RD Chances

<p>Hey, just got deferred from Duke Engineering...yeah it sucks, but i gotta assess my chances to other schools, so hit me straight...</p>

<p>...i'll apply to the engineering school at cornell, regular decision obviously</p>

<p>SAT I: 1430 (800 M 630 V)
SAT II: 730 Physics 710 IIC 600 Writing</p>

<p>GPA: 4.1/4.5 unweighted (like 3.8-3.9 outta 4.0) 5.3/6.0 weighted
AP's: Senior year- Calc BC, Physics, Studio Art...Junior year- Calc AB, US History
Senior Honors Classes: English, Statistics, Spanish</p>

<p>EC's: 2 year Captain of Baseball Team, 4 year letterman...President of Alternatives Club (anti-drug club)...Captain of Quiz Bowl Team....then the regular stuff, volunteer club, mock trial team, etc</p>

<p>Awards: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, NJ Governor's School Semi-finalist, NJ Bloustein Distinguished Scholar</p>

<p>Reccomendations: pretty good
Essays: ehh, decent i suppose</p>

<p>-no research, verbal/writing are pretty week, hopefully they wont weigh that as much because i'm applying to engineering...already applied to UMich semi late, should hear back in a month or so.....thoughts?</p>

<p>NYY, what is your class rank?</p>

<p>my school doesnt rank, but i'd estimate i'm around top 10% out of 130 or so</p>

<p>I think its odd that you didn't get deferred at Duke. Your stats are in line with many applicants who got deferred. Your chances at Cornell are as good as most applicants. I'd the odds between 35 - 50 Percent - its all a crap shot.</p>

<p>SAMMIE, "just got deferred from Duke Engineering".....that being said, Cornell Engineering is tougher to get into than Duke Engineering...but you still do stand a shot, NYYbaseball99.</p>

<p>well cornell's acceptance rate into engineeering in 2007 was about 37%, at duke it was about 28%, and dukes SAT range for engineering is 1450-1540, so idk if its harder to get into cornell or not</p>

<p>i got rejected with similar stats. good luck!</p>

<p>rejected from where? cornell?</p>

<p>Sorry about that NYY, I misread you thread, I thought you got rejected. Good Luck!</p>

<p>Cornell's engineering school is harder to get into because our applicants are the same as those who go for Stanford and MIT as well. The acceptance rate is misleading; the pool is actually very strong.</p>