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k14 · 04-22-2008, 08:55 AM

well, my stats aren't as great as isolabella's, but they were good enough for me to get in! (and they're not bad..)
SAT: M 780, CR 730, W 700 (2210)
SAT II's:
Math IIC 800
Chem 700
Physics 690
US History 650

gpa is 4.099 weighted, and this is at the very very very end of the top ten percent (96, where the cutoff is 100 - our school has 1008 students)

But this was because I was in a different country, so my grades transferred weird. And I worked pretty hard my junior year to make it into top ten % by the end of the year.

I applied to the school of engineering and the only ec that was relatively close to being math/science related was the fact that I am in Math Honor Society, which doesn't say much because you can sign up if you want

My other ec's involve dance, music, instrumental - both cultural and western. Also, I think the fact that I was a girl applying to engineering may have helped (??)...well this didn't help for other schools, though, so I'm not sure if it helped for Cornell.

I did have the standard volunteering hours, and nhs and all that, but most people have those, so I'm not sure that helped me compared to my ec's. I also had zero leadership.

Now that I think about it, I'm not real sure why I got in. Because there were a lot of people smarter than me that applied from my school and didn't make it. And they had ec's, too.

Maybe since I'm a girl? I have no clue.

Sorry, I don't know if this was helpful or not.

04-22-2008, 08:55 AM	#6
k14 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 100	well, my stats aren't as great as isolabella's, but they were good enough for me to get in! (and they're not bad..) SAT: M 780, CR 730, W 700 (2210) SAT II's: Math IIC 800 Chem 700 Physics 690 US History 650 gpa is 4.099 weighted, and this is at the very very very end of the top ten percent (96, where the cutoff is 100 - our school has 1008 students) But this was because I was in a different country, so my grades transferred weird. And I worked pretty hard my junior year to make it into top ten % by the end of the year. I applied to the school of engineering and the only ec that was relatively close to being math/science related was the fact that I am in Math Honor Society, which doesn't say much because you can sign up if you want My other ec's involve dance, music, instrumental - both cultural and western. Also, I think the fact that I was a girl applying to engineering may have helped (??)...well this didn't help for other schools, though, so I'm not sure if it helped for Cornell. I did have the standard volunteering hours, and nhs and all that, but most people have those, so I'm not sure that helped me compared to my ec's. I also had zero leadership. Now that I think about it, I'm not real sure why I got in. Because there were a lot of people smarter than me that applied from my school and didn't make it. And they had ec's, too. Maybe since I'm a girl? I have no clue. Sorry, I don't know if this was helpful or not.