what are my chances for Cornell and Georgetown after a great junior year

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'll be a senior this upcoming year and have applied to these schools. Here's my Stats, I guess you could say.</p>

<p>Unless said otherwise, the class was the toughest I could take.</p>

<p>Freshman:
Honors Bio: A
Honors Geometry: B
English 9 (2nd toughest English class): A
US History (2nd toughest History class): A
Intro to Business: A
Spanish 1: A
Gym: A
GPA:4.0
Class rank: 64/657</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Honors Chemistry: A
Honors Algebra 2 (2nd toughest math class): A
Honors World History (2nd toughest History class): A
Honors English 10 (2nd toughest English class): A
Entrepreneurship: A
Spanish 2: B- (I know)
Health: A
GPA: 4.1
Class rank: 53/652</p>

<p>Junior
AP Biology: A
Honors Physics: A
Honors Precalculus (2nd highest math class): A
APUSH: A
AP English 11: A
Microeconomics: A
Gym: A
GPA: 4.8
Class rank: 1/ 655</p>

<p>The ranks are for each single year, not my combined high school performance.</p>

<p>Senior year class load
AP Physics
AP enviormental studies
AP English 12
AP Psych
AP US Gov
AP Sat
Honors Calculus</p>

<p>Comments: My middle school teachers screwed me royally by putting me in low Social studies and English class, so that took me two years to work out.</p>

<p>SAT: 2240
ACT: 33
SAT Subject test: Bio-770
SAT Subject test: literature- 780</p>

<p>200 hours volunteering at a thrift shop
100 hours at a hospital</p>

<p>FBLA: 10- made regionals, could not attend. 11- president
Science Club: 11
Debate team: 11</p>

<p>Please be honest, I won't be offended. I realize my chances are limited</p>

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<p>Well, what’s your overall rank? And your ECs are severely lacking.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>How in the world did you pass 52 other students in class rank? Even with your grades being weighted, did none of them take any APs? That seems a bit odd to me…</p>

<p>Your chances at both Cornell and Georgetown are minimal. Both “recommend” three years of a foreign language - the reality is that they expect at least three years unless there are unavoidable scheduling obstacles (such as a high school only offering two years). You only have two years of Spanish and apparently struggled to complete that.</p>

<p>It is interesting that you make a special point of commenting on your middle school teachers. That does not reflect well on your acceptance of personal responsibility. Ironically, your having overcome and achieved success despite those teachers does reflect well on you. You definitely do not want to include any negative references to teachers (or excuse making generally) on your college applications.</p>