development program through the chamber of commerce
- Spanish Conversation Club (3 years)
- Kentucky Youth Assembly (three times)
- Kentucky United Nations Assembly (1 time)
- Kentucky World Language Bowl
- Viola Ensemble (10 concerts)
- Beta Club (3 years)
- NHS (2 years)
- Viola lessons (8 years)
- Church youth group (2 years)</p>

<p>Volunteerism
- Hospital Volunteering (50 hours)
- Food Bank (10 hours)
- Counselor at Reading Camp (25 hours)
- Teaching Basic German to a 6 year old (20 hours)</p>

<p>Awards
- Medical Society Science Award
- Outstanding Orchestra Student (2 times)
- Outstanding French Student (2 times)
- Almost certainly National Merit Finalist
- Kentucky World Language Association State Qualifier
- Kentucky World Language Bowl Champions
- 1st Place Varsity Social Studies (Academic Team League)
- 3rd Place Varsity Humanities (Academic Team League)
- Academic Team 1st place overall (two times in a row)
- Ranked Distinguished by Federated Music Club (4 times)
- Rank I viola solo in solos & ensembles (4 times)</p>

<p>Essays: I'm a horrible judge of my own writing, but I was happy with them-- so probably pretty good.
Recs: Didn't read teachers', read counselor's. I sounded like God ("most intelligent and curious in his class")</p>

<p>Any thoughts??
Thanks so much !</p>

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<p>I think your ACT score is very impressive and it seems as though you have many great extracurricular activities. Even if you’re G.P.A isn’t perfect I know someone who has gotten into cornell with a 2340 SAT and a 3.8 or was it a 3.5 gpa. So i think your chance is pretty high (:</p>

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<p>If you had applied ED, I’d say you were in a shoe-in, but only if your essays were really good. Cornell’s applicants look mostly the same in terms of grades and test scores. They’re looking for interesting individuals. They might think they’re not your first choice. I do think Cornell wants people who want to be there.</p>

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<p>I understand the benefits of ED in this context. The average ACT of last year’s class was 31, so I’m hoping my score will help me. Cornell is one of my top picks. Thanks for the advice! Will any EA results from UChicago, Georgetown, and and UMich be revelatory as to my chances here?</p>