Regular Decision ILR applicants

<p>If you applied to Cornell's ILR for c/o 2013, what are your stats?</p>

<p>Objective:
[ul][<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1300/2030
[</em>]SAT II: 690 (Math 1)
[<em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[</em>]Weighted GPA: 4.28
[<em>]Rank: 7 of 468
[</em>]AP: 7 AP courses
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Calc, AP Euro, AP Psych, American Govt
[</em>] Awards: American Legion Award/Medal, Athletic Scholar Award, Top 5 Percent of Class (4 years), Finalist at Natl Academic Quiz Tournament[/ul]
Subjective:
[ul][<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Academic Team (Captain), Varsity Outdoor Track Team, Varsity Cross Country Team, Natl Honor Society (Member), Medical Science Magnet, Forensics Club (Member)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutor elementary students, volunteer at police dept, volunteer at nursing home
[<em>] Summer Activities: Raised money for relief efforts in Haiti, AP course work
[</em>] Essays: Very personal, strong voice
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[<em>] Additional Rec: Teacher that has known me for 8 years[/ul]
Other
[ul][</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Haitian American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >60,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation college, low income[/ul]
Reflection[ul][</em>] Strengths: Essay, recommendations, extracurriculars, etc
[li] Weaknesses: CR on SAT I[/ul][/li]General Comments: I hope we all get accepted.</p>

<p>If no one is going to post, can you please chance me for Cornell University..will chance back.</p>

<p>Applied Ed and was defered.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>In-State
33 ACT
9 AP's + Dual Enrolled at local 4 yr. uni
3.5 uw gpa</p>

<p>EC's: Captain of two varsity sports (track and x-c), missed states by a hair.
300+ hours with afl-cio
part time job 20 hours/week
Lots of other stuff.</p>

<p>Good luck guys,
Mike</p>

<p>I chaced you in your other thread btw.</p>

<p>bump...........</p>

<p>I also applied ED and was deferred. </p>

<p>SAT 1290/2000 took again in dec and now have 1320/2030
Math 1: 710
GPA: 3.76 (but at a really competitive private school)
I have quite a few leadership positions: Cross Country, Mock, Trial, Student Government. I was heavily involved in dance.</p>

<p>LW Trojan because you have similar stats to me I'm not sure your chances are amazing but your hooks are pretty good and the fact that your a Haitian American and are out of state also helps.</p>

<p>good luck everyone! I was accepted to ILR ED! I hope to see you all at Cornell Days! feel free to contact me with any ?s</p>

<p>crap there's no hope for meee :[</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning(verbal/critical reading, math, writing): (570, 590, 420), (490, 600, 430)
SAT Subject: US History (510), Math II (580), Chemistry: (450)
ACT: 25</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.02
Weighted GPA: 3.16
School does not rank</p>

<p>Senior Courses:
1st semester: AP Gov, Adv Math Topics II, ROP Culinary Arts, Imaging, English 12 GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>2nd semester: AP US, Adv Math Topics II, ROP Culinary Arts, Imaging, AP Macro Econ, English 12</p>

<p>Teacher recommendations: AP US history teacher and Honors algebra II/trig teacher both of which were amazing.</p>

<p>Common essay: Topic of choice, talked about my home life struggles which addressed my poor GPA for 11th grade which is why my overall GPA is so low. The writing itself was not amazing but the content is what made my essay stand out.
ILR Supp essay: I personally believe this is what is my highlight; specifically for the ILR school. I talked of my academic interests of business law, economics,
political science, and psychology. The key theme was my goal is to eventually
earn a J.D. / M.B.A., after law school, and the curriculum of the School of Industrial and
Labor Relations is in every way the perfect starting path. After earning my J.D. / M.B.A entering the field(s) of business management, legal adviser, or talent representative.</p>

<p>Sports:
Wrestling(Folk and freestyle): 9th & 10th
Lacrosse: 9th(Goalie), 10th(Goalie), 11th(defense man)
{Notable for sports: *8th grade dislocated my right shoulder in freestlye state qualifying tournament which resulted in my labrum and rotator cuff being torn and had to have total reconstructive shoulder surgery.
* Fall of 9th grade i was released to return to full contact sports from my shoulder. exactly a week from my release i dislocated my right knee cap in a match. ( I rushed through physical therapy to make the lacrosse team in spring; changing from attack to goalie to accommodate my physical needs.
* 10th grade wrestling season re-dislocated my right knee[no more competitive wrestling]
*10th grade did not make my high school lacrosse team, which lead me to play on a club(not the summer club mentioned)
* 11th grade re-dislocated my right knee again. But i put myself through my own physical therapy because i did not want surgery and played lacrosse in spring.
*12th grade i was assaulted in Nov. and weeks later found out that i had a right jaw fracture and re-tore my right shoulder labrum.
*12th grade re-dislocated my right knee in Feb.
* I will be having surgery on my knee and shoulder in the summer.}</p>

<p>Clubs: The Torrey Pines High School Mathematiclub 12th garde</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
Between 10th &11th: Starz Lacrosse Club: San Diego Lax Dawgs (goalie), Accelerated Physics, and psychical therapy
Between 11th & 12th: Remedial English 11, psychical therapy</p>

<p>Hobbies: Digital Photography ( I sent a portfolio, even though it doesn't pertain to ILR academics. burkemcswain</a> - Digital Photography is a link with a few of my photos but more were sent to Cornell) </p>

<p>Family Life: I have three sister; 6, 8, and 15. My father lived in SF most of 10th grade completing an interventional neruoradiology fellowship then after he was done was deployed to Afghanistan(Navy) 11th grade , then after he came back had to go back to UCSF to refresh his practice because of the deployment. I was forced assume the dual role of high school student and caretaker. The stresses on my mother were great; she not only had to worry about my father’s safety but also managing a household with 4 children by herself. At first, my role was to help my mother with daily household duties. However, she became despondent over the circumstances and slipped into a deep depression. She was barely able to take care of herself, much less take care of her children. We had no family locally to help us so I then became the default parent for my younger sisters. My school work suffered from these demands, which is most evident during my junior year. I did not tell anyone about my situation at home. I realized mental illness carries a stigma in our society and felt ashamed of my circumstances. My mother’s symptoms were that of depression, paranoia, and delusions. Her paranoia and delusions were so strong on occasions, she would not let me leave the house because of her fear that “they would get her.” Other times I did not feel comfortable leaving my mother alone with my younger sisters; I missed many days of school because of this. My mother attempted suicide during this time and finally began to receive the help she desperately needed. As she was getting beginning to show some signs of recovery, her mother was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer and given only a few months to live. My mother pulled me and my sisters out of school in March 2008 and we relocated to Colorado to spend time with my grandmother. My mother started to do poorly again spiraling down in depression following the death of my grandmother. I continued to be the primary caregiver for my sisters. I felt overwhelmed by the situation but still too ashamed to discuss the situation with anyone at my school. My parents separated at the beginning of 12th grade. Also my 15 year old sister has been committed 2 times in my high school career for having suicidal tendencies. </p>

<p>Myslef: I have an extreme anxiety disorder. I am a perfectionist, excessive worrier, i over generalize and catastrophize. i have ocd characteristics. it rules my life i hate it. I briefly mentioned of my anxiety disorders prominence in my everyday life. I combat
it by utilize breathing techniques, psychological therapy, psychiatric aid, muscle relaxation, and hobbies.</p>

<p>State: California<br>
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Comments: Cornell is my 1st choice, but i also applied to Harvard, Brown, Stanford, and rice among three other back up schools. I have had interviews with harvard and brown alumni that went amazing. i would like to think this enough to be admitted but i doubt it and reread my common app and supps a couple times a week just to reasure myself ill get into at least one of my top colleges. i have already been accepted into USF, backup school, for prelaw so i at least know im going somewhere.</p>

<p>I applied ED and was also deferred to RD
Instate
SAT Critical Reading: 650
Math: 620
Writing: 660
Math I: 590
U.S. History: 680
Literature: 630
G.P.A. unweighted: 3.45
current courseload: Neuroscience, A.P. Physics-C, Calculus, Comparative Slavery, A.P. English</p>

<p>I have been the leader for the community service Habitat for humanity for the past two years. I run cross country and play lacrosse in the Spring. I teach swimming lessons on the weekends. In the summer time I am a lifeguard at a country club. I am also a singer, I have been working with a teacher from Skidmore college for the past 4 years. I am in 4 different singing groups at my school. I have been in multiple musicals and plays. Recently, I was Doria Hudson in Smile at my school. In the summer I usually do a show or work at a music festival. One of my friends is creating a musical and I am on his demo. I sent a copy of the demo to the ILR school. I also go to a very competitive all girl's school. </p>

<p>In my essay I talked about my sister and how she has influenced me. She has R.A., and has accomplished so much while dealing with her disease. In the ILR supplement, I talked about what I wanted to with the ILR education- go into the entertainment industry and work with some sort of performer's union. I eventually want to go to law school in order to be an entertainment lawyer.</p>

<p>I applied RD and haven't heard back yet...</p>

<p>GPA: 90 UW, 100+ W (I can't converit it to 4.0, can someone do that for me?)
SAT I: 1320 (730 CR, 590 M)
ACT: 30 (35 R, 31 E, 28 Sci, 27 M)
SAT II: 730 US Hist, 600 something Lit, 650 Bio E
APs: Euro Hist 3, US Hist 4, Language 5, Physics B 2
Current Courses: AP Literature, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Bio, College Business Law (through SUNY Farmingdale, Cartooning (Current GPA is a 95)
E.C.'s: Mock Trial (first team in our schools history), Debate (capt.), Medical Explorers (pres.), Science Olympiad (pres.), NHS, Social Studies and Art Honor societies, Marksmanship (Scholar Athlete, both years). I worked as a camp couselor during the summer (in ceramics) and am very involved with art outside of school (member of DAWN, Decorative Artists of Western Nassau)
I got an interview which went OK... My essays were very good. Cornell is my first choice.</p>

<p>interviews are a good sign. The person who interviewed me said interviews are to see the personality of the potential Cornellian. Be sure to send a thank you note to your interviewer.</p>

<p>balletdrummajor: I didnt get a chance. She gave me no contact info. The phone number came up as "Private Name, Private Number" which means it doesn't register in the call log. I thanked her profusely in person though...</p>

<p>And I think I got an interview (and a CAAAN referral thing) because my mid-year grades were very good.</p>