Chance me for AEM ED?

ccjunior1
Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:48:55 +0000

Hi

I’m a rising senior and plan to apply Early Decision to the Dyson school at Cornell. I intend to double apply to both Dyson for International Trade and Finance and to CALS for another major which is both similar and relevant to my primary interest.

To keep the formatting as simple as possible, I re-formatted an old results thread…

Objective:

SAT I: 2190 (770M, 690CR, 730W)
ACT: 33 (34M, 34E, 33R, 32S)
SAT II: 750 US, 650 Bio, [730 Math II, 730 Lit]* predictions
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 96.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
World History: b*
US History: (TBA) b*
AP Lang: (TBA) b*
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, AP Lit, AP Biology, AP Stat, AP Calc BC, College German
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
*Relatively Prestigious Community Service Award/Scholarship
*AATG Silver Award for German
*German Poster Design Winner x2
*AP Scholar
*Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors

Subjective:

**Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):**FBLA President, Officer in another school-wide club, NHS, Business NHS, German NHS
Job/Work Experience:
*Paid tutor for both math and SAT
*Paid personal soccer trainer
Volunteer/Community service:
*Intern for nationally recognized not-for-profit (50 hours for the last year)
*Assistant coach for local youth soccer program (300+ hours over the last 3 years)
*Organized Children’s Book/DVD Drive and raised about 4500 in total which were donated to both a hospital and a library for the underprivileged
*Organized a winter coat drive through FBLA
*Organized a bracelet drive through another club to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims
*Other miscellaneous activities
Summer Activities:
*Continuing internship at the not-for-profit
*Internship at a local business
*Volunteering at a local fish hatchery
*2 college classes at a local university
*Working on essays
Essays: I intend to show my fit and passion for the field I’m applying to
Teacher Recommendation: From english and physics teachers…amazing
Counselor Rec: Really good relationship
Additional Rec: Alumni rec from my US teacher who should also be my economics teacher next year
Interview: Hopefully I can arrange one at the time of application

Other:

State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Top 150 in nation
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: xxxxxx
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): partial legacy, my strong interest in both the biological sciences and business (I think that makes me a really good fit for Dyson considering it’s in CALS)

Reflection:

Strengths: my unique interest makes me a good fit for CALS, my GPA, my relevant ECs
Weaknesses: average testing as an applicant to a school with about a 10% acc rate

Thanks so much in advance. Also, for incentive, if any of you would like to be chance’d back, please post a link in your responses.