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Old 11-09-2012, 08:20 PM   #1
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Cornell CAS ED

Anyone out there willing to do a chancing??

White male, Upstate NY, middle-class
Applying ED to CAS for Chemistry

Stats:
ACT: 33
SAT IIs: Chemistry (790), Math II (740)
GPA: 96.15 unweighed
Class rank: 10/370
8 APs, Chemistry (4), English (5), World History (5), US History (5)

ECs:
Cross-country (11, 12) - Varsity, top 3 runner, made it to States junior year
Nordic skiing (9, 10, 11) - JV, 2nd place JV counties
Tennis (9, 10, 11) - Varsity, competed at sectionals
Science Olympiad (11,12) - 6th place in event at Regionals, competed at States

Awards:
Cornell Essay Contest finalist
9 Titan Scholar Awards (school award)
AP Scholar
Commended National Merit

Essays:
For interest essay, I showed strong interest, but evolution of passion for chemistry was not too well developed

Is my lack of chemistry-related ECs going to be a problem?? There isn't really much outside of science olympiad.
Furthermore, how important are essays in ED? Thanks in advance
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Old 11-09-2012, 11:01 PM   #2
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Your going to get in for sure.
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