Chance me! Might do early decision.

motherpugger
Sat, 22 Apr 2017 18:17:10 +0000

I’m alternating between doing early decision here or at Colgate, but I love both of them very much. If I am competitive enough for Cornell then I would like to do early decision here. Anyways, here are my stats!

SAT I (breakdown): 710 (W + R), 780 (M), 6-6-7 Essay
ACT (breakdown): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/ 416 (top 5%)
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)
NHS SHS Lead Tutoring Club (President and fellow tutor)
Varsity Tennis (2 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 person from my family to attend a 4 year college.

I am currently a junior.

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