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Old 09-06-2012, 10:22 PM   #1
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Chance Me (ED) (Eng)

I would appreciate some opinions on chances of admission to Cornell as an ORIE major in the College of Engineering.

Applying Early Decision.
Applying as a Legacy (Father graduated as an engineering physics major and was also a Meing family Scholar)


Sats 1540 (800 cr) (740 Math)
Sat IIs 700-Chem, 720 Math I
GPA 3.889 out of 4
Rank - School does not rank
APs US history-5, Lit-4, Chem-3 (taken as my first chem class ever)
Senior Schedule AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Lang, AP mod euro history, Honors Latin, Social Ethics
High School - All boys Jesuit High school
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Elected student government Rep Freshman and soph years
4 Years or Football
4 Years of Rugby (I plan on playing for Cornell)
200 plus hours of community service
2 Years full time summer job as a Lifeguard on an ocean beach
Member of NHS
Two time recipient of Maxima Cum Laude award and silver medal recipient for performance on the National Latin exam
Leader of church youth group
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Old 09-07-2012, 09:55 PM   #2
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Also should I be worried about my "low" Sat II scores?
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Old 09-08-2012, 06:42 PM   #3
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I think you should be okay!
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Old 09-08-2012, 10:47 PM   #4
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thank you very much. Anyone else?
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Old 09-09-2012, 07:53 PM   #5
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See if you can raise your SAT ii scores because you are doing engineering so they should try to be 770+
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Old 09-10-2012, 06:58 PM   #6
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You should take the math level 2 instead of math level 1 sat ii
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Old 09-24-2012, 09:31 PM   #7
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anyone else?
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