<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340 (CR: 800 M: 770 W: 770)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 Lit, 710 Chemistry and US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.94 UW, 4.65 W
[</em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank, but at least 10%.
[li] Other stats: Four 4s and 1 5 on AP exams, 6 on IB SL Chemistry</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were decent - the CAS-tailored one was pretty good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] Hook (if any): IB Diploma candidate, Asian applying for Theatre Arts (like, for real?)</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: Public, Selective IB
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: National Merit Semifinalist, Maryland Distinguished Scholars Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, did set decoration, lighting, acted, and co-chiefed sound for our drama club, Tri-M Music Honors Society secretary, International Space Settlement Design Club VP/Co-Automations Lead (our school won first place at competition last year and I presented on our proposal at the ISDC last year), restarted our school’s colorguard and served as captain, library volunteer. </p>
<p>General Comments: Screamed for ten minutes when I heard - Cornell’s been my dream school for a really long time and I can’t believe I got in. Congratulations to everyone else who’s been accepted, and to those who weren’t, I am positive you guys will get into other fabulous schools with those stats. Looking forward to meeting everyone in the fall! :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:—
[</em>] SAT IIs:—
[<em>] ACT: 28 composite
[</em>] GPA:4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank:Top 5%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:Outstanding, my senior composition teacher (who teaches how to write college essays) dubbed them excellent.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Awesome
[<em>] Counselor Rec:Never saw but she likes me :s
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:MO
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:S. Korean
[</em>] Gender:M
[/ul]**Other Factors:**Worked as a lab assistant for two university projects at the local university(Missouri University of Science and Technology). The two projects were in: Bio-Engineering and Bio-Chemistry. I am the Program Coordinator for NHS. I was on the varsity tennis team for 2 years.
**General Comments:**I was suprised to see that was deferred and not rejected since my ACT score is really terrible. But I see this as an opportunity to get a better score and apply to other schools. Hopefully, I will get admitted to Cornell in April :D. Congratulations to all those who got accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1570/2300
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem 740 US Hist 740 Math IIC
[<em>] GPA: 4.0/4.72
[</em>] Rank: 2/300</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not too great, I rushed on them.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pittsburgh, PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian-American
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments:
I had a bioengineering internship at UPitt the past summer, and 200+ volunteer hours at a hospital.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33 (34 36 33 30)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC 760 US History 730
[<em>] GPA: 3.87
[</em>] Rank: don’t rank, top 10%
[<em>] Other stats:
[</em>] Essays: both amazing
[<em>] Teacher Recs: not allowed to read, but they both knew me well
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not allowed to read
[<em>] Hook (if any): Asian (:D)
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MN
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: piano state contest winner, internship at chamber of commerce General Comments: I AM SO F-ING PUMPED WAHAHAHHAHA!!! CONGRATS TO ALL THAT GOT ACCEPTED.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS
SAT: 2180 700(m) 700(cr) 780(w)
SAT IIs:Biology: 760,Math II: 750,US History: 780
GPA:uw 4.0, 4.71(w)
Rank:top 5 out of 415
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs:Great I think
Counselor Rec: He did a great job.
Hook (if any):none
State or Country: Virginia
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Female
General Comments: most difficult clas</p>
<p>[size=+1][color=green][ b][Decision: Deferred HumEc Human Biology, Health, and Society] Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 720 CR, 780 Math, 800 Writing (1500/2300)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Biology E, 760 World History, 750 Spanish, 640 Math I (ouch)
[<em>] GPA: 96/100 Unweighted, school doesn’t weight or rank
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[ <em>] Other stats: Took the hardest courseload possible, all AP’s and Honors classes, 2-years accelerated mathematics since 7th grade
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Essays: Still need Cayuga to read them I thought they were unique and well written, but who knows? Maybe they didn’t convey fit.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was definitely amazing, one was probably okay
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I really don’t know, presumably decent
[</em>] Hook (if any): Parents immigrated from Russia, are Jewish, and speak Russian at home?
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Competitive Public, best in region
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:
**General Comments:[Agh! I don’t know why I was deferred/b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - College of Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 30
SAT: 1470/2120 670 CR 800 M 650 W
SAT IIs: Math II - 760 Physics - 760 US History - 660
GPA: 4.289 W 4.045 UW
Rank: 2/196
Subjective:
Essays: Both excellent
Teacher Recs: Golden
Counselor Rec: Golden
Hook (if any): Legacy, Midwest?
EC’s: Tons, very involved in sports
Location/Person:
State or Country: Ohio
School Type: Cleveland Suburb, Competitive
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Full Time Job in the summer as a cook since my freshman year, Part Time during the school year…</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED. Not deferred, just rejected.</p>
<p>CALS animal science Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32 R: 34 E:32 M: 33 S:30 W: 11/12
[</em>] GPA: 105 weighted
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: very good; I felt my why CALS essay was not thorough enough
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: really excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): Well, I thought I had a lot of experience in Animal science by working at a stable for the past decade. I guess Cornell thought otherwise. I had a lot of ECs and athletics, but I was not all over the place. And my leadership stood out, a lot. </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: Public, small but competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: In-state, I opted out of having General Comments: COngrats to everyone who was accepted, and ever deferred YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE! I will miss lurking this board and everyone but I guess my time has come to leave. I’m going to do the honors prog/Pre-med prog at Tulane most likely</p>
<p>Wow… I’m shocked that you were outright rejected… you seem perfect for CALS/Animal Science.
What is up with Cornell this year? I don’t understand… at all.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 710 M 660 W 670
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History 730 World History 670 Math I 600
[<em>] GPA: 3.95 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Essays: english teacher said it was one of the best she’s read
[<em>] Teacher Recs: all excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: had to have been good (im related haha)
[*] Hook (if any): poor white male (oh wait, thats a bad thing)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - College of Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1470/2120 670 CR 800 M 650 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II - 760 Physics - 760 US History- 660
[<em>] GPA: 4.289 W 4.045 UW
[</em>] Rank: 2/196
[<em>] Other stats: 4 AP’s, 3 4’s and a 5, taking 8 this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent, worked on them for over a month
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Golden
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Golden
[<em>] Hook (if any): Legacy, Midwest?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Ohio
[<em>] School Type: Cleveland Suburb, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: I think that Cornell really put an emphasis on the essays this year. I feel my stats made me very competitive, but it was my essay that sealed the deal. I applied to CALS as well and wrote about a related yet different topic from my Engineering essay. I feel as though the admissions office keeps saying “This kid’s scores could be better, but his essays tells us who he really is” and not “This kid has to get in; his scores are amazing”. Regardless, for those who were accepted, Congrats, I will see you next fall in Ithaca.</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED TO CALS (Environmental Undecided) **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2210
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 US History; 800 Biology-E; 800 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 5.53
[</em>] Rank: 1/1008
[<em>] Other stats: 5s all all APs taken
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: haven’t read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ^ same as above
[<em>] Hook (if any): none that I’m aware of…maybe the major is just easy to get into?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I play the ancient Chinese zither, which is pretty special I guess but don’t know how much that was involved in the decision.
I was qualified regionally, at the state level, and nationally in BPA every year. General Comments: Still in a Dali-like surreal world…</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1530/2200 (800CR, 730M, 670W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math II, 770 U.S. History
[<em>] GPA: 3.81 UW, 5.2 W
[</em>] Rank: 14/355
[<em>] Other stats: 5’s in every AP I’ve taken: Calc AB, English Language, World/U.S. History, Psychology
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: They were pretty good, but I didn’t think they were exceptional. The CAS supplement essay probably demonstrated fit very well
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Probably average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Average
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Pretty good EC’s: I showed a deep commitment and passion for several interests. General Comments: Congratulations to my fellow future Cornellians!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1410/2150
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Biology M 660 Chemistry 650 Math 2
[<em>] GPA:98.2
[</em>] Rank: 13/368
[<em>] Other stats: 5 on AP Biology and US History; National Merit Commended
[/ul]**Subjective: **[ul]
[</em>] Essays:Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read, assuming good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, assuming good
[<em>] Hook (if any): 4H, counselor at 4H camp at Cornell this past summer
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: Go Big Red! :D</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2020 (710m, 630cr, 680w)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT IIs: 750 math 2, 750 physics
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 UW 4.25 Weighted
[<em>] Rank: 8/310
[</em>] Other stats:</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good? First college essay I ever wrote really…
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good?
[</em>] Hook (if any): First Generation I suppose</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Public HS
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: [ul]
[<em>] Won first place in State Science Olympiad Competition in robotic event, 4th in a structural event. (competition included top private schools in NJ such as the Lawrenceville School)
[</em>] Intended study was aerospace engineering, I’m a member of a remote controlled flying club. Build and fly planes.
[/ul]
**General Comments: **I’ll be the one flying remote controlled planes on campus!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220, two sittings. 680R 800M 740W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 640Bio (freshman) 720US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.33/4.5 weighted. Got all A’s and A- in Honors/AP classes
[</em>] Rank: 23/144 but school doesnt rank
[li] Other stats: Took 1 AP test (5) last year, and taking 5 AP classes now</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, about teaching English in Taiwan over the summer as a volunteer
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t get to read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to read
[</em>] Hook (if any): Alumni wrote a letter, and sent in 3 teacher rec’s</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public, top 10 in state
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian, first generation student in US
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: I didn’t choose an alternate college to apply to. Good luck to all deferred applicants </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2160, 730 CR, 630 M, 800 W
SAT IIs: 740 Lit 560 U.S. History
GPA: 95 UW/101 W
Rank: 1/221
Other stats: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Language, AP Chem, AP Pshychology, AP Environmental Science
Subjective:
Essays: Personal Essay: “My Crowning Achievement”–Life lessons from Pageantry! Cornell Essay: About my diverse interests in performing arts, science, and politics
Teacher Recs: Wonderful from teachers; supplemental one from chorus and theater teachers; additional letter from Superintendent about my work as Student Member of the Board
Counselor Rec: Probably Good
Hook (if any): Miss Maryland’s Outstanding Teen 08-09, Current National Youth Storytelling Champion
Location/Person:
State or Country: MD, USA. In the Appalachian mountatins…I can practically see WV from my backyard (maybe even closer than Wasilla and Vladivostock! )
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: Maryland Distinguished Scholar Finalist in Talent in the Arts and Academics (1 of 4 in state), 3rd runner up to Miss America’s Outstanding Teen, Student Member of School Board, Intel ISEF winner, DCYSC Finalist, Congressional Award for Youth Gold Medal, 4 yr. soccer, 3 varsity letters and all area team, all-state chorus, Pianist/Songwriter, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank, additional lead and supporting roles, Rotary Club Speech Contest Tri State winner, Created “Jo’s Jars for the Children’s Miracle Network”, Tutor for middle school children, historic tour guide with an amish guy in a horse drawn carriage…its pretty chill.
General Comments: I love Cornell. Visited a friend last year and stayed in her sorority. It was a great time, and I can’t wait until the fall I love snowboarding, so im actually glad i get to attend school in snowy ithaca!</p>
<p>Haven’t been on here in forever…forgot my password.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted ILR </p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 32
SAT IIs: 760 Math II 730 Literature
GPA: 3.93 UW 4.5 W
Rank: top 5% </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: alright…
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): None
Location/Person:
State or Country: Oregon
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: I had some pretty good ec’s (athletic and academic/national and state) and showed interest via email. Probably won’t sink in until I see everyone at school tomorrow.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2150 (770 Math, 690 Critical Reading, 690 Writing w/ 9 Essay)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math I, 750 Math II, 700 US History, 680 Biology-E
[<em>] GPA: 3.77 UW
[</em>] Rank: 46/440
[<em>] Other stats: 5 AP Tests (5-4-4-4-2), and taking four more classes this year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Very good, but one on being an undecided major was risky. Looks like I got the bad end of it.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: AP English teacher one was good, my french teacher’s…i don’t know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent…not great though
[<em>] Hook (if any): None. I’m Chinese, and I’m sure that’s not an URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Eastern Washington
[<em>] School Type: 1950-student, Public Secondary
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] I had some really good extracurriculars, including a lot of violin stuff, volunteering, etc. They were really pretty good.
[li] I sent in supplementary materials, including a few articles I got published, a slide show of my carbon-fiber project, and a press release regarding the Mock Political Convention I helped set up at my school.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I honestly don’t see how I was possibly outright rejected. To be frank, my hopes weren’t high on straight-up acceptance, but maybe a deferred? Perhaps it’s because of my rank or my risky essay, but come on…oh well. Time for the next batch of college admissions essays…</p>
I thought they were unique and well written, but who knows? Maybe they didn’t convey fit.
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