<p>Cornell is absolutely my number 1 choice and I want to apply ED for ILR but feel like I would be wasting my parents 75$....</p>
<p>Ethnicity - white
Gender - male
State - very rural and low income part of Delaware
SAT - 2030 640M 690R 700W (retaking in October think I can bump it up to at least 2100)
SAT II - taking math 2, Lit, and USH confident I can get 700+ on the latter 2 not sure on the first....
GPA: 3.8 unweighted and around 4.1 weighted with a strong upward tend (Freshman year I was ranked around 48)
Class rank: ughhhhhh 25/215 :( but they all take easy classes like weightlifting and woodshop... and taking AP and honors are weighted .01 higher than college prep
Most rigorous curriculum for my school - 5 AP's, 4 years of language, 4 business classes, and the rest honors</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: President of Class for 1 year
Cross Country Captain
Track and Field - 3 varsity letters
Business Professionals of America Treasurer - also won at state competition and placed 9th out of 24 at Nationals
Volunteer at Hospital for around 40 hours
Other volunteering like soccer camp for the handicap and etc about 40 hours
Foreign Language Activity Group Member</p>
<p>I visited Cornell and absolutely loved the school and I'm rather depressed that I don't stand much of a chance. Give me your honest opinions though please, I know there are other great schools and there's always the possibility to transfer so I won't be too devastated.</p>
<p>Well your biggest weakness is the SAT score. My D had a 1350 after taking it 3 times. She took the ACT once & got a 31. Try taking the ACT. She did have the advantage of being instate & apllying to one of the contract colleges.</p>
<p>Definitely apply if you love it that much, I wouldn’t say you have a terrible chance.
Also, careful with the SAT timing if you’re doing ED, make sure Cornell will accept November scores. </p>
<p>The Lit subject test was brutal btw, good luck with that.</p>
<p>Oh thanks for the replies guys! Yeah I think I will just go for it otherwise I will never know. I checked the ILR page and they wait to make a decision if you take the SAT II’s in November so hopefully that will be okay. Does anyone happen to know of a good review book for the Math II test though?</p>
<p>Definitely apply. Your SAT score isn’t “too low.” It’s below the median for accepted students, but well within range. The thing about admissions is that when I applied, they said they consider 80% admissible and you are definitely a part of that 80%. So you’re already ahead of 20% of the competition. If you apply ED, I think your chances are above average. That by no means indicates you should “expect” to get in, but your in the same boat as a lot of others applying. The thing about your stats is that a significant amount with similar stats will both be getting in and being rejected. I don’t know about ILR in particular, but I think generally applying ED boosts your chances ~15%. I’d say you’re roughly 50/50 on getting in/rejected if you apply ED.</p>
<p>…you are 20 pts. below the 25th percentile in math but above the 50th percentile in CR. This is why taking the ACT would be a good idea. If you got a 31 you’d be right there.</p>
<p>Honestly chances aren’t as great as everyone above stated. You have a low chance as nothing really stands out. Your SAT scores will hurt a lot. However, assuming you do achieve your target score, you chances increase significantly.</p>
<p>I don’t think that you should bother applying. Your SAT is too low, particularly for ILR, which cares more than other parts of cornell because, given its small size, its SAT average is affected more by individual students.</p>
<p>Hmm well I’ll just try to perfect my essay, retake the SAT’s and hope for the best. Just out of curiosity though, does Cornell extend guaranteed transfers for OOS residents applying to ILR, and if so, approximately how many?</p>
<p>Don’t let the above discourage you. If I was to take a bet as to whether or not you’d get in, I would say “no.” That said, if you got in it wouldn’t be terribly surprising and you’re chances aren’t so bad that you shouldn’t apply. I’ve known enough accepted students with lower scores.</p>
<p>Thanks for the encouragement, well I’m nearly finished with my rough draft of my ILR essay now so… would anyone be willing and able to critique it?</p>
<p>Quick question about location, would living in Canada be favoured? Why is it that living in a rural area will have an advantage? What does that have to do with anything?</p>
<p>Thought I would revive this in light of new, and better SAT’s which everyone said seemed to be my biggest shortcoming.</p>
<p>for October- 800-CR 720-W 600-M 2120 composite
with 640-M from before 2160 composite and 1440/1600</p>
<p>Do I have a significantly better chance when applying now to ILR ED? My class rank still sucks, and that 640 Math is still pretty ugly after all…</p>
<p>Good to know my chances are better. Is it harder to get into ILR OOS though? Oh and another update to my stats my rank is 25/202 (I guess we had 13 dropouts/transfers over the summer)</p>