Chance, Please

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>SAT I (breakdown): Critical Reading (680), Math (780), Writing (780), Total: 2240</p>

<p>SAT II: Math II (800), US History (740)</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 (Weighted = 4.37)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7th / 1200 Top 1%</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), Physics B (4), English Language (4)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, IB Math SL</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, AP US History Teacher Award, Pre-AP Algebra II Teacher Award</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Select Soccer Division 1 (10 hours a week), School Tutoring Society (Vice President), Student Government (Ambassador/Vice President of History), Habitat for Humanity, National Honor Society Member, Key Club Member, DECA Member</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: None</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Traveled to Italy and aided earthquake victims in L’Aquila.</p>

<p>Essays: Good</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Two positive recommendations/teacher stated I am in top 1% of students intellectually.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Great</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Texas
School Type: public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $130,000 +</p>

<p>What are my chances? About how much financial aid would I qualify for? If I put nonacademic honors in the academic honors section, will I be penalized. I listed a Habitat for Humanity award and a soccer award I received, but they do not classify as academic.</p>

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<p>Anyone anything?</p>

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<p>You should just put those awards in the ‘Additional Info’ section, and leave academic honors to things like NMSF and stuff.</p>

<p>What school are you applying to?</p>

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<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, UPenn, Cornell, Hopkins, WUSTL
What are my chances?</p>

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<p>You seem to have done very good work, your SAT scores are high, it seems like you have done a good amount of extra curricular activities, but what about community service? I didn’t see any listed.</p>

<p>If you did do community service, then you seem to have very good chances of getting in Harvard Yale, Princeton, ect…</p>

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<p>I am a member of Key Club and Habitat for Humanity. I also participated in Relay for Life. Most of all this summer I worked at L’Aquila University to help students who were victims of the earthquake.</p>

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<p>I meant what Cornell school, not all colleges you’re applying to.</p>

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<p>Oh my bad, i believe CAS. I might also do the Engineering school. Which do I have better chances for?</p>

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<p>Woah, you should apply for what interests you, not what you have the best chances for.
I’m going to say CAS seeing as you don’t really know yet.
Most Cornell schools are very fit-based and if they see that your heart isn’t in what you’re applying for and your essays aren’t convincing, you’ll get rejected, regardless of your stats.</p>