By giving them my opinion on whether they would get in. It’s not like only professionals who got into college are the only ones who are predicting college chances on this website. @TomSrOfBoston
I agree @TomSrOfBoston. How does one have a legitimate opinion on somebody else’s application who is a complete stranger, yet needs the opinion of others for their own app? SMH.
@CottonTales do you really think that the majority of people here are certified people that can give a 100% accurate opinion? If you think so then you really need to relearn the concept of a forum. By commenting on other people’s chance me forums, I can tell them what I think is good about their app and what they can improve on. I am a teenager their age, therefore I can relate to them better than the adults. I can also give words of advice, and motivate people by telling them they have good credentials. I do not appreciate your negativity @CottonTales and I urge you to please leave my post and maybe do something productive with your time.
I think you have a lot to offer Cornell H.A. and applying ED will work in your favor. Your ECs are solid and show a strong interest in business/administration which will look really good because schools are constantly looking for students who express interest in a certain field and have the ECs to prove it. Not sure what your school offers in the way of APs but I would try to add more rigorous classes in to your senior schedule (the ones you have already are good, but the more you challenge yourself the better). Other than that, you have a strong application and I think you have a good chance of being accepted, just work really hard this year at maintaining a high gpa! Chance me back please
Hello, Mass DECA member here, went to ICDC for RFSM. Colleges love DECA. Your GPA is decent but I think you need higher test scores. Cornell is an IVIE so there is no guarantees for anyone. Good luck! Chance me back?
Chances are opinions. Everyone has them. Some people want to know if others’ opinions are consistent with their own, as in “Do these pants make my butt look fat”? Opinions can be shared.
You know all this, as you have been here far longer than myself or the OP. So if it is ok to question an inquiry as to its core value without answering it please allow me to respectfully do the same to yours:
@Postmodern My post is helpful because chance me I’ll chance you back threads are often the blind leading the blind. All chancing is opinion as you state but some opinions are based on facts and experience. Other opinions are based on emotions and wishful thinking. A decent chancing is based on knowledge of a school’s common data set and/or being an accepted/rejected student at a particular college.
^^^ @TomSrOfBoston , I say this with respect to the knowledge and experience you speak of, which in other posts of yours you have deftly demonstrated you possess yourself in large quantity.
Your logic is faulty. You state “my post is helpful because” but then just state your opinion on chance threads – which happens to be an opinion I and many others share. It is why I don’t offer “chances” in threads, even though I have an opinion on every single one.
I suggest your intention was not to help, but rather to shame the OP, which while possibly valid, is decidedly unhelpful. You even bragged about it in another thread.
A helpful answer would have been to 1) provide your opinion of the OPs chances and 2) asking them if they knew about CDS’s and directing them to them to chance themselves or “chance back” should someone request it.
You seem to know more than many GC’s, so if you really wanted to help, you would have done that. I know you are exasperated by the torrents of ignorance, but these are (often) kids, and they are all born that way.
^^^ As I stated, @paul2752 , it is my belief that most chancers are not seeking an actual statistical handicap the way you would seek the NFL spread from an authority. They are looking for validation of a belief they already hold/hope to encourage them through this crazy process or, sometimes, to see if they are wrong. (And yes, often they are)
Since all chances are opinions, all are valid. Some are more informed than others, yes. But all valid. Especially on an open forum where anyone can say anything they want (within the guidelines).
My opinion is that much more damage is done by an ad hominem that might drive away a student early in process of the education you can get here than by an under-informed chance guess.
