Way too early/.....\chance it plz!

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<p>For some reason I have bee freaking out about getting in Cornell. And it is way too early to start freaking out. We have like 3 months until decision time. This is why i made this thread. I need to get some thoughts about my chances at getting into Cornell CALS- Communication. Be honest, do not hold back the more thorough your resoning behind your chances are, the better. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>p.s I tried to make it easy to read</p>

<p>Male
Hispanic[immigrant]Caribbean.
5 yrs. in US.
GPA- 4.133 w. 3.95 u.w[i'm not too sure of uw]
Rank- 5/446</p>

<p>Public NJ high school- rarely(never) sends any students to top school.</p>

<p>When I finish senior year I would have taken. 5 Ap's
-Biology 2 AP
-British Literature AP
-French 4 AP
-U.S Government AP
-Chemistry 2 AP</p>

<p>I took 5 HN courses [4 my junior yr, and 1 sophmore yr.] <em>Schools does not really offer many advanced courses. Plus as an ESL student my freshman yr. It was hard to get any advance courses up until jr. yr.</em></p>

<p>*Pre-calc HN
*French 3 HN
*Chemistry 1 HN
*Lit and Comp GT
*Biology 1 HN</p>

<p>ACT-not stellar</p>

<p><em>COMPOSITE-28</em>
*english-28
*reading-28
*math-28
*science-26
*writing-10/12</p>

<p>EC's-[ones included in the common app.]</p>

<p>1.Tennis-9,10,11,12. this year's CAPTAIN
2.French Honor Society-10,11,12 inducted soph. year. Junior year I was secretary, now President.
3.Newspaper- 9,10,11 editor
4.Gospel Choir- 11,12- Director of Public Relations-now{we have a huge event almost at 5.Photography Club- 10,11,12. President-Junior and Senior
6.School play- 9,11,12
7. Community Service- Social Dpt. Residential.</p>

<p>Awards-[ones included in the common app.]</p>

<p>-Your usual students of the months for various subjects.
-Student of the month for the school
-French Honor Society
-National Honor Society
-Varsity Letters-3 tennis
-Distinguished Honor Roll</p>

<p>LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.-honesty is the best policy-THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSS</p>

<p>Essays:
hook(if any): very interest mixture of experince and ethical dilemma back in native country. And also very unsual topics for what they will most likely see. HAHAHA VERY!-i think</p>

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<p>well i think if ur essays are good you gotta shot, ur circumstances give u an edge in ur essay for sure, ur ACT could be better but thats about it, good chance
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/623727-chances-would-appreciated-chances-back.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/623727-chances-would-appreciated-chances-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>just because you are hispanic, I would say 30%. The test scores below avg for cornell</p>

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<p>I know the test scores are below avg. but at the leat they do fall into the lower range that they present.</p>

<p>and 30%, and just for being hispanic? is that the only good quality, do i get an extra % for rankings or something? lol</p>

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<p>the 30% accounts for your grades/extracurriculars. being hispanic is a little boost</p>

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<p>that suckssss.
REJECTED!lol</p>

<p>hopefully i get lucky!</p>

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<p>cals comm. might be a major many latinos apply into...have you been printed/published outside of school?</p>

<p>so a 1/3 chance?</p>

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<p>really..... i never considered comm. to be a mjor that attracted many latinos.</p>

<p>anyways......any other comments..........regarding my acceptance/?</p>

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<p>your standardized test scores were too low, your high school wasn't challenging/competitive enough, you didn't take enough AP classes, and your choice of college (Ag) and major (Communications) were meaningless to the admissions committe. your application doesn't scream "agriculture college", does it? You may have stood a chance if you were trying for some other major.</p>

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<p>^ i disagree with your last part.</p>

<p>he was in the newspaper. cornell doesn't have a journalism major so, instead, a lot of people major in communications and participate in various university clubs that print magazines, newspapers, etc. also, he's in photography, and he's the director of PR for his gospel choir.</p>

<p>while i don't say that you're IN, in fact, i agree with the people above and only give you probably a 30% chance, i'd have to say that if your dream is to become a journalist/photographer, your ECs do support that. your essays should have supported that too, if it's true. CALS is very fit-based and that will potentially offset your low test scores and help you. although, i do notice that you didn't take any SAT IIs despite the fact that CALS strongly recommends them... that will hurt you in the end.</p>

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<p>not at all true, ffhrea.</p>

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<p>okay ffhrea, so you seemed vey opinionated about the thread. fine by me, but i feel the need to say somethings, </p>

<p>scores too low- yes, HOWEVER, as i said a 28 composite does fall in Cornell's range of 33-28. </p>

<p>high school being not challenging- to me h.s is most definitely challenging. i see where your coming from[ if is not ranked or sends top students to ivys then is not good] luckily i dont think that way.</p>

<p>AP classes- our school doesnt offer that many AP's in fact i think the max is either 7 or 8. i took 5 and just because mostly because them are sciences.</p>

<p>CALS- is the only Cornell college that offers communication.</p>

<p>SO.....keeping clear that this response is not on a bitter tone. i would like to tell you that you are not very great at chancing- and thats my nice way to put it!</p>

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<p>First of all, he already said he didn't get in, so this is all "Monday Morning quarterbacking" at this point. So if anyone wants to drop out of this discussion now, it might avoid any hurt feelings on somebody's part. I'm just throwing out my best, cold, harsh, honest opinion (despite inaccuracies or mistakes on my part, see below). Cornell Admission doesn't give a hoot about anyone's feelings. This is a cold business to them. But the one advantage of my post, and posts like mine, is that we can tell the OP something, anything, whereas Cornell only has silence. Maybe it makes him feel better to try to know why, to give him something to hold onto. He will never know truly know why. But this at least can give him some things to consider and maybe learn from, because he will certainly apply somewhere else someday in the future.</p>

<p>Second of all, I completely missed the whole Journalism thing. Nice catch on that. And that changes things a lot - a much better fit.</p>

<p>Third of all, my point about the quality of high school, competitiveness, and courseload (number of AP classes) is that GPA is meaningless to Cornell without considering all those things. If your high school only offers 7 AP classes, and another candidate from another high school took 14 AP classes, that's the other guy's gain, and Cornell doesn't care one way or the other. Life isn't fair in college admissions. If your high school was a modest local place, not one of the "factories" that gears people for places like Cornell, that's the other guy's gain, and Cornell doesn't care one way or the other. Life isn't fair there either. They're not evaluating you on unseen potential. They're evaluating you on what your academic record has already proven. And if you've survived the grueling mill at one of these super high schools already, you've already proven that you're ready for Cornell. If not, you're placed farther back down the the line in terms of admissions.</p>

<p>Finally, no bitterness intended here at all. I feel bad for the applicant. I wish him the best in the future. In fact, I think he's probably lucky that he didn't get in. Cornell isn't a nice place at all. It's not a fair place at all, either. Everyone there has some sort of inside advantage of some sort: academically, financially, socially, family. It often feels like most every aspect of your life there will be affected by some level of competition, in a game where you don't know the rules and the other guys all seem to have advantages on you. My best to you and don't sweat it about not getting accepted to Cornell.</p>

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<p>actually, he hasn't received a decision on his admission yet. I don't know where you got the idea that he was already rejected?</p>

<p>Maybe it was from this "that suckssss.
REJECTED!lol</p>

<p>hopefully i get lucky!"</p>

<p>Maybe if you read a little closer you would have seen the Journalism part, and seen that it said "hopefully i get lucky!" and seen all the other things you missed.</p>

<p>Maybe you should try that before you go making disparaging and disheartening posts on some people's chances thread, You obviously don't know the power and pain you hold in your posting power.</p>

<p>And on your "factories" ideology, it's false. Cornell looks at you in terms of your surroundings and your opportunities, so even a 2200+ 7 APs 100/800 from a factory will get rejected for a 2000+ 4 APs valedictorian from a small town school. You are not judged objectively in terms of national benchmarks. Your application is considered subjectively according to local and regional opportunities. </p>

<p>Go get your facts straight</p>

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<p>ffhrea you claim your not bitter and that your answers are honest and whatnot. I completely disagree. </p>

<p>Also, Chendrix is correct about his reasoning. I have yet to receive an a decision. I applied RD for the fall 09. </p>

<p>And he is completely right about your little perception of "factory" schools having a much better chance at making it in.</p>

<p>Stop posting randoms stuff, when you dont even know what you are talking about.</p>

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<p>hey guys.....I know the thread got a a bit heated..but i will stil appreciate any other opinions on my acceptance at Cornell CALS.</p>

<p>PLease chance</p>

<p>ThANK you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>bump......</p>

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<p>i think the only way you would get in is because of your URM status.... honestly</p>

<p>@ chendrix: "Maybe you should try that before you go making disparaging and disheartening posts on some people's chances thread, You obviously don't know the power and pain you hold in your posting power." ---- Are you serious? This kid is asking for people's opinions, hence he made the thread... If ffhrea wants to say he doesn't think OP has a good chance/no chance, why can't he? just because the op might get his little precious feelings hurt? get a grip, kid. i'm pretty sure JPcomm. is a big boy and can handle a little harsh criticisms from time to time.</p>

<p>"-Biology 2 AP" and "-Chemistry 2 AP" i'm assuming that means that you got a 2 on both the bio and chem exams... if so, that right there pretty much wraps up your application. You're applying to the Life sciences college, yet you don't even exhibit basic proficiency (a 3) on the AP exams...</p>

<p>I think the only way you would get in, is if you have absolutely Godlike essays AND bc of ur URM... sorry</p>

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<p>Obviously, you too, Acceptd, don't read very well.</p>

<p>I was responding to the fact that ffhrea didn't read closely enough to even recognize that JPComm was applying to the Communication major in CALS, or that his extracurriculars don't need to be "agricultural", or that he doesn't need to have taken 13 AP's, or the multitude of other things he conveniently either forgot or didn't read about.</p>

<p>And then, with his half-a$$ed knowledge of the student's situation, makes a really dumb and disheartening posts saying he has no chance at all.</p>

<p>And on your illogical assertion that the 2 MUST MEAN he got a 2 on those exams. If he didn't post a number next to his AP US Govt and next to AP British Lit, do you not think that must mean those aren't the scores for his exam? Otherwise he would have posted the score for all of them? Maybe instead it means that that's the level of the course when he took AP. Which in fact, when thought about, is logical, considering most students take 4 years of french before taking the AP Exam, and 2 years of chemistry and bio before taking those respective exams? Hmm...yeah, that sounds about right to me.</p>

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<p>Again...Chendrix is right.</p>

<p>Guys I appreciate your comments,CC(insults) and whanots...but if your going to say something, for the love of God read the post before making dumb conclusions. </p>

<p>Aceptd: If I were to receive those score "2" and "2", I dont really think it will be that big of a deal. 1. i wouldn't send them in. 2. my major is not a life science. So even then,,,your resoning doesnt make much sense. However is greately appreciated!</p>

<p>ANY OTHER OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>