Chance me at Cornell Regular Decision

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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Grades

  • 4.0 W
  • 3.9 UW
    • Rigorous load - 9 AP
    • freshman year drags me down - 3.6
    • This year I have an A+ in AP Calc bc, Ap Bio, Ap physics C and last year I got An A+ in Ap chem

Scores

  • 1550 Sat
  • 35 Act
  • 800 Math II Sat 2
  • 800 Chemistry
  • 790 Physics

Ecs- the weak point

  • Soccer - 4 Years - Varsity - Lots of club as well
  • Sailing 2 Years - Varsity
  • Show choir - 3 Years
  • Summer vacation bible school counselor- 4 Years
  • loads of various sports clubs - Climbing, Volleyball, Soccer
  • Founded a science Olympiad team at my school this year - already done buttloads of work

Essays

  • Common app - about how I seeming failed at soccer year after year but still trained and still tryed out - okay - 7
  • Cornell - about how I want to use my Cornell education to deal with antibiotic resistance - good 8

Teacher recs

  • 1 great
  • 1 subpar

I’ll be applying engineering with a focus in biomedical engineering

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Your ECs are pretty good and your stats are great. With insightful essays, I think you have a solid application for engineering

3

Thanks! I really wish I was better at writing essays though. I feel like they may be holding me back.

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Bump

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Lol I wouldn’t think so. I think you should have some EC’s that tie to your intended major. That being said, im not saying you dont have a chance, but i feel chances are slim