What are my chances / How can I raise my chances?

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<p>Hi there :-)</p>

<p>I'm a junior in high school. I was wondering how to raise my chances if I applied for ED for Cornell (my dream school hehe) for Architecture.
My current GPA is 3.65 (I know so terrible )-: ) But hopefully I'll raise my GPA to a 3.8ish (after calculating)
Here's my course load for junior year:</p>

<p>Precalc Honors
AP Art History
AP Comparative Government
AP Human Geo
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics B
AP Lang
Teacher Assist for Physics Teacher</p>

<p>I'm also hoping to take Physics C AP, French 4 AP, and a plethora of other classes during senior year..
I have good connections with our principal and my counselor, and good relations with my teachers. </p>

<p>Some other stuff I do (EC):3
- Youtube Channel - Partnered with Google through a network called StyleHaul. Earning around 600-800 a month for releasing tutorials on how to sculpt, paint, etc. Through this I have also worked with major stationery/craft companies.
- Won a couple art competitions, hoping to win more soon :)
- over 200+ hours of volunteer work and community service
- President of LINK (liberty in North Korea)
-Vice Pres of Rho khappa (National history honor society)
-On CSF board- Historian(California Scholarship Federation) (Hopefully VP/Pres next year)
-Planning on Boeing internship over the summer ( Great connections)</p>

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<li>I had a predicted ACT score of 33-35 when i took the P-ACT
Took the SAT for the first time in sophmore year and got a 1900 (I'm going to raise it to 2250+)</li>
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<p>Other info:</p>

<p>Asian American (Korean specifically)
Female
Skipped a grade </p>

<p>Class load for previous years:</p>

<p>English 1H - B/A
Geometry 1H - A/B
Biology 1H- B/B
World History H- B/A
French 2- B/B
PE- A/A
Photography- A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
First semester/Second semester
Chemistry 1 H B/B
European History AP: A/A
Civil Engineering & Architecture: A/A
Algebra 2H: A/A
French 3H: A/A
English 2 H: A/A
PE: A/A</p>

<p>I've had an evident upward trend of my GPA over the years.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading this crazy long post :-)</p>

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<p>You might want to do an EC specifically related to architecture.</p>

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<p>I think doing well on AP tests this year will help to balance out your GPA, so do some AP prep (the credits will be nice too). My only other advise is to be as sincere and personal with your application as possible. Cornell cares about how you fit, so make sure you show that you want to go to Cornell and show who you are as a person. Oh, and also, don’t procrastinate on essays. Your EC’s look fantastic to me, and I think it’s clear that you’ve been challenging yourself. Best of luck!</p>