Okay, so I’m a junior so I have a year left for getting things readyy!
I’m thinking of applying to PAM
do you think I have a chance at RD or ED?
UW GPA: 92.3
W GPA: 96.2
SAT I: 1420
SAT II: Haven’t taken one yet but don’t know if relevant and if I should?
ACT: I haven’t taken it yet
AP’s: APWH (3) (sophomore year, I was one of the few to get this bc the teacher was a joke!), this year: APUSH, AP Lang, self study: AP Studio Art, micro. macro, psychology
Extra-curricular Activities:
Architecture program (irrelevant?!?) >~> (11-12)
Varsity bowling (10-12)
Yearbook - editor in chief (11-12)
[ ] culture club - secretary (10-12)
[ ] culture club 2 - president (11-12)
engineering club - vice president (11-12)
Honors program all four years (9-12)
Started online business
National Honors Society
does a having youtube channel help? not very successful…
I design logos for school for free
I paint sets for school plays
Awards:
NHS
NSHSS (that $60 better be worth it)
silver key in art competition
probably getting ap scholar
Volunteering: (200 hours)
Key club
hospital
tutor
I know 4-5 languages. do they like polyglots?
work:
online business
retail
School Type: Public (I watched the buzzfeed video of the girl who went to yale, and there’s barely whites here at my school so I’m scared? will they reject me bc I’m Asian?)
location: NY
race/gender: indian female
prospective major: policy analysis and management
weighted GPA: 4.0, high honor roll
class rank: 6 of 105
hooks: I’m poor? school is minority
weaknesses: I got a c+ in math and 2 b’s in science in last year, but a-'s in 9th except for one b+; if I get all a’s this year, will it offset this? I heard human ecology doesn’t weight grades as heavy. It was bc of the second semester that brought things down bc the first semester last year was mostly a’s
Not sure about what to write about essays or how to connect to pam. I’m not interested in healthcare but rather business… but I’m not into ilr 0-o
@wannagotoivy Just so you know, people don’t like to chance Juniors. It’s just sort of annoying. But having said that, you are on the right track academically and with your ECs. Keep all that up and you’ll have a good shot. That C+ and Bs will be okay as long as you are showing upward trajectory. That means all As junior year if possible. A grade of B or two won’t kill you but Cs will.
Don’t overextend yourself in activities. Too many people think more is better, but Cornell wants to see you be really good at a couple of things, not a dozen things. Try to pick up some leadership/management responsibilities.
Also, I hate to burst your bubble but you totally wasted $60 on NSHSS. It literally means nothing, everyone with a 3.0 or better gets invited, and the money is just for their marketing. It’s a for-profit company. Not like NHS which does mean something.
Lastly, your nickname sends the wrong message. Why to you want to go to an Ivy? Because it’s an Ivy? Wrong reason. There are hundreds of great schools out there and they all would be lucky to have you. Demonstrate that.
Good luck.
Thanks! And no I just want to go to cornell, but wannagotocornell was taken! 
I thought my leadership was satisfactory but I guess not enough? what management activities?
@wannagotoivy Well if Cornell is your first choice and you know why, then that’s good. Definitely apply ED. That will more than double your chances right there. Your leadership looks okay, but 99% of the people who apply are presidents of school clubs or in student government. What I mean by management is like creating an event from scratch and improving it year after year. For example, some people start a fundraiser for their favorite charity and year over year they can show it getting bigger and more successful. Or some have a job and get promoted or take on more responsibility. It’s all about demonstrating positive progression and growth. Can you demonstrate in you application resume improvement in your ECs? Like did you help triple membership in two years, or double the number of people served at a local soup kitchen, or some other statistic like that? You don’t have to cure cancer. You just have to show you did something positive with your ECs and didn’t join them just because they look good on your application. I kid you not, I read a chance me thread the other day that had at least 20 ECs and all of them for only for a year or two. I had to roll my eyes because that person obviously thought more is better.
Make sure you develop a professional looking resume (like you’re applying for a big job) and then have someone impartial look at it and see if they would hire you. I know that seems like extra work, but getting into any Ivy is like submitting your resume to the most successful companies on earth. I read that Google gets 5,000 resumes per month for only a handful of jobs. Your stats are decent. It’s the non academic stuff that will set you apart. Anyway, that’s how I approached it. Hopefully it will work for me. If I had my junior year to do over again, I wouldn’t change a thing. I worked my butt off. If Cornell rejects me then some other school will get a hard working student who will make a difference in the world someday instead. That’s how you have to look at it or the application process will depress you. Thanks for letting me take over your thread. LOL.