What are my chances there?

<p>I have applied Early Decision to Cornell and here is my stuff:</p>

<p>*Sidenote: I applied to College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</p>

<p>My GPA: 4.0 (Our school doesn't have weighted)
Class rank: 1 of 342
Test Scores: SAT-1830 (but I didn't send that)... ACT - 28 with 9 on essay
I live in the MidWest</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Nation Honor Society - Speaker Coordinator - 11th - 12th grade
-Piano lessons - 11 Years - 4 hrs/wk
-Marching Band - alto sax. - 3 Years - 10 hrs/wk - 9th-11th grade
-Marching Band - Front Ensemble (xylophone) - 1 Year - 10 Hrs/wk - 12th grade
-Tennis lessons/practice - student under a semi-pro - 4 Years - 6 hrs/wk
-Bio-Engineering Lab Assistant - Volunteer - 2 Hours/day
-BioChemistry Lab Assistant - volunteer- 2-3 hrs/week
-Volunteer at local hospital - 6 hrs/week
-Church Youth Group Leadership Team - Help young children, play piano and drums, arrange activities - 4 years
-Tutored children in math and reading - 1 Year
-Tennis Team - 2 years of JV, 2 Years of Varsity (1 year as Number 1)</p>

<p>Awards:
-Perfect Attendance For 1 Year
-Perfect Attendance For 2 Years
-Tennis Varsity Letter (2)
-1st Team Academic All-Ozark Conference (2)
-I was awarded the "Most Likely to Become a Doctor" Award from the Hospital.</p>

<p>Freshman Year Classes:
1. Marching Band
2. Physical Education/Health
3. Spanish I
4. Biology
5. American History
6. English I Honors
7. Accelerated Geometry (honors)</p>

<p>Sophmore Year Classes:
1. Marching Band
2. English 2 Honors
3. Alg2/Trig (honors)
4. Chemisty I
5. Spanish II
6. World History
7. Sem Infor/Doc Proc and Internet & Desktop</p>

<p>Junior Year Classes:
1. Marching Band
2. English 3 Honors
3. Math Analysis Calc. (honors class)
4. Chemistry II
5. Spanish III
6. AP U.S. History
7. Biology II (too bad no AP Bio at our school)</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
1. Marching Band
2. Mythology/Senior Composition
3. AP Calculus
4. AP Chemistry
5. Anatomy/Physiology
6. Physics
7. Creative Writing
**note- My school doesn't offer very many AP courses because it is kind of small, but it does have AP Java :P (computer class).</p>

<p>How did you score so low on the standardized testing but still have a 4.0 UW GPA and are ranked top of class?</p>

<p>i have test anxiety, i never do well on standardized tests :(</p>

<p>what major did you select?</p>

<p>in my opinion, it all depends on your major. you have some strong ECs. they won't hold it against you that your school did not offer a lot of APs(obviously that just would not be fair) but keep in mind there are kids applying who have taken all APs/Honors and came out with a 4.0</p>

<p>Vitae, i chose biological sciences. I also forgot to mention i have an alumni interview on monday (if that would help me at all).</p>

<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>As I read this forum, I noticed how I'm reaching for it, and I have pretty similar credentials. I was wonder what my chances are as well. </p>

<p>I applied ED using the primary/alternate college option with CALS (AEM major)as my first choice, and CAS (Economics) as my second. </p>

<p>Background:
-Female/Caucasian
-from Ohio
-4.0 unweighted cummulative GPA, 4.4 weighted
-2000 SAT
-SAT II: Math II -740 Spanish 680
-AP Classes: AP Calc BC, AP US History, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language, AP Biology
-Taking Calculus III (Multivariable Calc and Differential Equations) at local college this year
-Vice President of Student Council and the student body
-Executive Board Member of Student Council and Student Senate
-Ohio Associations of Student Councils Annual Conference Presenter, Liason to School Student Council (also awarded Honor Council with Excellence)
-Business Manager of award winning school newspaper
-Circulation and Subscription Manager for newspaper
-Advertising Director for school newspaper
-Future Business Leaders of America
-Work experience with sales, billing, etc
-National Honor Society
-Tennis Team Co-Captain (not playing in college)
-Biology and Spanish Tutor
-Creative Communications Published Poet
-Had an alumni interview
-A prominent local alumni put in verbal support with the Deans of CALS and CAS
-Amazing Teacher and Counselor recs. One from Journalism teacher which really focuses on character, work ethic, and how I transformed the business dept. of our newspaper</p>

<p>Classes:
Freshman
Honors Geometry
English
Algebra 2
World History
Science Investigations
Spanish 2
Phys Ed. (Required)
(no honors/ap classes offered for freshman except geometry)</p>

<p>Sophomore
Honors English
Honors Biology
AP US History
Precalculus
Spanish 3
Health/Foods (Required)</p>

<p>Junior:
Honors English
AP Calculus BC
AP Micro Econ
AP Macro Econ
Spanish 4
Honors Chemistry
Photography 1 & 2
Journalism II: Newspaper Production</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Biology
AP English
AP Spanish
Honors Physics
Newspaper Production
Government
Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations </p>

<p>Please let me know your thoughts!</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>ImReachingForIt, your SAT scores will definitely hurt you, despite your standing in your class.</p>

<p>i'm not sending my SAT scores.</p>

<p>then you better have taken the ACT because SAT/ACT is required.</p>

<p>Your ACT and SAT scores are quite equivalent, so choosing one over the other won't boost your chances.</p>

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i have test anxiety, i never do well on standardized tests

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<p>And you're still good at tests in school?</p>

<p>yeah... here's how i think of it. Standardized tests seem alot more important, almost like they determine the future college i go to. The thought of that just completely kills my mind. and CALS requires only one or the other.</p>

<p>why do people feel it's necessary to include every single class they've taken? Just post what AP's you took and how you did in them, and make a general statement about the other classes.</p>

<p>On the Common App, you're only supposed to list what classes you're enrolled in senior year. As for your other classes, J380410, that's why they ask for an official high school transcript. What I also suggest you do is to take another SAT II if you have time and did not hand your app in already. I am aware of how difficult foreign language tests are after getting a 630 on the French test. So I suggest taking a science test or something; the chemistry test has a pretty generous curve so you should do fine on that. Ideally, you'd want to hand in 2 SAT IIs on which your scores are at least 700.</p>

<p>As for me, I'm pretty sure what will ultimately hurt me are my GPA (unweighted 3.74) and my class rank (12th or 13th percentile). Also, I don't know if my essay is any good.</p>

<p>Also, ImReachingForIt, did you take any SAT Subject Tests? If you freak out like that on an entrance exam, I don't know how you'll keep your mind together in any college test.</p>

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i have test anxiety, i never do well on standardized tests

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<p>You'd better get over that fast if you're planning to attend medical school....the MCAT shows no mercy :-)</p>

<p>Don't remind me about the MCAT... actually, can you describe it to me? I have no idea how it's structured other than an English section, Bio section, and a Chem/Physics section</p>

<p>I don't want to hijack the thread so I'll PM you</p>

<p>wow guys all i asked was to be chanced. I already posted that i applied ED and CALS doesn't require subject tests. as for what i put to be chanced, i copied and pasted from ****************.com</p>

<p>I forgot to mention that I have had an alumni interview, and that my main essay was about my reserach in alternative fuel and algae farming (which is consistent with College of AGRICULTURE and LIFE SCIENCES ;) ) and my supplemental was consistent with my main essay and expressed my passion. *Note: I had these essays looked over by teacher who only teaches students how to write college essays and write applications; she deemed them excellent (not bragging...just fyi).</p>