RD Chances CAS

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>deferred from columbia. suddenly (although not so surprisingly) i need to get RD apps together. woops. thanks for all your advice!</p>

<p>Objective Stats:
Biological: White male
GPA: 96.66, weighted (my school doesn't calculate unweighted averages).
Class Rank: 16/126
Type of school: pretty crappy, relatively uncompetitive public school in upstate New York (just to contextualize my class rank as being even worse than it initially appears).
Course Load: most rigorous in class, including a skipped grade of math and now college math classes at the local LAC.
SAT I: 2370 cum, 800 cr, 800 m, 770 wr
SAT II: 800 math II, 770 ush, 730 lit
ACT: 35 comp
APs: 5s on Euro, US History, Calc AB, Physics B, currently enrolled in AP Eng Lang, Gov, AP French, and AP Chem.</p>

<p>Subjective Info:
Childhood (i guess not entirely subjective but whatever): happy, extremely fortunate, comfortable childhood, no hooks whatsoever.
ECs: Ballet, extensive involvement, have attended 4-week summer intensive for 4 years now. Music, extensive involvement, play cello in several local orchestras, attended 4-week summer intensive this past summer partnered with Philly, compose electronic music. Model UN, vice-president. Lit Mag, staff member. Mathletics, team member. Some community service, I tutor refugees in English at the local refugee center weekly. Finally, I have a music radio show at the local college radio station. I guess it's not an EC in the traditional sense but my love of music in general is such a big part of me in general that I included it in my app.
Honors/Awards: nothing really spectacular, National Merit Semi-finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, NHS.
Recommendations: excellent, i was able to build friendly and intellectually stimulating relationships with both teachers.
Essays: Common App essay is fairly good, details my love of photography, my year spent living abroad, and briefly mentions my time campaigning for Obama, all things I didn't include elsewhere on my app. haven't started supplement...nervous laugh. </p>

<p>Sorry if I missed anything, and I genuinely appreciate all of your helpful input, regardless of what it says. Also, sorry for my erratic and inconsistent capitalization.</p>

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<p>just submitted my app…anyone willing to calm or feed my post-submission nervousness?</p>

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<p>Im surprised that you were not accepted to Columbia, Cornell Im sure you will make it. Atleast like 90 % chance. Only weakness maybe GPA, but otherwise your SATs are perfect.</p>

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<p>Hey there! I’m a 3.69 GPA, 2250, and Asian - American applicant.</p>

<p>Sooooooo I’d say you’re much better off. :slight_smile: Good luck. 2370 is very impressive.</p>

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<p>Yes so the conclusion to draw from what thefreakedout said is that because ONE applicant in the applicant pool of 10’s of thousands of people has lower stats than you, you’ll be fine :P. </p>

<p>On a more serious note, I think you have a chance based on your stats :)</p>

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<p>GPA/class rank is kind of weak. However, SATs are impressive. More importantly, AP scores are also excellent and I think AP scores are the best indicator of future college performance. ECs are also quite good.</p>

<p>I’ll put your chances at 65% (compared the overall average of 15-20%). 90% is definitely overly optimistic given your GPA/class rank.</p>