Rate me for ED for CAS

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<p>I am really thinking of applying ED for Cornell, but I am not quite sure if I have enough. I want to be a Physics Major but stats are not as good, please rate me and if you wish to criticize I don't mind, but I would certainly appreciate any suggestions thank you! I am hispanic and my first language is Spanish, my essay might be about my immigration to this country.</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1920 total 740 math 610 writing 570 reading (Planning on retaking)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 750 mathII, 770 spanish (Planning on taking the Physics Subject)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.4 :(
Weighted GPA (out of 6.0): Should be about 5.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): english lit(3) calc AB(4) macro(4) us gov(3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lang, AP US History, Dual-Enrollment (College Courses) - Calc 2, Thermodynamics, Intro to Stats, Ancient Philosophy, MultiV Calc, Differential Equations, Italian, and Global Environment.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cambridge Scholar, AMC 10 School Winner, POSSE Candidate</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Badminton(Varsity), MU Alpha Theta(Treasurer, VP, President), NHS(Treasurer), Key Club, Debate Team, Soccer(Private Club), Engineering Team(Treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: Coldstone Creamery, Work in Family Business, Started own DJ company
Volunteer/Community service:Just Enough around my city, and being a soccer coach in local team.
Summer Activities: Take College Courses, DJ, Work, Travel
Essays: I have to work on them but they will be pretty descent
Teacher Recommendation: Awesome, my teacher really like me
Counselor Rec:New counselor, I don't know what to expect but she likes me
Additional Rec:Maybe from and alumni who was my teacher</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity:hispanic(latino)
Gender:male
Income Bracket: below 60,000</p>

<p>Please if any one can have the time to help me I would greatly appreciate it! Thank You!</p>

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<p>If you are applying to CAS, then you would certainly have a better shot ED than RD. You definitely have a shot…and don’t worry about your 3.4; if you are in the top 5%, I doubt Cornell would count it against you. Apply and hope. That’s my motto. (P.S. I’m also applying to CAS ED, good luck!)</p>

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<p>Well you mentioned that my shot at CAS in ED would be better but just wondering what would you think about COE, the thing is I want to study Physics and Mechanical Engineering, but people told me my shots are better in CAS, what do you think? Btw, thank you for all your help!</p>

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<p>COE is usually a better choice. It is more stats based, and accepts a larger percentage of applicants.</p>

<p>Make sure to try to take the ACT. I found it significantly easier than the SAT, without any additional studying. I would try for a 33+.</p>

<p>Make sure still, however, to research the Mechanical engineering department and the Applied engineering physics departments and look at their research/engineering project teams/engineering clubs and make sure to talk about all of these possible things you are interested in in your essays.</p>

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From my understanding, although CoE accepts more applicants, it’s a more self-selected pool. Like you said, people with particularly good stats get in.</p>

<p>It seems like gian doesn’t have tip-top stats…sure, he’s a URM, but I think CoE is more, as you said, stats based while CAS looks more at a complete picture of the person, observing that he’s also in Badminton and Debate Team (no leadership position there?), among other things.</p>

<p>Definitely study for the Physics SAT Subject Test…and yeah, retaking that SAT will help, especially since your Math score (740) is high and Cornell superscores.</p>

<p>As Ivysaur said, you definitely have a shot…but you can definitely improve your odds by making sure you get good scores.</p>

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<p>I would highly suggest ENG.</p>

<p>Engineering loves recruiting minorities. He has AMC, Mu Alpha Theta, and Engineering club. Your dual enrollment classes are also very good.</p>

<p>The 3.4 isn’t terrible, and your weighted more than makes up for it. Being from Miami, myself, I know what the applicant pool is like, and despite you having a low GPA, the rest of your application seems top-notch.</p>

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<p>Dunno, my brother had better stats than gian and he got rejected, but then again, he didn’t do ED. (He was URM and we are from the Miami area as well)</p>