<p>Attend the best public school in Pennsylvania. It is 6th or so in the state, but the ones ahead of us are all Privates for the rich kids in Philly, on the other side of the state. </p>
<p>I'm not a minority but my father never went to college. Family income is considerably low... </p>
<p>GPA: 4.1w and I think 3.75uw (No rank is given by my school)</p>
<p>Essays + Teacher Recs+Etc.: Slightly above average, but nothing stellar. </p>
<p>SAT: 1950 (This is where I'm going to get hurt... I don't do standardized testing very well...)</p>
<p>SATIIs: USH:710; BioE:660 </p>
<p>APs: Statistics (12), US History (11), German (12), USGovernment (11),
Biology (12), EuropeanH (12)</p>
<p>ECs:
Wrestling 9-12 [No plans on recruiting for anything...]
Track 9,11-12
Boy Scout (Life)
German Club 10-12 (President)
Student's Conservative Alliance 12 (Founder)
Forensics 12</p>
<p>Well, that about covers it... </p>
<p>I'm originally from the country and only moved to the school in 10th grade. I've done well for th most part I would say. I've got some stellar German experiance and only started it in 10th grade, and am now in AP. And I've never even been to Germany! I'm hoping to study History and German. I already had my "quasi-interview" with a Cornell Alum.</p>
<p>out of curiosity, which school do you go to?</p>
<p>Only the best in the wilds of Western Pennsylvania... Mount Lebanon.</p>
<p>If neither of your parents went to college and you are fairly low income im sure you would be qualified for the Ventures Scholar program. My brother, we're African-American, is planning on applying to Cornell RD and recently received mail from Cornell that congratulated him on being named a Ventures Scholar and read like a likely letter. Go to <a href="http://www.venturescholar.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.venturescholar.org/</a> and check out their info. Good luck and you seem like a great candidate.</p>
<p>Heeey guys..i'm just curious to know what you think my chances are of getting into cornell RD...</p>
<p>Cornell is really popular with my school, a lot of kids apply and a lot of kids get accepted...(13 apply maybe 10 get accepted)</p>
<p>I have 3.8 GPA unweighted and 1970 sats 29 act, im really bad at standarized tests :(...I'm taking a very strong course load this year though and so far have been doing really well! so thats good :)</p>
<p>I have massive amounts of Ec's (most impressive being president of student body and section leader for symphony orchestra)</p>
<p>I think my recs will be pretty sweet :-D im hoping! and my essay was very original (I wrote about my smelly cat who was really weird and uncleanly and how it turns out he had cancer and thats why he couldn't clean himself...anaolgy on why you can't judge anyone!) </p>
<p>I also took a class at cornell over the summer- political philosophy..and i got an A- plus a letter of rec from professor..which was cool :)</p>
<p>what do you think my chances are of getting in? Please be critical. I need to know for my own peace of mind! Thankyou all, and goodluck!!</p>