<p>Decision: Accepted into Engineering- Mechanical</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math- 730 Writing- 630 CR- 640
ACT:
SAT II: Math II- 730, Bio M- 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Taking them all this May
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Language , AP Calc AB, AP MacroEconomics, AP US Government, AP Physics C, World Religions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Treasurer), member of Spanish Club
Job/Work Experience: Work-study program at my school (40 hours each year)
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at local elementary school to help tutor kids and act as a translator for parent-teacher meetings (most parents there speak spanish only)
Summer Activities: work at school
Essays: not sure if considered great but talked about my rare genetic diseases and how it’s affected my life but how I don’t let it get in the way of accomplishing my goals and whatnot
Teacher Recommendation: both strong and very good
Counselor Rec: good as well. he’s known my family and me for several years
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: I didn’t really have an interview with Cornell. It was more of just him telling me about the school and answering some of my questions. He even said himself that it’s not really an interview and it was pretty quick. He was also an alumn from my HS…
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private catholic school
Ethnicity: hispanic (Peruvian)
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 100,000-115,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflective:[<em>] Strengths: courseload, essays, recs [</em>] Weaknesses: test scores, gpa, EC’s/volunteer[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays mostly, my test scores aren’t that great and neither is my gpa compared to ivy scale. Although, I’ve gotten straight A’s the past 3 semesters. Sophomore year’s grades are what killed my gpa [</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted- Cal Poly Pomona
Waitlisted-
Rejected- Cal Poly SLO, Caltech
Waiting for: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley, USC, Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>General Comments: I’m honestly surprised. I found out I was rejected from SLO and caltech on the same night and was pretty down in the dumps… then a week later I get into Cornell through the URM email! So don’t lose hope people! I think essays play a major role in their decision and it’s not all about grades or test scores. Good luck to everyone else!</p>