What are my chances at Corn?

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<p>Hey everyone, I'm new at CC, how's it goin'?</p>

<p>I'm a junior in HS, not sure where I wanna go yet but I'm kinda torn between Cornell, Dartmouth, and Brown (of the ivies, I know other colleges do exist...) What are my chances for Cornell arts and sciences based on my stuff so far?</p>

<p>GPA: Around 3.9 (not sure about the weighted, it's weird at my HS)
SATs: not yet, really good PSATs though, 98th percentile
Higher Classes (including next year):
AP US History, AP Bio, AP English, Western Civ (college course), 4 years and honors French, 2 years of honors english and 1 of history (not including APs), honors Chemistry, honors Calculus
All grades B+ to A (except chem...shiver), top 10% of my class
4 years of Band and 1 of Music Theory
Possible majors: History, minor in music, writing or english, political science</p>

<p>Extracurriculars and leadership:
1st President of French National HS
Student Council Executive
Drum Major of pep and new marching band
Lead trumpet in concert, jazz, and pep bands
Editor of literary magazine
A founding member of the journalism club
Varsity Tennis
Academic Bowl
3 years of Science League
Member of Pass-It-Along (service group)</p>

<p>Honors:
1st Governor's School Nominee for Jazz of my school
Attending American Legion Boys State this summer
Nominated for National Leadership Convention in DC
Nominated for Honors Band Abroad
Member of French and National Honor Societies</p>

<p>And I'm planning on doing a lot more community service this year and summer.</p>

<p>What do you think? Any suggestions for something I'm missing would be appreciated. I took mostly CP classes in freshman year and worked my way up, I hope that's not a negative thing. Although I probably won't major in it, music is a huge part of my life, and I'm really into the whole jazz scene. How would I fit in at Cornell? Thanks for looking!</p>

<p>-Adam</p>

<p>PS I posted this on Dartmouth and Brown too, not tryin to be redundant but I wanna get a good idea of my options.</p>

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<p>gawd, what is up with these juniors? your chances now don't mean anything</p>

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<p>If there's one thing I know, it's that that's not true. If I don't start planning now and thinking realistically about my chances so I can apply ED, I'm gonna miss out.</p>

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<p>fair enuf, but be forewarned, a lot can change in a year</p>

<p>your chances look good, at least better than mine. just make sure to keep up that SAT score</p>

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<p>looks good just do well on the SATs. realize that your college preferences may change a lot between now and application time. up until I visited cornell in September, I was planning on applying ED to dartmouth but one visit quickly showed me that CU was a better fit.
good luck</p>

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<p>Looks good so far. Keep up your involvement in extracurriculars, and like everyone else is saying, make sure your regular SAT score is high. Colleges also like to see you've kept busy during the summer after junior year, so you're smart to attend Boys' State. (And if you need an abbreviation in the future, try CU not "Corn". lol)</p>

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<p>^^haha, I didn't see ur post before I wrote this, but to reinforce your point...</p>

<p>Cornell doesn't appreciate being called Corn</p>

<p>Cornizzle works, however ;)</p>

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<p>i'm really annoyed that you called it "corn" for some reason.</p>

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<p>fo shizzle</p>

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<p>Cornell has the craziest post-ers, you must treat our institution of learning with the utmost respect.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys, everyone here's very cool and helpful, I plan to visit CU as soon as I can.</p>

<p>Sorry for Corn, but personally I'd be honored if someone called me that...I mean, our nation was practically founded on it...the native americans taught the colonists to plant it and all that...tastes pretty good too, and what about the movie industry :)?</p>

<p>But CU works for me...</p>

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<p>That was really fricken clever OWM... I must say that I got a good laugh outta that.</p>