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<p>I plan on applying to ILR, and Cornell has been my dream school since 8th grade.. do I have a shot?</p>

<p>Gender: female
Race: white, jewish
Location: queens, ny</p>

<p>School: large, catholic hs
GPA: 95/100 UW
Rank: school doesn’t rank, but top 5-7% of 650</p>

<p>Course Load:</p>

<p>Freshman:
Advanced Physical Science, Honors (1/2 year chemistry, ½ year physics)
Intro to Music
Intro to Studio Art
Advanced Geometry, Honors
Global History 1
English 9, Honors
Advanced Spanish 2
Religion 9
Phys Ed 9</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Biology, Honors
Commercial and Technical Art
Algebra 2, Honors/Trigonometry, Honors
Global History 2
English 10, Honors
Advanced Spanish 3
Religion 10
Phys Ed 10</p>

<p>Junior:
C# Computer Programming
Intro to Sociology
Christian Service (req. religion)
Chemistry, Honors
English 11, Honors
Advanced Spanish 4
AP US History
Business Communications
PreCalculus, Honors
Health
Phys Ed 11
Took a bi-monthly class about children with special needs at local college for credit</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Psychology
AP English Literature
AP Calculus AB
AP Environmental Studies
Physics, Honors
Forensic Criminology
Many Faces of Faith (req. religion)
Human Sexuality and Love (req. religion)
Phys Ed 12</p>

<p>Testing:
SAT: 1380/2100
Math 700
CR 680
Writing 720</p>

<p>SAT2’s:
US History 650
Biology M 670
Math I 680</p>

<p>ACT: will take in September</p>

<p>EC’s
Model United Nations: 10-12
Mathletes: 11-12
Book Club: 11-12
Peer Tutoring: 9-12
Drug and Alcohol Prevention: 12
Yearbook: 11-12 (Editor in Chief 09-10)</p>

<p>BBYO (Jewish youth group): 8-12
Member in good standing 2006-present
Chapter Sh’licha 07-08: in charge of Judaism, Social Action, and Community Service; ran services, collected toys for tots, ran meetings about teen issues, etc.
Chapter Gizborit 08-09: in charge of fundraising and managing chapter bank account; collected membership dues, ran weekly fundraisers for the chapter as well as larger monthly fundraisers for the entire region, managed chapter merchandise and sold products on regional events; etc
Recently elected Chapter Gizborit 09-10</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
Young Leadership Program top graduate 07
National Honor Society: 11, 12
Spanish National Honor Society: 11,12
Mu Alpha Theta (Math NHS): 11, 12
BBYO Chapter of the Year 08-09
BBYO Gizborit of the Year 08-09</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Jewish Day Camp Counselor- 40 hours/week for 8 weeks
4 summers: 2 unpaid (06/07), 2 paid (08/09)
tutoring/babysitting kids in the neighborhood</p>

<p>Community Service:
Project CHILD: 08-09 120+ hours working with autistic and other special needs children after school (homework help, playing games, etc)
Project HOPE: 06-09 making food baskets and delivering them to NYC’s elderly on Jewish High Holidays
Salute to Israel Day Parade: 07-09 creating flag/banner and marching in the parade
Elementary School: 06-09 200+ hours on various occasions (book sale, ice cream social, spring carnivals, multicultural night, dances, etc)</p>

<p>LOR’s should be amazing (Honors English 10, AP Psych/Bio Honors, and AP USH teachers), as should my essays (I’m a very strong writer)</p>

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<p>your chance isn’t 0% but dont get your hopes up. coures doesn’t mean you wont get accepted. i think whether you get in or not will depend on how lucky you are</p>

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<p>Unlike the poster above, with his ubiquitous errors in grammer and such, I think you look like a very good candidate. Strong stats and Ecs make Cornell a perfect reach school for you. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I think that you have strong grades, classes, and EC’s, but I do think that you need to work on ur test scores. I highly recommend you bring ur math scores up. although you are applying to ILR, if you look at cornell’s mean sat grades, their math scores are pretty up there. And even though you’re taking ACT’s in the fall, I recommend you take 1-2 SAT II’s that you can get solid 700’s one. Definitely math II , chemistry, or maybe world history. Hope it helps! Good luck!</p>