<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR-720 M-780 W-680 1500/2180
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770-MathII 730-MathI 740-Chem 680-Physics (<–probably why?) 800-Chinese (whatever heh)
[<em>] GPA: 92-93? Canadian…
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: AP Chem-4, self learned, you have no idea, hardly anyone here even knows what AP stands for lol
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: about me creating a math contest club,…thought it wasn’t too bad? O.o but hey, prob not really good heh
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one math teacher is awesome, one eng teacher should also be awesome, chem teacher’s might not be as awesome, don’t know (<–bad feeling?)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: GENERIC! also school forms weren’t properly filled AT ALL
[<em>] Hook (if any): none?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Canadaaa
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese…doesn’t help here does it haha
[<em>] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:
-math contest club founder/president
-treasurer/secretary/grade rep - Student Exec (highest level of student gov at school , yes there are many lol)
-Student Senate (district schoolboard, as school rep)
-jr.varsity basketball, club basketball, club/varsity badminton, tennis team
-leadership positions in numerous clubs, bands, etc etc
-1st & 3rd at McMaster University Science Olympics
-1st in Region (couple cities and suburbs) -Advanced accounting contest
-1st in almost like all math contests at school, anyways lots math contest awards,
-lots leadership conferences, reps to competitions etc etc… General Comments: I need like…HELP…, always tried to convince myself its not easy to get in, must be ready to face rejection…but truth is so much harder…its like breaking me up day by day lol i know…lame… i can’t imagine myself anywhere else…, and i know i won’t let this go …like ever lol wow i’m sad… but if i am to apply else where, other ivies for example, what could i do better? improve my SATphysics? or reasoning?, i’m already taking the hardest courses possible…, i have enough credits to graduate in canada now and go to a university…, maybe my essays? and perhaps suck up to counselor abit more and try to ask him put more things on the school froms? lol, also i transferred schools (moved) at the end of gr10, so new school for gr11 and 12, …kinda hard to establish relationships so fast you know? especially teachers/counselors here don’t have to do crap for their students applying to canadian universities…which everyone does at my school except me, my schools only sent 1 person to Cornell, (or any other noteworthy school for that matter) like 8 years ago, and he was a pro basketball player<br>
*sigh</em> sorry for the rant guys… i’m just …devastated… congrats to everyone who got in!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2030/2400
[</em>] SAT IIs:730 on Literature and 640 on Math II
[<em>] GPA: 3.92
[</em>] Rank: Barely in top 10% (43/434 or something)
[li] Other stats: Have yet to take any AP classes because my school stacks prereqs to keep anyone but seniors from taking them and only offers six APs anyway.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: about my experiences at TASP and how I desired to view the world as a series of interconnected problems between the liberal arts and the sciences and how CAS seemed like the place which would most allow for that approach… apparently good enough.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I thought good, but was told later that the teachers I asked have been known to write very short and generalized recs… so I honestly have no idea.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should be amazing
[</em>] Hook (if any): Cornell TASP 2008</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Michigan, USA
[</em>] School Type: Relatively large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
-Captain of school’s Quiz Bowl team
-Paints sets for musicals
-Did forensics for a year
-Tutor math during the school year
-Played tennis for two years
-NMSC Semi-Finalist</p>
<p>General Comments:
Honestly, I’d thought I had good stats until I saw those of people who got rejected. My only guess on this is that my TASP experience may have helped (the universities do fund a large part of TASPs in the expectation of receiving TASP applicants) Otherwise I am now totally confused.</p>
<p>I must say, the number of deferrals or rejections for applicants with a 1450+ and in the top ten percent of their class should cement in everybody’s mind that Cornell looks beyond the numbers.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2190/2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathIIC 800; Bio-M 730; Chem-Still processing…useless now though.
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 U
[</em>] Rank: 40/552- Transferred in middle of my junior year.
[<em>] Other stats:…
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Main essay about how i became interested in computer science. I think this is what did it for me.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Calc AB recc…she was head of math department too, Old english teacher.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:umm idk…she doesn’t know me. lol
[<em>] Hook (if any): none really.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Georgia
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[li] Gender:Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I think they took my transfer into account b/c i went from a class of 11 to one of 552… taking 2 college classes this year…i don’t really know what else…National Merit semifinalist General Comments: I"M SO ECSTATIC!!! Go Big Red!!! AH</p>
<p>isn’t it pretty obvious from these posts that ur gpa is the most important factor for getting into cornell? seriously look at all the guys who got accepted; like almost all of them have 3.8+ gpa. as for sat, i’m guessing that does not matter too much.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to HumEc
SAT: 2280 750(m) 750(cr) 780(w)
SAT IIs:Biology: 760,Math I: 750,US History: 770
GPA: w:4.009 uw: Don’t Know
Rank: 1 or 2, but school doesn’t rank
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): Play Lead Guitar in a Metal Band.
State or Country: Ohio
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
General Comments: I took the most difficult courses at my school. I also, founded a chapter of the Young Democrats and served in student government from Sophomore through Senior years.</p>
<p>Decision: International - Accepted CAS Psychology</p>
<p>Posting again! Stats:[ul]Stats:
[<em>]SAT: 2220 690CR 770M 760W (Highest Combined)
[</em>]SAT IIs: 740 Math IIC, 700 French with Listening
[<em>]GPA: 3.9
[</em>]Rank: 1/37
[<em>]Other stats: *our school doesn’t offer AP courses</em> AP Calculus 4, AP French Language 4 (all self-study)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: my commonapp one was about my school newspaper. My supplement was about how my family’s traveling abroad during my childhood shaped my love for languages.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I got them from Math and French teachers. haven’t read them, but I’m very close with the French teacher so I’m guessing great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: great
[</em>]Hook (if any): Korean international student speaking 4 languages fluently (Korean, English, French, Japanese). Jumped from French 1 to French 4, then 5, finishing the language in 3 years. As a senior, I’m taking Japanese 3. </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: high school in Washington, originally from Seoul
[</em>]School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>]Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper (won Gold Medal from Columbia University/CSPA by scoring 959 points out of possible 1000)
[</em>]Flute 1st Chair in Chamber Orchestra
[<em>]Founder, Flute 1st Chair in Flute Choir
[</em>]Flute player in local Youth Wind Ensemble
[<em>]Varsity Tennis, Soccer
[</em>]Writing Center Tutor
[<em>]Math Center Tutor
[</em>]Intership at Washington Post
[li]Stanford EPGY Expository Writing</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Won several awards from music competitions every year
[</em>]Won scholarship from school for all 4 years
[<em>]Wellesley Book Award
[</em>]National Honor Society
[li]High Honor, Honor Roll</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to all of you! For some reason, it took me a while to register so I’m posting this now… I STILL can’t believe that I got in- i go into Cornell website at midnight and scream in joy. lol can’t wait to see all of you next fall!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2050, 1380
[</em>] SAT IIs: 640 - Bio E; 680 - Math I; 710 - US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.6 something UW, 4.5 something W
[</em>] Rank: top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: ACT - 33
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: completely subjective
[<em>] Teacher Recs: same as above, but I liked both of my teachers
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[<em>] Hook (if any): none that I can think of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White, but left section blank on Common App
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: Yay!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2070 (680 CR, 720 Math, 670 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 620 Lit, 720 Bio (M), 740 Math I
[<em>] GPA: 3.35
[</em>] Rank: Not technically ranked, but around 12% in 134th best high school according to Newsweek (about 10% go to Ivies/equivalents too)
[<em>] Other stats: Not really a stat, but I racked up a ton of service hours; worked something like 600 hours at a veteran’s hospital and 300 hours in other things; captain of tennis team, creator of table tennis club, officer of two other clubs.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Average for Cornell
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fantastic
[<em>] Hook (if any): Half-Mexican
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half-Mexican
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Wrote a mini separate essay on my parent’s divorce and how it affected my grades for sophomore/junior year, but it was mostly about how I grew from it. General Comments: Wow, I knew that I did not have much of a chance anyway, but my application was mixed up during the decision-making process, and I was pretty much auto-deferred in Cornell’s words. I am so upset because I really felt like my only chance was through ED, and now the only way I’ll get in is if they realize at the last second that they do not have enough Mexican-Americans. I’m going to try all I can to convince Cornell to look at my application as if it were ED for RD, because it is not fair if it does not.</p>
<p>should the essay for cornell’s supplement be about your major and career goals, or more about the specfic programs at cornell you like…could it be about how those specfic programs would help you with your career?..I am freaking out, I am probably going to get rejected in RD…</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (M 800 R 740 W 730)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 780 Bio M, 770 Chem, ?? French
[<em>] GPA: Average at 97%
[</em>] Rank: I’m guessing at least top 2-3 out of 300
[<em>] Other stats: No APs. Boo.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Personal one was great, interest one…eh.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I’m assuming good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): AIME qualifier, I guess this could be a ‘hook’
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Canada!!
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I sent in a supplementary recommendation letter from my piano teacher, which may have helped.<br> General Comments: A little surprising, actually, considering I basically stumbled my way through the Common App. I’m happy :)</p>
For some reason, it took me a while to register so I’m posting this now… I STILL can’t believe that I got in- i go into Cornell website at midnight and scream in joy. lol can’t wait to see all of you next fall!</p>