<p>GPA: 101.4(Weighted)
Class Rank: 2nd or 3rd overall
Class size is roughly 600 students</p>
<p>AP Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry
All other classes are honors or college credit</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Student Gov’t(Treasurer(9) Vice President(10,11,12))
Newspaper: Sports Writer(9, 10) Sports Editor(11,12)
Baseball(9,10)
Winter and Spring Track(11,12) I lettered in winter and spring and was a county and section champion in the spring
National Honor Society(11-12)
Science Honor Society(11-12)
Math Honor Society( Mu Alpha Theta) (11-12)</p>
<p>Awards/Distinctions: Male Student of the Year(only recipient of my grade)
Served as a delegate for New York State’s Boys State Program</p>
<p>Your grades/rank are above average for Cornell Admittees.</p>
<p>For Cornell, the 25th percentile/75th percentile ACT numbers are 29-33, so, 31 is probably average – 30, is therefore, slightly below average, but in the range. (I assume your SAT isn’t better than this, or you would have posted.)</p>
<p>Your ECs look normal (meaning they won’t blow people away, but shouldn’t hurt you either).</p>
<p>Put it together and probably have an average - perhaps slightly above average shot at getting in.</p>
<p>Just curious – Economics (CAS) or Business (CALS)?</p>
<p>Do NY residents have a better chance of admission for College of Engineering?</p>
<p>And I say you have about an average shot of getting in, going above or below depending on your essays. Your GPA and Class rank are excellent. If you have a 33+ACT, then I would say you have a very good chance of getting in, especially as a NY resident and if you apply early decision.</p>
<p>i heard that CALS AEM is one of the most competitive majors on campus, due to athletes filling many of the positions. if anyone has any background on that please let me know.</p>
<p>Don’t choose AEM over Econ based on your chances of getting in, especially since admissions is based on “fit” anyway. They have significantly different curriculums. It’s common for AEM majors to take econ classes and vice versa, but overall, you’re getting a pretty different education. While AEM is marginally harder to get into than CAS, it’s not so different that I would imagine you would get into one program and not the other, unless you were really on the edge for CAS.</p>
<p>Plus, in CAS, you’re getting a traditional liberal arts education, which is something you should want. Anyway, as someone who just graduated with a degree in economics from CAS, let me know if you have any questions.</p>
<p>mikeyc765 -
would you help me understand what class sizes are in econ (intro & econ core and then upper level electives)<br>
how much is taught by TAs
can you talk a little about the grading as well
thank you</p>
<p>any feel for same issues history or political science depts</p>
<p>I didn’t take intro econ at Cornell, but those classes I think usually have a couple hundred students. Most upper level econ classes are around 80 students. Professors teach all the lectures, while TAs will do the grading and run discussion sections every week. For most econ classes, discussion sections are optional. Usually discussion sections are in smaller groups (~20) for doing practice problems, or reviewing harder topics in lecture in more depth. Grading can vary, but usually there is a decently healthy curve, with a median of a B. Professors/TAs are very accessible for office hours.</p>
<p>Political science classes vary in size as well. Intro will have a couple hundred students and upper level classes vary by how popular a class is (anywhere from 30 people to over two hundred). Professors teach lecture and TAs run discussion sections. Grading can vary depending on whether a professor emphasizes papers or exams. Exams aren’t usually curved.</p>