<p>Cornell is definetely the school for me, for many different reasons one of them being their horseback riding program, and the fact that it is just such a great school. I was wondering if you got accepted into Cornell University, if you could please say your stats. Please? </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>because you are new, ill reply...</p>
<p>2009 Engineering</p>
<p>SAT: 800M 690V
SATII: 790Mii 700V 700Chemistry</p>
<p>unweighted GPA: 3.6 (however, my public school is extremely academically competitive)</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars: Varsity Badminton 2 years
JV Fencing 1 year
National Engineering Design Challenge 3 years
Test of Engineering Aptitude Mathematics and Science 1 year
Forum (school paper) 1 issue
National Honor Society 2 years</p>
<p>Work: CVS cashier 2 months
babysitter summers</p>
<p>Essays: strong</p>
<p>Recommendations: really strong</p>
<p>Interview: TOTAL DOMINATION!!!</p>
<p>I live a mile from Cornell in Ithaca, NY. Last year, 50%+ of our Cornell applicants (90+) from our high school (only one in the area) were accepted.</p>
<p>Below is the 2004 college profile for Ithaca High School. You can find Cornell and all the gpa, SAT I, SAT II, and indicated area of study stats there: </p>
<p>Bio Major, CALS</p>
<p>SAT I: 730 V, 720 M
SAT II: 800 writing, 780 US hist, 750 World hist, 690 math II c, 660 chem</p>
<p>Rank: 4/465
Avg: 97.7 uw/103.4 w</p>
<p>Good ecs
Kick-ass recs
Pretty kick-ass essays</p>
<p>CAS</p>
<p>3.67 unweighted GPA, and school doesn't weight. In top 15% of class of 500 or so.
780 Math, 740 Verbal (one sitting, second time)
800 Writing, 700 German, 680 Math 1C</p>
<p>Fencing for five years, member of USFA, E4 ranking
Attended a broadcast arts school (Cinekyd) for three years
German Honor Society
Assorted awards, etc.</p>
<p>Essays: Supplemental = nothing special, but good
Common App = spectacularly amazing; I took a risk and it really paid off</p>
<p>Recommendations: Didn't read them but they were probably good. One was from my German teacher, who thinks I'm the messiah; the other was from a social studies teacher who specifically offered to write me a rec.</p>
<p>Legacy (mom went)</p>
<p>To resurrect an old post lost in the great abyss of CC..</p>
<p>4.41 GPA
Ranked 9/365
1420 SAT (700 M, 720 V)
5 APs - AP Scholar With Distinction Award
Taking 5 more APs Senior Year
SAT IIs - 710 writing, 690 lit, 670 math
PSAT Commended Scholar
Bloustein Scholar</p>
<p>ECs
Model United Nations President
Student Dance Association Treasurer
Varsity Basketball
National Honor Society
School Newspaper
Spanish Club
Vacation Bible School Teacher
ect. ect. ect.</p>
<p>Work Experience
2 summers internship @ advertising agency in NYC
2 years catering with waitressing service (specializing in parties at the homeowner's home)
1 year floral department @ garden center
(I work at least 12 hours a week.)</p>
<p>Visited the Hotel School 3 times. (I love it so much!!)
Networked with everyone and anyone I met.
Sent 3 teacher recommendations and 1 from my catering business employer.
Interview went extremely well. (Over an hour long.)</p>
<p>Hey Northport! I'll reply because I'm a fellow Long Islander :)</p>
<p>4.0 unweighted GPA
1340 SAT 720 math 620 verbal
720 writing 650 math ic 700 chemistry
No class ranking, but definitely in top 3% of 250 kids</p>
<p>ECs
a lot of music, Band, Marching band, Jazz band, orchestra, pit orchestra, etc.
All State Music Festival
All County Music Festival
VP and President of National Beta Club
Section leader in band
National Honor Society
Foreign Language Honor Society
Fencing</p>
<p>Extras for Hotel School
Front Desk Associate at local hotel
Research in industry, wrote a research paper on individuals in the industry
Law intern at local firm
Camp Counselor</p>
<p>Lots of awards
Very good recommendations from two teachers who know me incredibly well
Good guidance reco
Recommendation from lawyer I interned for</p>
<p>I'm guessing my essays were decent :)</p>
<p>.. I think that is about it </p>
<p>If Cornell is the school for you, don't forget to reveal your personality in your application; I know it isn't easy because applications are mundane and structured, but you have to throw some of your personality into your application. Cornell is the type of school that certainly expects high standards from its admitted applicants, but at the same time, an applicant who shows personality and commitment to a particular interest will be an asset to the Cornell community.</p>
<p>Good luck to you :)</p>
<p>I know that this is really for seniors and ppl already in college, and i know 15 looks young but im a junior i just skipped 8th grade. But i thought it would be good to start asking questions early-ish. thank you all for your replies, it gave me some great insight :-D</p>
<p>okay these are my stats as of right now. theyre not that good, but I'm going to work on bringing them up a lot.</p>
<p>gpa: 3.8 <- it went down bc i was depressed last year, and kind of just stopped caring about everything</p>
<p>psat: 1970 (low i know - im planning to improve when i take the sat in march)
sat ii: biology: 730, taking us history in may chemistry in june and math ic in october or november
aps: taking us history in may, english and calc bc next year (not many :-/)</p>
<p>ecs: 10 years of riding
5 years of competition
4 years of drag hunting (meaning you dont kill anything)
- recieved colours (its basically just a huge honour)
- am a whip (a bigger honour and I'm the youngest person to ever achieve this with my hunt)
2 years of varsity lacrosse
1 year of varsity basketball
1 year of varsity soccer
went to australia with p2p student ambassadors
going to oxford for a pre-med and creative writing program this summer
bass lessons 1x a week for 2 years
singing lessons 1x a week
volunteered at an animal hospital, working with sick & injured horses, and at a law school
working on making a charity ride event for abused horses (instead of a walk-a-thon, its going to be a ride-a-thon with other events for people who dont ride and such)
6 years of band for clarinet (2 in h.s.)
1 year yearbook
2 years as a mock trial head lawyer
2 years open studio
1 year film club
go to an extremely competitive private school
went to boating school for a month at night to get liscence this past summer
i help to teach a girl to ride and provide her with a pony
i live on a horse farm (dont know if that counts for anything)</p>
<p>yea... so i know im not as impressive as all you other guys, but i hope to go to Cornell anyway)</p>
<p>that should prob. have gone in whats my chances, sorry :-/</p>
<p>lol, your stats are really good
I got a similar psat grade, don't worry, you'll definitely get it up by time the test comes
if you really want to go, apply early, it betters your chances a little bit</p>
<p>i got in ED... my stats were...
3.8 unweighted, 4th in class of 484, all Honors classes (my school doesnt do APs)
SATI: 770v/760m (1530)
SATII: 770biom, 700math1c, 800writing</p>
<p>those are the numbers anyway... i did lots of ecs, won at debate, an officer in somethings.. my letters of recommendation sucked, and yeah... thats about it</p>
<p>For 3 years ago:</p>
<p>RD to CoE</p>
<p>SAT I 770/740, SAT II 800/790/750 (Chem), GPA UW: ~3.9, no rank</p>
<p>Hook: Eagle Scout, State Science Fair (2 years)</p>
<p>ED to A&S
Very competitive public high school
3.34 unweighted through Junior year
10 AP/Accel./Honors courses through Senior year
4 years language (they told me they like that for A&S)
3.68 unweighted for Q1 academic classes Senior year</p>
<p>SAT I: 740M/740V
SAT II Math IIC:770
Writing: 780
Literature: 650 (pure laziness for not retaking it)
AP US and World: 4, 4</p>
<p>-State Champ: ATA Taekwondo colorbelt age 14-16 Forms, Weapons, Sparring (instructor, demo team)
-School's top jazz band since freshman year (2nd trombone, section leader, tech. director)
-Jazz Club (organizer)
-Mentoring kids once a week in trumpet at elementry school (1 year)
-Mad years of baseball, no varsity though
-Ski Club (founder, president)
-2 years post-bar mitzvah jewish education</p>
<p>-4 three-week sessions of CTY (nerd camp) (one had 100+ hours of community service/service learning)
-3 years of work at a summer camp while on vacation
-desk staff/instructor for 1 year at taekwondo school</p>
<p>-National Merit Letter of Commendation
-National Physical Fitness Award woot woot (frosh, Jr. Sr.)</p>
<p>Essays: Very Strong
Recs: Fair
Legacy: Father as undergrad., small donations/little involvement as alum.</p>
<p>camp CTY? camp teach yourself? like camp kill yourself? lol... im just kidding</p>
<p>thanks for all your posts everyone you're all helping me a lot! :-D</p>
<p>nerd camp is not to be mocked; its off the chain!</p>
<p>I was engineering early decision class of 07. It's been so long, I'm probably not remembering everything. But here goes what I do remember: my SAT was 1420 (800 on math), my SAT 2 scores were 800 math 2C, 760 physics, 690 writing. My unweighted GPA was about 3.7 at a very good public school, they did not weight. I was a 3-season varsity athlete for 3 years, and a captain of the crew team senior year, and we won a bunch of regional and state awards for our crew team, plus I did summer baseball league for a few years. I was a member of a few of the nerd clubs and even held executive positions in a few of them. I was a member of national honor society, I volunteered a decent amount (and on my applications, I definitely stretched the truth about how much I did), had 2 or 3 jobs during high school (which I also recall stretching the truth about). I was also involved in my synagogue and my Jewish Youth group (USY). I was also involved in a few math contests, like the AIME, and I had one state gold medal for a science competition. I'm surprised I remember all that. There are probably a few things I forgot, but I think I hit all the high points. I hope this helped. Good luck with Cornell.</p>
<p>I forgot!!! I also had a really crazy heavy dose of nerd camp (CTY). I was there for like 5 years. It was totally kickin.</p>
<p>cals bio sci
740 m/ 710 v
720 2c
700 bio
650 writing
kick ass recs and essays</p>