<p>I am starting senior year in September with roughly a 3.99-4.1 GPA. my first say was a 2130 and second 2070 but my superscore is 2140. I have a few extracurriculars but not too many. I am also African- american if that makes a difference. what are my chances of getting into Cornell?? ive wanted to go there for years</p>
<p>GPA is in range. Likewise for the SAT, although I don’t think they look at the writing portion. Light on the ECs will not help you, especially if you have no leadership positions. African-American should make no difference unless perhaps you’re a legacy or a first-generation, but even then it’s only a marginal benefit. Do you have any work experience? </p>
<p>Try to join more clubs/activities as soon as school starts this year; yeah, it’s a bit late, but it wont hurt to try add more to your application. Make sure you get really good recommendations and that you nail your essays. Apart from that, there’s really nothing more you can do. Nobody on this forum knows for sure who will get in and who wont. Your stats seem on point except for the ECs (maybe), but we can’t know for sure about that unless you explain them. You have a 0% admission chance if you don’t apply. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Which college within Cornell are you applying to? That will affect your chances. Also, have you taken the ACT or subject tests? You don’t necessarily need an endless list of extracurriculars. Instead, focus on getting and maintaining leadership positions within the extracurriculars you are already a part of.</p>
<p>Your GPA and SAT scores are great, but EC’s are not great at all. I have to disagree with Shock and agree with Ranza. Don’t just join a million different clubs and activities. They don’t impress colleges. Colleges want students who will ultimately become leaders in whatever they are really good at because this brings reputation to the school. Find what you love to do and what you are really good at and do ALL of your activities based on that “specialty.” For example, if you like writing, become president of the Writing Club or chief editor of school newspaper, start a small club or organization that helps others improve writing skills, publish news articles in a magazine, </p>
<p>To clarify, I agree with what the previous 2 posters have said about ECs. I took what the OP said as meaning that he wasn’t particularly engaged in ECs. Being really engaged in a couple clubs will probably seem “better” than simply being a member of 20 different organizations without really contributing. </p>