Cornell 2011 CALS Hopefuls...

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>I had seen in previous years threads for individual college hopefuls for Cornell. I figured I would start one. Feel free to post your stats (this is not a chance me thread), what major you are applying to, and ED vs. RD.</p>

<p>Cornell ED Atmospheric Science</p>

<p>GPA- 3.81 based on 4.0
Rank- 50/467
ACT- 31
AP Scores- None</p>

<p>Courses this year: </p>

<p>Environmental Science
Astronomy/Meteorology/Geology
Choir
AP European History
CP Senior English
Honors Probability and Statistics
Gifted Independent Project</p>

<p>(Took all of the Honors Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, etc… courses in previous years)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>· Physics Day (Hershey Amusement Park) – 11th Grade
· Latin Club; two week excursion touring ancient Italy and Greece – 10th/11th Grade
· Premier high school choir (CD Singers-auditioned) – 10th/11th/12th Grade
o Choir won Overall Grand Champion at the Roxbury Choir Competition
· Honors Chorus (selected students) – 10th/11th/12th Grade
· Choir Officer – 12th Grade
· Friends of the Swamp (Environmental Protection Club) – 9th/10th/11th/12th Grade
· Envirothon (Regional Environmental Competition) – 10th/11th/12th Grade
· Green Power Club (Energy Conservation Organization) – 12th Grade
· Chief Photographer/Co-editor Underclassmen Section Yearbook – 11th/12th Grade
· Founding leader of small group dedicated to beautification of the high school
landscaping including gardening and raising funds – 9th/10th/11th/12th Grade</p>

<p>Work Experience/Other:</p>

<p>· Giant Grocery Customer Information Services (12hrs/week) – 11th/12th Grade
· American Meteorological Society Member (One of 28 high school students in
2009 nationwide selected for membership) – 11th/12th Grade
· Mount Washington Weather Observatory Member – 10th/11th/12th Grade
· Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network Member (CoCoRaHS Organization encouraging research and development in the field of precipitation and observation) 11th/12th Grade
· Certified Storm Spotter for the National Weather Service – 10th/11th/12th Grade
· ‘Featured Blogger’ on global internet weather site (Wunderground.com); selected out of 10,000 people for featured meteorological blogger position in 2010; forecasting weather for Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware – 11th/12th Grade
· Personal interviews at National Weather Service (NOAA) and Accuweather – 9th/10th/11th/12th Grade
· Elementary student tutor (Math, Science, and Reading) – 9th/10th Grade
· United Methodist Church Hospitality Assistant – 9th/10th/11th/12th Grade
· Special Olympics Assistant – 10th/12th Grade
· National Honor Society – 9th/10th/11th/12th Grade
· Two featured articles in Patriot News for community interest stories on my
meteorology accomplishments and forecasting record – 11th Grade</p>

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<p>Male-senior from mid-sized very competitive school
Applying RD to Cornell under a science major of sorts- biochemistry? chemistry?- something along those lines</p>

<p>My school does not rank, however my GPA is 4.97/5 (weighted) My counselor told me however that I would be top 5-10% of my class if we did rank</p>

<p>ACT-33
SAT II- Chemistry-770, Math II-740, US History- 700
AP Scores-Calc BC-5, Chemistry-5, US History-5, European History-4</p>

<p>I have received mostly As and a few Bs in the most rigorous course load available at my high school. </p>

<p>My Senior Schedule is:
Honors Multivariable Calculus
AP Physics B (My school doesn’t offer C)
AP Econ
Wind Ensemble
AP Literary Analysis
Spanish 5</p>

<p>EC’s:
School Newspaper- Editor-in-Chief, Features editor (10,11, 12)</p>

<p>Music: Trumpet- First chair, section leader, senior representative
Ensembles: Jazz band, Brass choir, Symphony orchestra & winds, Pep band, and a local honor band (9, 10 ,11, 12)</p>

<p>Cross Country- Varsity Team Captain, all-academic (9, 10 ,11, 12)
Tennis- Varsity Team captain, all-academic (9, 10 ,11, 12)</p>

<p>Relgious- Head acolyte, church youth group (Since 5th grade)</p>

<p>Volunteer- 100+ hours community service, nursing home volunteer</p>

<p>I also work at an overnight all-boys camp which I have attended for 8 years and have been an assistant counselor for 2</p>

<p>Honors:
National Merit Qualifier
National Honor Society
AP Scholar with Honor
Honor Roll every semester
Quill & Scroll Society (for writing)</p>

<p>I think my essays are very good, and I have been editing them with the head of the English department at my school, who thinks they are great as well. I wrote my activity essay about writing the crossword puzzle for the paper, which seemed to be a selling point in my Wake Forest interview. Hopefully it is for other colleges too!</p>

<p>My recommendations are from my English teacher junior year and my math teacher who has had me for 2 years in Calc BC and Multivar.
Also, I am sending an additional recommendation from my Band teacher, because I plan on continuing the trumpet in college. I know these teachers very well, and they were very enthused to be writing me a rec.</p>

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<p>I’m too lazy to post my stats but calsssss '15 wooooooooooooo!!!</p>

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<p>Hahaha what major dontfeed?</p>

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<p>Natural resources!! Plan on minoring AEM :slight_smile: Would like to make money while saving the world someday</p>

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<p>Plant sciences here!</p>

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<p>ED Animal Science! :D</p>

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<p>ED bioengineering.</p>

<p>Could someone please tell me how competitive this particular major/school is??
Anxiety killing me!</p>

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<p>cals ed natural resources!</p>

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<p>The Cornell Supplement allows one to use the “Primary/Alternate” option. I am thinking of applying to the College of Arts and Sciences as a Primary, with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as the Alternative. The thing is, the supplement requires two essays – one each for CAS and for CALS. Clearly, in the interests of efficiency (as well as consistency) I would like to use large parts of one essay in the body of the other. Does anyone know whether the admit committee reads BOTH essays, or is there a separate admit committee for each college and one will never see what the other sees? This is such an obvious question that I know it has been addressed somewhere, but I haven’t found where.</p>

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<p>I wouldnt suggest to do that. When you send your supplement in you will see that both essays are one page after another, and Cornell says themselves that either committee can ready either essay. It would probably look like a poor job if they are similar. IMO</p>

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<p>agreed with pixlanish. they’ll read both essays.</p>

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<p>Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
major in animal science
applied early decision</p>

<p>SAT: 2050
GPA: 3.78</p>

<p>near hardest course load possible</p>

<p>5 AP’s, 4 senior year
top 11% of graduating class
multiracial (japanese/cuban + others)
always taken honors or advanced
great common app essay very original
2 great teacher recs</p>

<p>volunteered at a hospital for a long time
varsity cheerleading for 3 years
art club
variety choir(school’s most elite choir)
women’s choir
participated in various science competitions ( like long island science congress)
voted art student of the month/ most artistic of the senior class
national honor society
science honor society
lots of work experience
etc.</p>

<p>hooks: sent my AP art portfolio ( very artistic and hoping sets e apart) also participated in a 3 year science research program with college professors where we wrote a science journal article and conducted graduate level research </p>

<p>PLEASE HELP my uncle attended and loved it so my family is in love with the school, if not cornell i’m thinking of university of michigan…any feedback?</p>

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<p>allnycolleges stop ****ing spamming the board ok we know you want chances but you don’t have to copy and paste the same thing into three threads we get it.</p>

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<p>when do we get letters?</p>

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<p>CALS bioengineering.
ACT 35, GPA 92.4, top 10%, school is ranked top 10 in the U.S. (highly competitive)
Course rigor: All honors/AP, includes engineering experience.
NJ, ORM, Female(idk if that helps, engineering but not the college that is said to like that).
ECs: Envi-Sci Research award, 4 years varsity swimming, year-round & summer lifeguarding jobs, TSA National and State awards + achievement awards, NHS, freelance graphic designer, 10+ years piano, etc. so decent, not spectacular.
Essay: Went over the word limit, I think it was well-written though. (supplement)</p>

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<p>tomorrow ahahahahahhhhhh</p>