elloelise

So I'm your typical soulless asian applicant without the asian accomplishments :/
Here are my stats:
SAT: 2220 (one sitting) Math: 800 CR: 750 Writing: 670 ( 8 on essay...)
**planning on retaking in october, currently scoring 2300+ on practice tests
SAT 2s: USH: 800 Math 2: 720
**planning on retaking Math 2 and taking Lit in November
AP: APUSH: 5 APGOV:5 APCALCAB: 5 APES: 4 APLAC: 4
GPA: ( not definate but approximation) 3.8 UW/ 4.36 W
***Upward GPA trend!! 2 B+s and 1 B in Freshman year, 4 B+s in Sophomore year ... but STRAIGHT As in Junior year
Took all honors classes and 1 AP sophomore year and 4 in junior year
Rank: top 2% 7 out of 300+ kids

EC:
Secretary of FBLA- sophomore year
Community Service VP- junior year (raised $2000 for March of Dimes)
Features Editor for newspaper club- junior year
President of NJ Youth ( founded human rights/ community service club junior year)
JV Tennis- Freshman and Sophomore year

Community service:
Volunteer at local Salvation army and in charge of reading program for lower-income kids

Awards
Second Place in school writing competition for human rights piece- sophomore year
Third place in science league- freshman year
AP Scholar

****Obviously, my stats are not spectacular, and I'm highly unlikely to get into top schools because of my lackluster academic/ extracurricular performance so far. But in truth, I feel that I have matured throughout high school, and through my experience working with lower-income kids and trying to teach them to enjoy education and learn I have learned myself the value of education--it is not just another "mandatory" qualification for success and a source of pride, it is the chance to improve oneself to become much greater. (sounds really corny but I REALLY feel this way ;x)

rhyxus

Which school are you applying to?

elloelise

CAS- economics major and government minor maybe? Or maybe ILR? What school do you think i have the best chance at? I think AEM is too hard with my stats.. what do you think?

GraceTone

Your stats are pretty good. You have to have more confidence in yourself!
That being said, I'd highly recommend that you don't retake SAT I if Cornell is truly your first choice.
Cornell doesn't consider your Writing score (as with many other schools), and that means you have a 1550/1600.
That's an extremely competitive score.
For Cornell, you have to send in all your SAT I scores, so you might risk jeopardizing that 1550.

JuanitaRebel

No reason to retake SAT haha. Only weakness is your EC's sort of.
Only problem I see, is that nothing distinguishes you from the other "Soul-less Asians" who have high SAT, high GPA, and pretty bland EC's(I have bland ECs too, but I'm not Asian).

elloelise

ughhh i retook the sats and i did worse in math -_- but does cornell superscore? i think i might have gone up in reading :x

blackstar0

sweet, i say a solid chance ED

elloelise

bumppppppppp

cortana431

Kind of useless now but you really didn't need to retake the SAT (Cornell doesn't look at writing) although I suppose if you get rejected, a higher writing score will only help you.

Yes, Cornell superscores the SAT.

Very good stats, bit above average change early decision, basically a toss-up. Good luck to you.