Stanford , Cornell-Are they even with my reach?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Cornell(College of Engineering) has been my dream uni for quite some time now.
My counsellor tells me that I have a good shot at Cornell.
Stanford is a crapshoot anyway.</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2330 (second sitting)
SAT Subject: Physics: 800, Maths: 800, Chemistry:780
Average IB GPA(out of 42) : 39
Asian Male (non-US citizen)
EC's
1. Economics Club
2, Press Team for the Global Youth For Change Programme
3. Cleared the national Panini Linguistics Olympiad. (0nly 16 people were selected, including me)
4. Winter Break Linguistics Camp
5. Designer for a blog in our school
6. WINNER of the science fair
7. Research Project at a top notch university in my country.(It has been published in the university website)
8. Another independent research project at Siemens Ltd.
9.Organized a Math fair in a local school.
10. Working with an NGO for the past year.
11.Working with an other NGO to raise awareness about monsoon related diseases. Forunder of a campaign to make government awareness brochures more "visually appealing".(This shall feature on my Common app essay).
12.Delegate of 3 MUN's
13. As part of CAS (IB) , I have taken part in a number of other activities
This campaign that I have started is now certified as a national NGO.
I have outstanding recommendations from my Math and Physics teachers.
I also have an excellent recommendation from the professor of Material Sciences in the institute that I had worked in as an intern.</p>

<p>Chance me please!
I really need to know if I have any hopes of getting in.</p>

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<p>I think your chances are pretty good. Can you convert your IB grades to a 4.0 scale just to compare? COE likes the high-numbers kids and doesn’t focus as heavily on “fit” from what I’ve seen (your EC’s won’t hurt, though) so if you can write some good essays, you’d definitely have a shot.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that admission for internationals is super competitive, so make sure you stand out. Best of luck! </p>

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<p>Thank you Coriander123 ! I really appreciate it! I’m not so sure about the GPA though. According to one scale , I have a 4.0 GPA because I achieved a 6 or 7 in all my subjects. And given the level of difficulty(Physics , Math and Economcis at higher level ) , I don’t think these scores will reflect too badly on the admission officers. Thanks for the advice though!</p>

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<p>Truthfully, I think your stats are amazing! I don’t know much about Cornell, but you’re a very competitive candidate for top tier schools. :)</p>

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<p>Thank you so much @Shystarryskies ! I NEEDED to hear that.</p>