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Old 11-18-2012, 11:02 AM   #1
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Chance Me for Cornell

ACT: 34
SAT II Math 2: 750
SAT II Bio E: 750

My (public, btw) school won't report unweighted GPA, but I've had all A's except for two A-'s .

Junior year AP:
AP Environmental Science (5)
AP Statistics (5)
AP Language and Composition (3)

Senior year AP:
AP Calculus AB
AP French
AP Literature
AP Biology

Activities and Awards:
+Girl Scout Gold Award
+I row and cox on my school's varsity team
+Counselor in Training
+Day Camp Aide
+I've had the the following leadership positions in a selective volunteer program that you haven't heard of: Patrol Activity Leader, Assistant Patrol Leader, and (tentatively) Patrol Leader.
+I also won a 2000-dollar scholarship for making a video against underage drinking and driving
+In science olympiad, I got 1st in my event at the regional competition.
+Math Club Co-president
+French Club Co-president

I hope to major in Biometry (biostatistics) at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (which is within Cornell).
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Old 11-18-2012, 11:05 AM   #2
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I think your stats and ECs look good.
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Old 11-18-2012, 11:50 AM   #3
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Do you think I have enough difficult courses?
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Old 11-18-2012, 12:32 PM   #4
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You have great stats, but the thing is Cornell CALS is the most selective out of all Cornell schools. I'm assuming you're applying regular decision, and your standardized scores are up to par with those, but I'm not so sure about your ECs, grades, and letters of recommendation (your stuff isn't really specific- what did you take in 9/10th grade, your community service hours).
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Old 11-18-2012, 05:50 PM   #5
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9th and 10th grade I had a few honors classes, but no AP classes. There were not many opportunities for underclassmen at my school then. I also had lame elective like Yoga and Theatre that I did not choose.
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Old 11-18-2012, 05:53 PM   #6
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In my estimation, with your stats and ECs, you are a low reach (33 to 40%) at Cornell CAS applying RD. ED would have bumped you considerably.
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Old 11-18-2012, 05:55 PM   #7
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I'm doing ED
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