chocolate5

I'm a white Jewish female from the Philadelphia area. I attend a public high school, have taken 5 AP classes, and have taken mostly honors/AP all of high school except for some maths and sciences. Because i'm not very good at math and had some bad teachers, my GPA is a 3.2 unweighted(but i hear most colleges re-weigh them? so it should go up). In top 25% of my class. My highest scores on the SAT were 660 math, 700 reading, 740 writing. I don't do a ton of extracurriculars but I'm involved/have been involved in a few things. This is my list of schools I'm looking at, please let me know if you know any specifics about their admissions and how good of a chance you think I have of getting in.
I'm interested in studying education which is in the agricultural college, which I've heard is easir to get into because it is less popular.

shuaishuaishuai

Low chance. 1360 M+CR, 3.2 UW GPA, top 25%, virtually no EC, picking CALS because you think its the easiest to get into, yeah good luck with those stats.

FreeFocus

OP, ignore the poster above, he's unnecessarily abrasive.

If your ECs show that you're passionate about what you want to study, that's good, and having a few you're dedicated to is better than spreading yourself thin just to fluff up your resume. Your SATs are solid and just about in the middle 50%. The thing that can hurt you is your class rank - most people are top 10%. Your GPA obviously leaves a bit to be desired.

Still, apply. A great essay can increase your chances significantly. Good luck!

shuaishuaishuai

OP: you should try nevertheless.

this is kind of off-topic but is it just me or does a 700 sounds sooooo much better than a 690.

chocolate5

hah yea it does. also this is probably a stupid question but what does OP stand for?

shuaishuaishuai

its means Original Poster, so you.

What's the EC you were talking about?

chocolate5

ECs

School:
Students Advancing International Awareness, grades 9-10: Educated the student body about world issues and raised money to donate to some of those causes.
Volleyball team, 10-11
School newspaper, 12
Tutoring once or twice a week after school at the elementary school, 11-12
Honor Roll(all As and Bs) at least 2 quarters every year

Out of school:
Jewish Community High School of Gratz College- religious school, did a lot of community service projects through them, will receive a teaching certificate at the end of the year that can be used to teach hebrew school
Habonim Dror Jewish Youth movement- junior counselor at overnight camp this summer, organize and run events during the school year for the kids
USY(United Synagogue Youth), 9-10: board member for my synagogue in 10th grade

shuaishuaishuai

i think you stand a better chance if you apply to College of Human Ecology.

chocolate5

what majors are in that college? and does cornell allow you to switch colleges if you change what you want to major in?