Chance me for Cornell?

motherpugger
Sat, 22 Apr 2017 19:28:14 +0000

I am a 17 year old Asian Female in Pennsylvania and I want to go to the college of arts and sciences. I am in love with both Cornell university and Colgate, but I am not sure which one to do early decision at. If Cornell is even a possibility, I want to take a shot at it ED! Please tell me my chances!

SAT I (breakdown): 710 (W + R), 780 (M), 6-6-7 Essay
ACT (breakdown): N/A (I might take it, but I’m not sure…)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/ 416
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Government (5), AP Human Geography (5), currently taking AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP European History, AP English Lang, AP Calculus AB
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Biotechnology Course, AP Statistics, APUSH, AP Physics C, AP English Literature, and AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended (Not yet sure if I am a semifinalist yet, results are not out but definitely on the edge)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Medical Sciences Club (Founder and President, 2 years)
NHS SHS Lead Tutoring Club (President , coordinator, and fellow tutor, 2 years)
Varsity Tennis (3 years)
Newspaper Head News Editor (3 years in the newspaper, 1 year editor so far)
Link Crew Leader
National Honors Society (2 years)
Science Olympiad (3 years, competing 2 years)

Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: +100 hours at a summer camp for kids with special needs,
Summer Activities: Going to be at a pharmaceutical company internship for 4 weeks, worked as a hostess for majority of summer and bit of school year!

Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: <$50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ¯_(ツ)_/¯ First generation to go to college.

I sort of copied this format from some thread I saw hehe. Anyways, any input would be very much appreciated. Btw, I am a junior.