<p>SAT: cr:800 writing:800 essay 12 math: 710
SATII: math II: 770 Bio: 760 Korean:800 Japanese: 800 chem: 800
AP: APUSH 3, bio 5, calc ab 5, psychology 5, japanese 5, world history 4
GPA: 3.3 uw 4.1 weighted… (<— sucks BUTTT) i know wish i could do something</p>
<p>rising senior over summer
classes nxt year
AP Gov/ Mac Econ
humanities
Japanese 5(AP)
physics AP
Chem AP
Stats AP</p>
<p>xtra curricular
UCSF researcher [AIDS related]
hoping to win Siemen’s Competition this october~december
600+ volunteer hours
volunteer @ Kaiser hospital
volunteer @ food pantry
volunteer @ korean school
volunteer @ japanese school
VBS leader
Korean school leader
Korean school archery team captain/ TA
piano 13 years
viola 5 years
San Jose Youth Symphony: 3 years
California Philharmonic youth Orchestra: 2 years
VERY DEDICATED Model United Nation memeber: 2 outstanding delegate award (2nd place)
Varsity Soccer for all 4 years
Benefit concert for 2008 china earthquake… raised over $200,000.
compose music [hoping to send copies of my music to the school.
President of a music organization: 5 groups consist of 4 members each. We go to school with mostly low income family, and teach them the beauty of music, and the reason and importance of music.
Presidental volunteer award:gold
robotics: 2nd year in a row… our school went to the nationals
executive leader of non profit organization for helping those in need within the county; consisted mostly of adults. 1 of 9 executive leaders which only 2 are students; me and local college student.
couple more awards i did not put in… but science related*</p>
<p>major:
chem and east asian studies double major.</p>
<p>I know my GPA suck … buttt!!! like MAJOR but… which schools can i get into?
cornell [top choice…ED maybe?]-arts and science
Johns hopkins [also top choice… ED maybe?]
Boston college
duke
stanford
washington university in st. louis
emory
NYU
uc Berkeley
rice…</p>
<p>chance me !!! >.<
btw i’m an azn boy
american citizen
half korean half japanese</p>
<p>apply ED to cornell, write outstanding essays, have good letters of recommendation.
then i’d say you’re pretty much in. even though you pointed out that your gpa is low, your resume and SATs make up for it.</p>
<p>Since I don’t believe either of the first two responders work in admissions or have telepathic powers to determine who you will be competing against in the upcoming admissions pool, just some advice:</p>
<ul>
<li>You have good grades, scores and extracurriculars that will will be put you in the running. However, so does the rest of the pool.</li>
<li>You need to demonstrate in your application why Cornell, and specifically why Cornell Arts & Sciences is the place for you. Spend time on your essay(s) showing who you are and how they reflect your intellectual interests.</li>
</ul>
<p>I think you have a great shot. GPA is certainly not the only factor that Cornell considers, and you have a really impressive resume in every other aspect. I know this is cheesy, but Cornell considers the whole individual and not merely the stats. Trust me- I am a CALS ambassador, a Biology advisor, and I’ve worked in a lab in which I’ve seen many students’ high school GPA / SAT information, and there is definitely a whole lot more to the application than simply one’s GPA.</p>
<p>Like mithopeful81 said, there is NO guarantee with the Ivy Leagues. However, I think that if you apply Early Decision, you have an excellent shot at getting in, and even for regular decision, you are a very strong applicant. ED, I think your chances will be significantly better though.</p>
<p>This is extremely pessimistic. He has a very good chance. One does not need to win the Intel STS to get into Cornell, especially considering they take several thousand applicants every year and only 300 people nationwide become semi finalists. </p>
<p>While I respect your opinion, I must advise destinichild to consider the fact that you are an intolerable pessimist and concerning himself with your advise is really a waste of time.</p>
<p>If you don’t get in because Cornell thinks you are not good enough, then I would regard Cornell students much higher( although I already envy them so much).</p>
<p>Your everything looks amazing. But colleges are SO unreliable. For example, a 4.0 student who earned a full music scholarship at a state university didn’t get into Wash U, and I had a 3.71 (but I did take very hard classes all through high school) and got in.
I’m sure you’re going to get in somewhere amazing, but don’t take it personally if they don’t accept you–every single person I’ve talked to says college is a crapshoot.</p>
wish i could do something</p>
but thank you!! ;]</p>