Chance me Cornell CALs Regular Decision

vetmed2822
Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:39:12 +0000

Going as a Animal Sciences/Pre-Vet Major and minoring hopefully in Fine Art

SAT Scores :
Jan: 1830 (M: 640 R: 620 W: 570)
Mar: 2080 (M: 710 R: 680 W: 690)
May: 2030 (M: 640 R: 720 W: 700)

SAT II:
US History: 720
Bio E : 670 (not sending)

AP Scores:
AP USH: 5
AP Bio :4

Course Load:

Freshman Year: Gym, Health, Honors Bio, Academic World History (highest level offered to freshman at time), Fine Art/Applied Art I, Italian I, Geometry, Honors English I (4.23 GPA weighted)

Sophomore Year: Gym, Health, Honors Chem, Honors USH I, Fine Art II, Italian II, Alg 2, Honors English II ( 4.507 GPA weighted for that year, 4.37 cumulative)

Junior Year: Gym, Health, Academic Physics, AP Bio, AP USH II, Honors Fine Art IV, Pre-Calc, Honors English III (4.628 GPA weighted for that year, 4.46 cumulative)

Senior Year : AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Studio Art, AP English Lit, Zoology, Tech Design, Gym, Health

Class Rank: 19/334
Cumulative GPA : 4.46 W, 3.9 UW

Extra-Curriculars:

Horseback riding (hunters/equitation) since 2002
Log over 1000-1500 hours of barn time every year
United States Equestrian Federation High School Varsity Athlete 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Monmouth County Horse Show Junior Committee 2013
Runner up for the United States Hunter Jumper Association Youth Sportsman Award 2013 (reapplying in the fall)
Finalist for the 2013 United States Hunter Jumper Association’s Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Finals (probable finalist for 2014)
Ring Starter Assistant for Central Jersey Horseman’s Association (2013, 2014, 2015)

Member of the Model United Nations Club (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Nominated for Premiere Delegate and Premiere First Year Delegate in the Nations Building Committee at the 2012 YMCA MUN Conference
Recipient of my school’s Outstanding Freshman Artist Award (2012)
Organized a charity book swap for a local charity/community service organization (approx 50 hours of service) (2012)
Member of the Folio Magazine Club (2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15)
Editor of the Folio/Newspaper (2013/14, 2014/15)
Science League Member (2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15)
Participant in Merck Science Day Testing (Bio), National Science League Testing (2014)
Outstanding Physics Student of the Month
Outstanding Chemistry Student of the Month
Weekly Volunteer at a therapeutic riding center since March 2013 (going on 200 hours volunteered)
Intern with an equine veterinary practice since June 2013 (at time of app roughly 150/175 hours interned)
Intern with a small animal clinic since February 2014 (at time of app roughly (75-100 hours interned)
Recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Scholastic Art And Writing Awards (Northern NJ)
Member of my school’s chapter of NHS (2013/14, 2014/15)
Vice President of my school’s chapter of NHS
Artwork published in The Chronicle of the Horse’s Junior Art Gallery
Artwork published as cover of Hampton Classic Horse Show 2014’s Exhibitor Index

My essays are solid and connect to why I want to be an animal science major, especially within Cornell’s CALS program.