Updated Engineering ED Chances Please - Am I being realistic here >_>

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Applying ED to Bioengineering</p>

<p>Cali/Male/Asian</p>

<p>1st generation to go to college in USA
born outside USA
One of the most competitive schools in Cali (1H, 1Y, 1P, 2S this year, 6-7 to each UC, 1UPenn, 1JHU, 1Cornell)
68/646 until 1st semes Junior year (10.5%).. awaiting 2nd semes. rank (will go up into or very very close to 10%)</p>

<p>GPA: Apparently Cornell has no formula to calculate GPA so here are my grades (Do +/- count for anything?)</p>

<p>H = Honors</p>

<ul>
<li><p>9th (yea I really screwed up 9th grade... moved here from MN & the classes were wayy more advanced here in CA - I'll try to talk about that in my essay)
H Global Studies/Health A- / A-
Eng A / A
Bio A / B+
Span 1 A / B
Marching Band/Symphonic Band A / A
H Geometry B+ / B
PE A / A</p></li>
<li><p>Summer @ local CC
H Alg. II A</p></li>
<li><p>10th
Span 2 B+ / A-
Phys A / A
Marching Band/Wind Symphony A / A
H Eng B+ / B+
Chem A / A
H PreCalc A / A
AP World Hist. C+ / B-</p></li>
<li><p>Summer @ local CC
H US Hist. A</p></li>
<li><p>11th
AP Phys A / B
Marching Band/Wind Symphony A / A
AP Calc A / A
AP Eng Lang. & Comp. B- / B-
CS A+ / A
Span 3 A- / A</p></li>
<li><p>12th
AP Stat.
AP Bio
AP Eng Lit.
AP Gov. & MacroEcon
AP CS
Marching Band/Wind Ensemble II</p></li>
</ul>

<p>SAT: Superscore 2140; 2100 (640CR, 720W, 740M), 2100 (600CR, 720W, 780M), retaking for 2250+</p>

<p>SAT II: MathIIc 800, Phys 750 (retaking), Bio (pending)
APs: Calc BC (5), Calc AB Subscore (5), Eng Lang. (3), Phys Mech (3), Phys E&M (3), World History (3)</p>

<p>ECs:
Piano - 7yrs, Marching Band - 4yrs (Instrument for 6yrs)
Bio-related Research Internship - current summer, Siemens/Intel - (pending), Local Science Fair - (pending)
Math Club - 4yrs, Riddle Club - 2yrs (President)
Website Design both commercially & for non-profit organizations (ie. school band, ptsa, teachers, chinese school, etc.) - countless hours
Chinese school student council committee chair - 1 year
Volunteer @ local museum, thrift store - many hours during summer</p>

<p>Pretty much increasing GPA trend from 10th - I'll be busting my ass of 1st semes. of 12th
Had an ugly cold on my 2nd SAT retake which explains for same score.. should do much better next time</p>

<p>Thanks very much!</p>

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<p>Morning bump</p>

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<p>Since your school sends students to the Ivies, the best thing to do is get a scattergram of your school's admissions experiences over the last five years to estimate your chances. This is true of anyone who is trying to assess his or her chances. You don't have strong EC's and you have average grades and scores for admission, but you should be in range if you go ED. Still, your school will know better than anyone on this board.</p>