Please Chance Me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>I'm a junior, and may want to apply to the College of Human Ecology next year. I want to major in Human Development, with a concentration in Behavioral Neuroscience. Do I have a reasonable chance?</p>

<p>Stats:
-Race: White
-Gender: Female
-High School-Public (very affluent, but barely sends any kids to Ivies)
Courses:
Hardest Courseload available:
-5 AP's/2 College Courses
-6 years of foreign language (Chinese+Spanish)
-Senior Year: AP Bio, Stats, Lit, Sociology (college credit), Psychology (College Credit), Mandarin</p>

<p>Academic:
-SAT: 790 CR, 620 M, 620 W (first try, no studying. took recently and predicting 2140-2200)
-SATII-Haven't taken. Will take Chem, Math I and US History
-GPA-94.5 UW/99 W
-Rank-1st Decile</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Athletic:
-Track&Field(Pole Vaulting, on track to get scholarship, got injured)-9,10
-Tennis-JV 9,10/V 11,12 (Captain, will prob make 1st team all league/county)
-Black Belt Tae Kwon Do-8,9,10,11,12
Academic:
-Debate Team-JV 9/V-10,11,12 (Captain)
-Chinese Club(Treasurer)-11, 12
-Chinese Poetry Speaking Competition-11
-School Lit Mag-published 9,10,11-magazine won award 9th
Volunteer
-Assistent teacher Hebrew-2 years/2 hrs/wk
-Hebrew Tutor-for children with special needs-4 years 3 hrs/wk
-Volunteer trip-worked in New Orleans Head Start/Rebuilt house in 9th Ward
-Native American reservation coat drive-organized and participated in
Work:
-Camp Counselor-10,11,12-counselor for children with behavioral/emotional problems.
-Instructor-Tae Kwon Do-10,11,12</p>

<p>Research (major time commitment)
-Research assistant-child development
-Coauthored published paper in medical journal
-Research assistant-body image</p>

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<p>Okay to pretty good if you early
Here’s the reason why:
you are a unique applicant, lots of very good ecs (++)
even though your scores are not very high right now, if you get a bit higher your scores would not be bad at all
females are minorities (though not minority enough to make a big difference)
though you live in an affluent community and your community doesn’t have a trend of being a feeder, being in first decile is not bad at all
CHE is more selective than cals, but not as much as say the privates</p>

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<p>not early, rd</p>

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<p>you ec are kinda weak, and your SAT scores need to get better. Its a reach school but go for your dreams!</p>

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<p>My EC’s are weak? I thought being published in a medical journal would be good for HumEc…I guess not…?</p>

<p>Also, I think my SAT should go up, and I’m aiming for 2200. Would that be too low for Human ecology? Thanks so much.</p>

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<p>^lol? 10char</p>

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<p>Your ECs are fine. For some reason people default to “weak EC’s” no matter what. Pull those test scores up and you’ll be in good shape.</p>

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<p>Ok great. Anyone else? Is this a very high reach, assuming around a 2150 SAT?</p>

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<p>Mid-reach.
Not high at all.</p>

<p>Your EC with the whole medical journal makes the SAT scores look like nothing.
Shows the college that you really want to get into this.</p>

<p>That said, a 2150 SAT will be great, too!</p>

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<p>A fellow vaulter! How high did you go?</p>

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<p>Not too high haha. I jumped in a few varsity meets as a sophmore, though, and my coach said I was promising. Won’t help me get into college though.</p>

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<p>Haha, I see. That’s too bad, it’d be nice to meet a fellow vaulter pre-season. Good luck on getting in.</p>

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<p>Yea…my injury was a big dissapointment, I really wanted to try to vault in college, but not everything always works out.</p>

<p>Any other opinions?</p>