<p>I applied to Cornell College of Arts and Sciences ED as a very long-shot application, just in case the planets happen to align correctly and I somehow stand a sliver of a chance. I fell into some hard emotional times during my junior year which hurt my school performance immensely, so I believe my chances at an Ivy are pretty much shot, but a Cornell graduate at my church advised I should at least try. Wish me luck, I guess. :P I know it makes no difference now, but I'm anxious and I need something to waste my time until Thursday, so please appraise my odds:</p>
<hr>
<p>Korean-American male; 1st generation born in America; born & residing in Ohio
I attend a fairly competitive school; we certainly have a lot of smart people, but we're not elite or anything</p>
<p>GPA weighted: just slightly over 4.0
GPA unweighted: about 3.6~3.7
My class rank was not reported, but I fell out of the top 10% (just barely) during my junior year, which upset and depressed me severely later on.</p>
<p>freshman year I did pretty much nothing except a few basic honors classes that were offered
sophomore year was pretty much the same; could have taken AP US History but was intimidated out of it (later my history teacher told me I should have taken the AP course)
junior year I took AP World History, AP Lang, and AP Biology
senior year I'm taking AP Chem, Latin Literature (AP Latin wasn't offered this year; our school alternates between the two courses each year), AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science (thought it'd be a nice blow-off class; oh how wrong I was), AP Literature, and AP Gov.</p>
<p>SAT:2150 first time, 2210 second time (720 Critical Reading, 740 Writing, 750 Math)
SAT II: 740 Math I, 760 Biology-E (unfortunately I was quite depressed that day, plus I took it at a bad time during the year, so I'm really not happy with them)
ACT: 33 (I don't remember my subject scores for sure, but I think they were 31 Math (lol), 33 English, 35 Reading, 34 Science, 8 essay (terrible, I know)
AP exams (it's a freakin' miracle; I barely studied for these):
Biology: 5
English Language & Composition: 5
World History: 5</p>
<p>Extra-curriculars, et al:
volunteer at the hospital (150+ hours) -11th, 12th
summer volunteer at the library - 10th (maybe 9th, I can't seem to keep my summers
straight)
summer Vacation Bible School volunteer teacher at Korean Church of Columbus - 9th, 10th
tennis team - 9th, 12th (sort of 11th, but I didn't put it on the app since I wasn't
technically officially on the team)
Latin Club - 10th, 11th, 12th
Japanese Club - 11th (I was sort of a guest)
National Honor Society - 12th (didn't apply as a junior)</p>
<p>(I am also a Youth Group officer at our church this year, but I forgot to put that on my app. >_<)</p>
<p>Honors, Awards:
AP Scholar
National Merit Semifinalist
local Rotary Four-Way Test Speech Competition - Honorable Mention/3rd place (11th grade)
National Latin Examination Silver Medalist (10th grade)
Academic Plus Pin award (12 consecutive quarters on honor roll)</p>
<hr>
<p>And that's... pretty much all I could think of. I know my odds can't be great, but do I have a chance at all? Please give it to me straight; I can take it. I went through all of high school expecting to attend the local state university; I never even dreamed of attending an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>Thanks! ^_^</p>