Please chance me at Cornell Early Decision!

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Hey everyone! I am currently on the edge about whether I should do early decision at Cornell or Colgate. If I have a good enough spot with Cornell early decision, then I will apply there ED. If not, then Colgate. I understand that these chance me things are sort of weird, but I already did one for Colgate so why not for Cornell!!! Thank you so much!

SAT I (breakdown): 710 (W + R), 780 (M), 6-6-7 Essay
ACT (breakdown): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/ 416
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Government (5), AP Human Geography (5), currently taking AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP European History, AP English Lang, AP Calculus AB
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Biotechnology Course, AP Statistics, APUSH, AP Physics C, AP English Literature, and AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended (Not yet sure if I am a semifinalist yet, results are not out but definitely on the edge)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Medical Sciences Club (Founder and President)
NHS SHS Lead Tutoring Club (President and fellow tutor)
Varsity Tennis (2 years)
Newspaper Head News Editor (3 years in the newspaper, 1 year editor so far)
Link Crew Leader
National Honors Society (2 years)
Science Olympiad (3 years, competing 2 years)

Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: +100 hours at a summer camp for kids with special needs,
Summer Activities: Going to be at a pharmaceutical company internship for 4 weeks, worked as a hostess for majority of summer and bit of school year!

Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: <$50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ¯_(ツ)_/¯ First person from my family to attend a four year college

Also, I am a junior.

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It’ll be a reach for Cornell, but Colgate will definitely be easier. Believe it or not being Asian helps at Colgate.
Pre-Pharmacy major?

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@MaizeScream Thanks for your response! How is it a reach? What can I improve for Cornell?

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@motherpugger completely disagree with Maize to just flat out say reach and discourage you from applying. Technically I suppose all Ivies as well as Duke, Northwestern, Stanford, U of Chicago, Vanderbilt and others are considered reaches for everyone if you look at acceptance rates alone - even so called perfect candidates, but to look at your stats and flatly say Cornell is a reach is uninformed. You have better stats than me, by a little bit, and your ECs are excellent. I got in ED in December and will be attending in August. And it wasn’t like I got in just barely by the skin of my teeth because I have also received two extra scholarships only give to about 60 people on top of the regular grants - so someone really wanted me I guess. LOL. With you stats you could apply ED to Cornell and RD to Colgate just in case Cornell doesn’t work out. One or both will accept you so you have nothing to lose. Again, on paper you are an excellent candidate for both schools as well as some others I listed above. Go for it.

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Im not saying she shouldnt apply but she shouldn’t expect to get in, then be heartbroken if shes denied. Its better to be happy if you’re accepted and not surprised if denied, than to be expecting acception and being confused and sad if denied