Yes, I Know Cornell is a Long Shot. Chance Me Anyway.

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<p>State: Illinois
Sex: M
School Type: Public, Morgan Park High School (We were ranked number 493 out of over 20,000 schools)
Ethnicity: African/Native American Descent</p>

<p>Reaches/Dream Schools
Northwestern
Cornell
Brown
Dartmouth
UPenn</p>

<p>Top Choices/Matches
University of Michigan
University of Pittsburgh
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Safties
Howard University
Loyola University
Northern Illinois University
Southern Illinois University</p>

<p>Major: A Double Major of Poltical Science and Environmental Studies. I hope to become an environmental lawyer. </p>

<p><b>Academics</b>
W. GPA of 4.5
UW GPA of 3.5
ACT: 29
AP Test Environmental Science: 3/5</p>

<p><b>Senior Year Schedule</b>
IB English II
IB Spanish V
IB European History/Twentieth Century Topics II
IB Psychology II
IB Biology II
Theory of Knowledge II
Art I
PreCalculus (taken over the summer for an extra credit...This followed IB Maths Studies)</p>

<p>ExtraCurricular
Cross Country, Debate, Drama, Mock Trial</p>

<p><b>Volunteer Work</b>
Worked at the Beverly Arts Center in Beverly Hills, Chicago as a summer intern. I wasn ot paid but helped out alot!!! Worked at homeless shelter, joined an Environmental clean up group, spearheaded the making and promotions of many environmental events such as Earth Hour. </p>

<p><b>Other Accomplishments</b>
You can tell by my senior schedule that I am an IB Diploma student. I am also a People to People Student Ambassador, and I completed IB Middle Years with the Highest Honor and had my Personal Project evaluated in China.</p>

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<p>You have massive URM status… wouldn’t be surprised if you got in. Scores are low though.</p>

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<p>You’re in when you get a different username. haha</p>

<p>But yeah, although this advice is cliche, try to get your ACT score and GPA up. Also try the SAT. And the URM will help quite a bit.</p>

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<p>why is Penn listed under both “Reaches” and “Matches?”</p>

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<p>pretty good chance…</p>

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<p>You have a nice chance due to your URM status but your unweighted gpa might hurt you but I think being URM will have the admissions people overlook that. I’d say a 45-60% chance. Please chance me? I’ve had no one yet, lol. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/757550-sorry-but-cornell-cas-ed-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/757550-sorry-but-cornell-cas-ed-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>why is Penn listed under both “Reaches” and “Matches?” </p>

<p>Must Have been a typo.</p>

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<p>Brown and Dartmouth are pretty different places, while Cornell combines healthy elements of both. You might want to decide whether you like Brown or Dartmouth more.</p>