<p>Will be applying to Hum Ec next year-most likely RD, but things can change. Human Development major.</p>
<p>SAT: 790 CR/ 700 M/ 800 W
SATII: Math I: 660 USH:750
GPA: 95 UW top 10%</p>
<p>EC’s:</p>
<p>-Internship, psychology research
-Internship, child development research
-Published research
-Debate Team (President)
-Tennis(Captain)
-Japanese Club (Founder, President)
-Speech Compeition-Japanese
-Tutor Hebrew-children who need xtra help
-Counselor-children w/developmental problems
-Science tutor
-black belt karate</p>
<p>Also have personal reasons that inspired me to pursue child development.
Thanks so much!</p>
<p>I’d say you have a pretty good chance. Reflect your desire to pursue child development in your essays, and you might want to bring up that Math I grade a little bit, but then again, scores aren’t everything! Good luck! :)</p>
<p>So you’re the captain, president and founder of quite a number of activities. Just out of curiosity, how big of a thing is that Japanese Club, for example? How many members, how frequent gatherings, what’s your role etc…?</p>
<p>It seems to me that almost every student in this forum has tried to fit as much leadership activities in their apps as possible to impress colleges. So I’m wondering, is every other person really hyperactive and born with a leadership personality, or is it just something that you do for the sake of bragging on your app, and in reality, put minor effort in it, just so you wouldn’t feel too bad about lying?</p>
<p>By no means is my post offensive. I don’t live in the US and would like to know what’s the overall sentiment on this thing.</p>
<p>Well my D got into the same program with much lower stats than yours. (she had a 590 on the Math SATII, so don’t worry about that). Essays & letters of rec. will be most important. As far krlpps question about leadership. I don’t really think what impresses Cornell is the time & effort that the leadership demands but rather it is an insight into what others who know the applicant better than they ever could think of them. For example president of the debate team & captain of the tennis team to me is more impressive than the founder of the Japanese club. The first two it can be assumed are well established and voted on by peers and advisors. The latter is probably appointed. Although it shows initiative, it also could be viewed as a “resume stuffer”. Seems to me that with EC’s & letters of Rec, Cornell is trying to determine “Is this canidate viewed as an outstanding person by their peers and adults who have frequent contact with them?”. Rather than just an outstanding student.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks so much for the feedback. Japanese Club is actually great, I have a passion for Japanese and worked to start the club, which is now over 100 members and the biggest club in the school! </p>
<p>So if I were to apply ED, it would increase chances?</p>
<p>ED almost always increases chances, if only because it tells the school that you are really serious about going there. (Apparently a lot of the people who get in ED are recruited athletes, etc. but even if you get deferred, you’re no worse off and arguably still better off for having made that clear statement that Cornell is your #1 choice.) But make sure that you and your parents have a good idea what your financial aid offer is likely to look like (Cornell does have a calculator available) and that you will be able to afford it, and don’t feel that you need to review other financial options before committing to Cornell.</p>
<p>I think I’m probably applying RD, but do I have a good chance. From past thread I really don’t understand the acceptances to HumEc, there seems to be no ryhme or reason for them…</p>
<p>I think you certainly have a chance. But you’ve hit the nail on the head with your observation that there seems to be no rhyme or reason. Truth is that there’s quite a bit of luck involved, as they get way more qualified applicants than they can admit, and it’s often hard to tell exactly what a school liked about someone from their summary.</p>
<p>I think for human eclgy essays are probably really important. But I have really strong personal reasons that have led me to want to pursue the field that I do, so hopefully I’ll have good essays showing my “fit”.</p>
<p>I think your chances are fairly good. Your scores are high enough and I personally think that your math score in particular is fine. However, I did kind of notice that applicants who had very high SAT scores still got waitlisted or rejected. At least you know that the admissions process can be pretty fickle.</p>
<p>Clearly, you definitely show a passion for language. I’m Jewish and have almost completely abandoned Hebrew with the exception of praying, reading from religious texts, etc. So, I personally think that the Hebrew tutoring is really unique, and could put you over the edge as much as your obvious love of Japanese could. You also show that you have a passion for science, which is also very good. From what I can tell, you are NOT a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none type of person, which is more than most applicants could likely attest to.</p>
<p>Thanks, and that’s what I’m worried about-the people with high but not perfect SAT’s all seem to get rejected! Also, will Human Ecology think its bad that I like languages, and spend time on that instead of science related things?</p>
<p>^^ Don’t listen to this guy. I got a 660 on my CR Section of the SAT and still was accepted. Stats aren’t everything. Write good essays and you have a pretty good chance of getting in. Btw, I’d recommend taking the SAT II Math if you’ve taken Precal. It’s curved better and you have a much higher chance of getting in the 700s. Good luck!</p>
<p>:( umm that was the SAT II Math I…I’ll prob take it again for 700+ and Math II, but I am not too worried…I didn’t realize it was that big of a deal haha.</p>
<p>I was just suggesting you take the SAT II Math II since it’s easier than SAT II Math I not implying that the SAT II Math I was easy :). It probably won’t matter too much though, but since they do look at that part of your application (even though it’s probably not a big factor), I’d try to improve it. If you feel like you can’t, your SAT I’s look pretty good and the admissions committee would probably move on to the other parts of your application, like the essays and extra-curricular activities.</p>