Sorry guys, but will you please, please chance me?

<p>CALS: major- science of natural and environmental systems</p>

<p>Gpa: 3.84
Freshman Year: 3.5
Sophomore:3.99
Junior: 3.96
rank: 10/50 *
arizona pub.
my school's pretty competitive; we're considered to be one of the top high schools in az
SATs: 680, 780, 760 (1460/2200)
*if you're wondering why my rank is so low, its because of my freshman year which was not that good at all and some classes I did badly in that aren't "core academic classes" I also had some A-'s on my transcript that brought my rank down</p>

<p>--hardest course load possible, but no APs since my school doesn't have those--</p>

<p>my extracurrics and stuff are pretty good: I don't think that I would be rejected from a college because of them.
but here they are
-founder of an environmental organization: I have tons of awards and conference/symposium attendance things
-president of a volunteer organization
-captain of the debate team
-Girls State
-Arizona State Math contest awards for sophomore and junior year</p>

<p>please?
(10 char)</p>

<p>looks good to me, i see your interest in your major through your first EC</p>

<p>how do you think they’re gonna take the rank?</p>

<p>considering its only out of 50 people, its not that bad, also since you go to a more competitive school, 10th isn’t too bad</p>

<p>Looks good, but how can one of the top high schools in AZ have only 50 students in the graduating class and not offer a single AP course?</p>

<p>whats your race? it makes a big difference</p>

<p>how big of a difference does it make at cornell if you are a minority?</p>

<p>to answer the question about my school: our average SAT score is 1360/1600. we learn a ton.
I’m indian as asian indian</p>

<p>in answer to the last post, I have no idea as to how much your minority status could matter</p>

<p>URM helps but its not a HUGE factor</p>

<p>indian doesn’t help at all lol. how many kids were taken by cornell last yr? you might be in a competitive school but doesn’t mean cornell takes a lot from your school =&lt;/p>

<p>You have about a 10% chance. Maybe 20 if your essays and recommendations are great. Not being in the top 10% is a big negative. If you don’t have AP’s you should have taken a college course online or in the evenings.</p>

<p>so, to sum it up…I show interest in my major BUT it doesn’t matter because of no APs and rank out of 50
just to let you guys no, there’s no way i could have taken a college course in the evenings, I’m too busy doing hw and working
just because you don’t have APs doesn’t mean you don’t learn anything!</p>