Please chance me for getting in to Cornell Arts & Sciences

<p>(For the title, would it be into or in to? No idea)</p>

<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I'm a US student that applied ED for 2014. I was wondering what you think my chances are at getting in.</p>

<p>Asian male without reported ranks</p>

<p>GPA: 3.83UW/4.1~W</p>

<p>36 ACT - 35E, 35M, 36R, 36S, but 9 on essay bringing the combined Eng/Writ down to 32
(No idea how I got this, didn't even study except for one practice test in the week leading up)</p>

<p>SAT IIs - 800 Math2, Chem, 790 BioM, 760 Physics, 730 Chinese with Listening</p>

<p>All honors/APs except for one semster regular English Junior year (didn't get good rec to get in), and the other semester being a "Film Literature" class, also 5APs senior year</p>

<p>Do AP scores really matter? Schools don't even look at them for admission, but whatever: 5 - Physics B, Stat, Chinese, 4 - Bio (very difficult year, only 5% got 5's)</p>

<p>Did summer class "Intro to Sociology" at local community college </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Internship turned job summer before senior year (still doing it)</p>

<p>Volunteering at local senior facility's mental health floor (~50 hrs, 11-12)</p>

<p>Varsity swimming (9-11, going to continue in 12, attended CCS 10 and 11 for those of you that know what it is, captain 11th and likely going to be captain 12th)</p>

<p>Club swimming (9-11, going to continue in 12, did during offseason, part of top 10 teams in US)</p>

<p>Varsity wopo (11)</p>

<p>Georgetown Summer Program (6 weeks, A's in both classes I took, summer after 10th)</p>

<p>"Buddies for Math" (program started at local underprivileged elementary school, helped tutor 3rd/4th graders in math, standardized test scores rose 40%, 10-12)</p>

<p>General tutoring at local church (church has mostly underprivileged members, started it myself, no official numbers but progress has been said to be positive, 11-12)</p>

<p>Essays - Hopefully very good :P, at the very least they're not bad</p>

<p>Recs - Heard they don't count much since they basically all say the same thing (no teacher's going to give a student a bad rec), but one of them was an English teacher who loved me, and the other one was a math teacher I was close enough to to unawkwardly race to rank 100 in Tetris Battle :P (if that's a good indication)</p>

<p>Also, does anyone know if CAS weighs any part of the application, specifically test scores, any higher than the rest?</p>

<p>EDITS BELOW</p>

<p>For what it's worth my grandfather got his Master's and PhD at Cornell, though in Sibley School of Mech and Aerospace Engineering and not A&S :'(</p>

<p>Thanks for reading, and please let me know what you think!
I'll chance you back as well!</p>

<p>They carefully lay out student applications into a large array through out Thurston ave. then they proceed to cut the heads off chickens, as the chickens run through the papers they each slowly come to a halt and fall on they’re sides, if the chicken falls on a students application then and only then are they accepted.</p>

<p>Thanks. That was exceedingly helpful.</p>

<p>I gave you a bump</p>

<p>Cornell might be slightly high reach, but I think you should apply, you can make it :slight_smile:
Even though your granddad was in another dept., I think it would definitely help to have some legacy, so do apply, and hope for the best. Good luck! :)</p>

<p>Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1578414-low-gpa-but-strong-ecs-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1578414-low-gpa-but-strong-ecs-chance-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Well, I think Cornell is a low reach if you applied for ED. You have a legacy. That will work.</p>

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<p>Your SATs are REALLY good. I’d say Cornell is in between low reach, or high match, or match. You should DEFINITELY apply right away. Good luck! :slight_smile: Your EC’s are awesome btw.</p>

<p>Bump (10 characters?</p>

<p>Bumppppppp</p>