Chance at Cornell RD

Nosike
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:57:19 +0000

General Information:

Year: Senior this Fall.
Age entering college: 17
Ethnicity: African-Canadian (Born in Nigeria, West Africa)
Location: Canada (I go to the top public school in Western Canada)
Class Rank: School doesn’t rank, I would probably gaurantee top 5%
SAT: Not taken yet (When answering, assume a 2250+ score, I never score lower on practice tests. Will be taking it in October)
SAT II: Math II and Chemistry (Will be taking these in November on the same day, expect a 750+ based on practice)
Family Income: $150000-$200000 (Not something we talk about lol)

Grades


Freshman Year Grades: N/A, these are not put on transcripts where I live (Alberta) because high school starts in grade 10.
Sophomore Year: Essentially straight As, marks ranged from high to mid 90s.
Junior Year: First semester I basically had straight As, with one 89% (we do percentage GPAs here) and one 87%. Second semester I fell off a bit, with all my grades in the high 80s; which is why I’m making this thread haha.
Senior Year: Unknown so far, I’m going to work WAY harder than I did in the second half of my junior year and shoot for straight As.
-Cumulative GPA: 3.8 UW (I THINK), well over 4.0 W


Honor Level Courses: I’m in the IB Certificate program because I had a teacher in grade 9 for Humanities who decided not to give me a recommendation for Social or English IB despite having high 90s in both her classes. The IB Classes I do take are:

IB French A (IB 10, 20, 30)
Pre-IB Science (Pre-IB 10)
IB Biology SL (No HL offered) (IB 20, 30)
IB Physics SL (No HL Offered) (IB 20, 30)
IB Math SL (Couldn’t fit HL into my schedule because I’m taking all 3 sciences) (IB 20, 30, 31)
IB Chemistry HL (IB 20, 25, 35, 30)

I only started taking IB exams this May so I don’t know any of my scores out of 7 yet, I felt good when writing them though so I expect to do well.

Extra-Curriculars


Club Basketball for about 5 years (Equivalent of AAU in the USA)
Varsity Football (Sophomore and Junior years, will likely play as a Senior)
Community Basketball (9 years)
Royal Canadian Air Cadets (For 3 years, attained the rank of Flight Corporal, Cadets is a great leadership program)
Patti Falconer Acting/Modelling Agency (Received many scholarships to acting schools outside Alberta, that I was unable to attend because we won’t move. I also received an offer of a lead role in Like Mike 2 the movie; but was unable to participate because my parent’s were not around for me to go to Vancouver for the casting. I was 12 or 13 iirc.)
Debate Club, never won anything significant


Awards:


Honor Society (All of High School)
Alexander Rutherford Scholarship (National Scholarship for Academic Acheivement, received for all of high school)
Northern Basketball Camp All-Star x3


Work/Volunteer Experience:


Refereed basketball for 2 years. Paid about $13 per game.
Calgary Women’s Show: Packing gift bags for thousands of attendees
Helped paint a bridge and do a garage sale for a Women’s Shelter in Okotoks
Vacation Bible School Crew Leader at Church for 2 years
Volunteering every Sunday at church for 6 years as a youth leader, teaching younger kids
Tech Management Leader at Church
Miscellaneous other things that I could bring up if I had my resume handy haha.


The last thing I want to say is that I’m well respected around the school by teachers, and I’m a good writer so the essay and teacher recommendations shouldn’t be a problem.

In regards to the essay, I’m still debating between writing about how travel (I’ve lived in Scotland, Norway, USA, Canada, Nigeria) has affected my output on life, and writing something race-related. Input on that would be appreciated.



When chancing me, take my black URM status into account so it’s more like what would happen with the real admissions officer.

Also I will be applying for pre-med if that is relevant at all.