Am I on Track for Cornell?

jason1002
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:41:48 +0000

Okay, if anyone could tell me if Cornell is in my future, that’d be awesome…thanks in advance!

Currently a Junior in High School
Male, Jewish, Long Island, NY

Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 95.55
Weighted GPA (out of 100) : 98.56 (100.22 so far Junior Year)

SAT (December 2013): 2010 (610 CR, 780 M, 620 W) (10 E)
–Am taking again this month (January 2014), and probably May 2014–
–Did not prepare for the first one (2010), have done a lot of practice since then–

ACT (December 2013): 31 (28 R, 33 M, 29 W, 32 S) (10 E)
–Am taking again in April 2014, and probably October 2014–
–Again, did not prepare for the first one (31), have done a lot of practice since then–

SAT II

Math II (June 2013): 690
Chem (June 2013) : 710

–Am retaking both in June 2014–
–Expect a 740+ on Math II (based on practice tests)–
–Expect an 800 on Chem (based on AP Chem grades)–

AP’s

Current (Junior):
—BC Calculus (expect a 4 or 5)
—Chem (expect a 5)
—US History (expect a 3 or 4)
—English Lang (expect a 3 or 4)

Next Year (Senior)
—Statistics
—Physics 1
—Economics (macro+micro)
—English Lit

All non-AP classes have been honors

RANK: Top 10%

Will have taken 3 Business Classes through Syracuse University by Graduation

EC’s (grade in parenthesis)

Concert Band (4-12)
Pep Band (9-12)
Marching Band (9-12) (drum major (12))

Business Honors Society (10-12)
National Honors Society (11-12)

Friends Club (9-12)
Youth Leadership Club/Forum (9-12)

Hebrew Culture Group (8-12) (pres (11-12))

I know my EC’s are pretty weak, but do you think I’m on track? With my GPA, would a 33ish on the ACT get me in?

I plan on applying ED to Cornell
–Either CAS (Math Major) or CALS (AEM)

Again, thanks in advance for all the help…