<p>I am a white male from great suburban hs in illinois Major:Chemistry/ChemE
ACT 33 SAT 1420/1600, 2000/2400
GPA UW 3.55, w 4.07 (out of 5)
Class rank 95/1122
Almost all honors/aps (5 aps by app time, 11 by graduation), 5 on world history and 5 on apes, the rest are pending but probably fives
Awards: AP scholar w distinction
All Conference Academic
Leadership award in social studies department</p>
<p>For my senior year, I will be taking an organic chemistry course at a local 4yr college, this is the first time someone at my school has done this (I love chemistry!!!!)</p>
<p>ECs, band fresh and soph year, 1st chair jazz tbone fresh year, and marching band fresh year
Football (offensive guard) soph-senior year w alot of off season training
100+hr CS, </p>
<p>I also have a job at a restaurant and I work aprox 12-20 hr per week, and I have held a job since I was 15 (work is also very important to me). </p>
<p>Other notable things: I had a terrible 1st semester soph year due (2Cs) to lots of changes in my life, Ill probably write an essay on that. But since then I have had a strong upward trend, last semester I had all As except 1 B, and this semester I had all As.
I will apply ED for sure.</p>
<p>Arts or Engineering?</p>
<p>I think you have a pretty good shot for the engineering school ED. What's your Math SAT? And are you taking the SAT II in Chemistry?</p>
<p>You would need a 1500+ SAT to be more certain.</p>
<p>I will apply using the primary/secondary, Arts primary, Eng secondary.
Math sat was 720, sat II was 720, math ACT was 33, science act was 35</p>
<p>I forgot to post my sat IIs: Chem 790, US history 770, math II 720, I may retake math II, but probably not. </p>
<p>As far as the engineering school, I am not sure if I want to do chemistry or chemical engineering, I am applying to UIUC and will most probably be accepted at the engineering school there, is there a significant difference between Cornell and UIUC engineering? </p>
<p>Also, if I already have a 33 act, what difference would a 1500 SAT make?</p>
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<p>I believe they just take your highest score..your 2000 seems a little low. But arts and science wants more well-rounded applicant--I don't know if you are "well-rounded" enough. Maybe focus on ur EC---how do they relate and link? They dont really care that much u took classes from another college because they mainly focus on academic in high school. Also AP scholar with distinction wont help u that much either because almost everyone has it.</p>
<p>My best advice is to focus your application with what you really want to do instead of a laundry list of everything. Show you have passion, and you should have a decent chance. Good luck.</p>
<p>If you get a 5 on the AP Chemistry, I think you have a very good shot. Arts likes people who have a very specific interest in something, and as an ED, they might like to lock up a chemistry student.</p>
<p>Are you no longer playing an instrument? The adcoms also would probably like to see an interest in marching band or one of the ensembles.</p>
<p>Are you going to do anything chemistry related over the summer? At the very least you should buy a chemistry set and play with it.</p>
<p>Cornell has a co-ed chemistry residential fraternity. Their parties are pretty crazy -- lots of different substances abound.</p>
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<p>yeah you have a good chance, though your stuff sounds like a bold faced lie. 12-20 hours a week since you were 15, offensive guard, band... there aren't enough hours in the week. maybe if your job is to lift weights while playing an instrument and studying chemistry. embellishment only makes the admissions people think you're insincere.</p>
<p>its not a lie, i just didnt do it all at the same time and i did not want to spend >5 minutes making a chances thread that <4 people will read. I did band class fresh and soph year, but I only did jazz and marching fresh year, I did not do football fresh year. In athletic seasons, i work the sunday shift, which is about 7-8.5 hours. I was able to manage weight lifting, 12-20 hr/week of work, and studying this entire year, it was insane though. I got up at 5, lifted till 7, school, then homework till 8:30 and sleep. On the weekends, I worked fri sat or fri sat and sun, I would wake up at 7, study and/or do chores, until 3:30 or so, go to work until between 930 and 12, and then read my apush book for an hour then sleep. I had no friends, because most of the people where I live are somewhat douchebag like, and i was too busy. but that doesnt really matter, i did all of that stuff</p>
<p>I mean all at the same time as in different years, not like different weeks, i pretty much quit band for football after fresh year.</p>
<p>You have a good work ethic. </p>
<p>Do you have an interest in being recruited to play football or sprint football?</p>
<p>Yes, I have a very good work ethic, but I am not sure if I am good enough to play football at the college level. And I am way to big for sprint football (6'4" 290 offensive lineman).</p>
<p>Yeah. I would say you're too big for Sprint Football.</p>
<p>To get recruited at the Ivies, you typically need to be recognized at the All-County level or higher. But it never hurts to contact the coach, especially if you plan on applying ED. I would say your stats about a little bit above average for a recruited athlete. Cornell really needs a better O-line, so they might be willing to take a look at you.</p>
<p>The other thing to keep in mind is that there are a lot of other ways to be involved in a sport at Cornell -- e.g. club rugby, intramural football, marching band. And a lot of ex-football players actually switch over to field events for our Ivy-dominating track team. (shot put, discus)</p>
<p>yeah...definitely too big for spring football but I would take CayugaRed's recommendations seriously.</p>
<p>Anything to possibly make you stand out as an applicant can't hurt :-)</p>
<p>Yea, i will probably be all conference this year, which is the same as all county. But I will probably not be able to have a tape put together early enough for ED anywaysb because I did not play that much last year. My school is awesome for football though. Last year we sent an Olineman to Yale, and one to northwestern, 2 kids to SIU on scholarship, and another 4-5 to other D1AA-D3 schools.</p>
<p>I will talk to the coaches though, theres nothing to lose.</p>