SOMEONE PLEASE CHANCE ME FOR CORNELL AND OTHER SCHOOLS!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know there are a lot of people on here saying how they went from 70's average to 80's or 90's in junior year, and I shouldn't be complaining, but I had an 88 academic avrg FR year, with an AP and accelerated class, and SO year I ended up with 92.5 academic avrg with AP class, honors class, and accelerated class. BUT halfway through the year I miraculously improved from semester 1 having a 83 avrg to semester 2 having 98 avrg. And in JR year, im in FULL IB with 98 avrg in every class. I got 2250 on SAT and I will get good teacher recs and good essay. I have varsity sports, and theatre. I estimate my 4.0 gpa UW to be about 3.7-3.75. I estimate to be about top 10% of class but might be just outside of it due to not great FR and SO grades</p>

<p>1.)Anyway I can let colleges know about this a GREAT improvement during SO year?
2.)I know I didn't include all my ec's but do I have a shot at Cornell?
3.)What are some good colleges I can get into and will they overlook my bad (but not horrible) FR and SO grades?
4.)I want to be a film producer and actor when older but i want a practical major, but something cool! IDK, maybe something like forensic tech, criminology, detective, any suggestions?</p>

<p>THANKS! </p>

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<li><p>Talk about it in your essays! Talk about what you did differently, what mistakes you made, how you’re not going to make those mistakes ever again, etc etc. They like to see you faced hardship and came out a stronger person because of it. Fit it somewhere in your application, essay may be best.</p></li>
<li><p>All of the students applying to Cornell are great students. Where you’re going to stand out the most is with the ECs, I can’t really chance you unless you go into specifics with your ECs. You definitely do have a shot though.</p></li>
<li><p>You will have some trouble with the Ivies, but schools like Boston College, Stanford, George Washington, American University, Notre Dame, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, Villanova, will probably take you, and they are good, well known schools.</p></li>
<li><p>Check out John Jay in NYC, they are really good in the criminology field, and you’re a shoe-in.</p></li>
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