gmitil10

Hey guys, I'm a rising senior and was wondering if you guys would be willing to chance me. It'd also be great if you guys can point out things that I could/should improve on. Thanks!

Gender: Male
Race: Korean
Location: very competitive public high school in Texas
Intended Major: Government

GPA: 3.93 unweighted, rank 41/588 (top 10%) [may change in senior year] [somewhat of an upward trend- bad grades in freshman year]
SAT I:
1st sitting: 680R 650M 780W (2110)
2nd sitting: 790R 740M 700W (2230)
SUPERSCORED: 790R 740M 780W (2310)

SAT IIs: World History: 790 US History: 770 Korean: 800 (may take math I or II in Oct)

Awards:
-2nd place in Academic WorldQuest San Antionio Regionals (2009)
-UIL district finalist for extemporaneous speaking (2009)
-UIL Division I Band Soloist (2007, 2008)
-qualified for UIL State Band Solo Contest (2008)
-Finalist in University of Texas Spanish Poetry Declamation Contest (2009)
-A winner of the Austin International Poetry Festival Youth Contest (2008) & published poet

Extra Curriculars:
-STAND Anti-Genocide Coalition (President: 2009)
-World Affairs Club (Co-President: 2008-2009, Academic WorldQuest Team Captain: 2009)
-Politics, Economics, and Philosophy Club (Secretary: 2008-2009)
-Varsity Extemporaenous Speaking/Debate (2007-2008)
-Citizen Journalist writing about politics and IR (2008-2009)
-Marching/Concert Band (Band Librarian: 2008-2009)
-volunteer counselor at a camp for disabled children (891 hours, 2008-2009)

College Programs:
Attend the 2008 Georgetown University International Relations Summer Program for High School Students
Essays/Recs: hopefully both will be good. Obviously it wouldn’t mean anything for me to say that my essays are great or whatnot.

gmitil10

I'd be applying to CAS as a government major

Feral24

looks good, essays should focus on your interest in govt

gmitil10

thanks for the reply. more responses would be great!

cmh_580

One thing that colleges seem to look down upon is taking the subject test in your native language. Is Korean your native language? Because if it is I wouldn't send that score.

But if Cornell only requires two subject tests than I guess they might just not look at it because you already have the two history tests.

Feral24

i took the subject test in my native language and i got in...but i also had two other subject tests. i think he should be fine since he has two others as well

gmitil10

Thanks for the replies. What do you guys think about my chances?

gmitil10

bump 10 char?

milkTea11

take the math level 2 subject test... your stats look great..

gmitil10

Thank you for the replies.

I just got my new rank. Apparently I fell to 44/581.

Do you think that my rather unimpressive rank, looking at all of my stats as a whole, will be very detrimental to my chances at Cornell regular-decision?