<p>Our valedictorian got rejected from Cornell with a perfect 4.0 GPA, taking very tough courses. Our highschool was ranked in the top 20 by US News and World Report. Her SATS were perfect 800 in math and 665 in verbal and 700 something in writing, and she got rejected from all the ivies that she applied to.</p>
<p>what about ec's? rec's? essays?</p>
<p>Ivies reject 60% of valedictorians</p>
<p>It's not all about the grades. You need EC's and leadership roles as well.</p>
<p>ours got waitlisted
numbers 2 and 3 (me and this girl) got in, but she's going to cal</p>
<p>i don't know what it's about, since the valedictorian had similar classes (i had one more AP than her, and a night school class and a summer program though) and WAAAAY more community involvement, although i had good club leadership
i dunno what to say, i think it's just a matter of luck, to be honest</p>
<p>work helps</p>
<p>luck helps more ;)</p>
<p>lets see my valcetorian only applied to area schools becuase whe would too home sick if she would go away. salutatorian is going to a no name school to become a writer. every in the top of my class expect my best friend and i are going to local or regional schools nobody has heard of. and none of them have any leadership, only high gpa</p>
<p>Our valedictorian got rejected from cornell too. In fact, I'm the only ivy in our entire school and my class rank is like 30/420.</p>
<p>I smell a lie. "665" is not a possible SAT score as far as I know.</p>
<p>haha no, c'mon
i got a 2291.14159
:)</p>
<p>A kid in our school with perfect SAT and perfect ACT as well as all 5's on every AP our school offers plus 3-4 extras that he did on his own didn't get into MIT. He is in a few clubs, does sports year round, and does a lot of community service as well as doing research. I'm guessing that people with amazing stats that don't get in these top school don't show a real desire to get in the school in their essays.</p>
<p>Lol i'm the valedictorian of my h.s and I got rejected from Cornell. The salutatorian got in though</p>
<p>I am also the only one going to an Ivy league and I am not at the top of my class (Although if they started rank again senior year I would be lol). You got in because you ARE a leader and care about other things besides your gpa and sat scores. Scores arn't everthing...</p>
<p>I have the highest scores in my school but I do have to agree that scores aren't everything. Schools should definitely consider other factors.
However, being that it is an educational institution, I still think that scores should be heavily weighed. If schools go around choosing everyone based on their character and essays, then Lord knows where universities will be headed.</p>
<p>I definitely do not have outstanding test scores. However, I have the extracurriculars, the well-roundedness, the leadership, and the community service that allowed me to beat out perfect scorers. Our two top scorers got 14 and 11 rejections/waitlists respectively. The first was our valedictorian, the second being number 5/570. I only got one rejection. Dedication, loyalty, and passion hold high values with admissions counselors.</p>
<p>As they should! This is why I have come to hold such a high respect for Cornell.</p>
<p>40% acceptance rate for valedictorians at ivies is pretty high.
i'm val of my public school and i got accepted to cornell, dartmouth, and brown</p>
<p>What about luck? Does it play a role too?</p>
<p>quote:
i dunno what to say, i think it's just a matter of luck, to be honest</p>
<p>work helps</p>
<p>luck helps more </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>OK. So here is the formula:
Efforts + Luck = Success</p>
<p>And if you believe in God, the formula is:
Efforts + Prayers (Ora et labora) = Success</p>
<p>palerriden....where are you going instead?...i read some of your other posts where you were basically called a cry baby and now I see why you are so upset.....I am sure you will end up doing great wherever you go and remember you are still the same smart person even if Cornell doesn't want you...</p>