zoology geek: cornell material?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>admit/waitlist/defer/reject please: stanford (EA), UCLA, UCB, UCD, UCI, USC, UCSB, U of M, cornell, dartmouth</p>

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<p>*dad is stanford legacy </p>

<p>currently: junior
female
white
SF Bay Area, competitive high school.
API index 818
school does not rank, maybe top 10-15%</p>

<p>gpa fresh: 4.0 out of 4.0
soph: 4.1 out of 4.1</p>

<p>ap euro: 5</p>

<p>junior: 4.3 out of 4.5 </p>

<p>ap english
ap studio art
ap us history
honors spanish 4</p>

<p>senior :? </p>

<p>SATs: 550 m 760 e 710 w</p>

<p>art supplement: probably will be fairly good. </p>

<ul>
<li>california state arts scholar for animation </li>
<li>illustrated cover for paperback book from a small company</li>
<li>spanish exchange student</li>
<li>1 month researching environmental issues in costa rica for college credit</li>
<li>girl scout gold award - created and implemented a program to help inner city kids learn about nature and wildlife</li>
<li>5 year volunteer lindsay wildlife musuem
-120 hours san francisco zoo volunteer</li>
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<p>in school:
head art and photo editor, editorial staff: literary magazine catharsis (4 years)
national honor society (3 years)
california scholarship federation (2 years)
science alliance (3 years) - helping 5th graders make science fair projects</p>

<p>hook: animal/ecology/art. hopes to major in something like conservation/zoology/helping developing countries. dream job at national geographic. </p>

<p>expecting:
recs: pretty good, not amazing
essays: good</p>

<p>**not bad enough for learning disability, but kinda interesting: have synesthesia, which affects my math ability. basically all numbers and letters are colored, and i see colors for every sound i hear. neurological/genetic anomaly.</p>

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<p>I've never talked to an actual synesthete. Thats gotta be the coolest psychological thing I've ever heard about. Does adding color to each number/letter add an additional intellectual burden to processing information?
You should get in everywhere contingent upon the school's psychology department being able to study you.</p>

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<p>lol...that was mildly offensive</p>

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<p>Just saying...we don't have a zoology major here; the closest thing we have to conservation is natural resources. I know of at least one person here majoring in Animal Science who's considering changing majors because she's interested more in conservation and all we talk about is "killing animals." Just a heads-up there--I'm an AnSci major but I'm into production animals, which is what the program is more centered around.</p>

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<p>Oh, I didn't intend to imply that having synesthesia is a bad thing. Having synesthesia can be a very beneficial attribute if you know how to use it. Whats most interesting about synesthesia is that it is for difficult for those without it to comprehend the experience. This is why I'm certain synesthetes are in high demand at American research institutions.</p>

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<p>"currently: junior"</p>

<p>Are you applying this year or the next?</p>

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<p>hi there...I responded to your stanford post. You can email me if you have specific questions. I graduated from Cornell in 02 in ecology and evolutionary biology (getting my PhD now) and can answer questions about the program, individual faculty etc.. I'm also pretty up to date on the quality of other programs out there as well if you have other questions.</p>