This is the official thread for those applying ED to Cornell University.
List your unweighted GPA, any SAT /ACT scores, and ECs. What majors are you going into?
Ask your questions, the CC community is here to help!
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Decently Competitive Public High School
Unweighted GPA: 3.85 (All in A range grades, quite a few A minuses. Only 2 B+’s in APUSH and Spanish junior year semester 2, but due to close family member death)
Weighted: 4.64/5
SAT: 1560
School doesn’t allow APs until junior year: Took APUSH, Lang, and CS and got a 5,5,4 respectively. Taking BC, Stats, Psych, English Lit Senior year.
ECs:
- Interned at Town Department of Health (2yrs); worked with epidemiologist and co-wrote lit. reviewed paper on Tobacco Free generation policy and submitted to board of directors; led to legal vote; awarded $1.5k
- Writer/Blogger at Medium + other social media (3yrs): wrote articles about various healthcare policies to better promote literacy amongst teens: reached about 5k views
- President/Founder of Non profit (3yrs) : dedicated to making racket sports more accessible in local area and getting rid of cost barriers; free annual clinics for kids (had 50+ local) for underprivileged.
- Boys Varsity Tennis Captain(4yrs)
- VP of Schools Public Health Club (4yrs) (lowk filler, but had guest speakers + informational meetings)
- Healthcare volunteering (2yrs) (50+hours): Talked/Interacted with hospital patients regarding healthcare experience/disparties faced; submitted reports to hospital to improve their data
- Part Time job (3yrs) math tutor, 500+ hours
- Volunteer at Love for our elders (2yrs) : wrote 100+ letters of kindness and gratitude to elder citizens to help combat senior depression; 60+ documented hours
- VP of Science Team (3yrs) (filler, signed team up for sci Olympiad, slideshows, etc.)
- Varsity Math Team (4yrs)
Awards:
- National US medicine + disease Olympiad Gold medal recipient (top 5% nationally)
- HOSA Medical Law + Ethics 3rd place at States (qual for internationals)
- Science Olympiad States: top 10 placement for anatomy and physiology
- Central State regional Tennis champs
- Ap scholar
Applying to Brooks ED as a healthcare policy major. Any tips/advice?
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will the lack of science APs hurt me? I couldn’t fit them into my schedule due to the classes I wanted to take, but I tried to show my proficiency in science in the olympiads.
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We just signed the ED agreement last week.
Daughter attends small private boarding school in MA. Full IB diploma candidate, 4.2 unweighted (on 4.3 scale), NMSF, 1570 SAT (790 r/w; 780 math). Applying to college of engineering.
Her high school has limited science offerings - only IB offerings for science are Bio and ESS, she is taking both HL plus AA math HL. She took the regular physics and chemistry classes sophomore year before starting the full IB curriculum and had A+ in both. But we are a little nervous that could negatively impact her.
Decent ECs (co-captain of equestrian team; peer tutor; resident assistant; school tour guide; job as camp counselor at science museum over summer; year-long independent research project on sustainability at her school; chorus and a capella)
Legacy student (dad).
She’s working on getting all the supplements done. 7 for college of engineering!
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ED agreement already? This is great!
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Demographics: Asian-American, competitive top private school in North Texas, no hooks.
Intended major(s): Economics in College of Arts and Sciences, probably not going to apply Dyson due to competitiveness
Academics:
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UW/W GPA: 3.86 UW GPA, school doesn’t weight GPA (one B freshman year and one B+ in junior year, rest A and A+ with few A-) - Also did a summer program at t10 school for economics and received an A-
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Class rank: school doesn’t rank, but definitely not in the top 10%
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SAT: 1550 super score (770 RW, 780 M)
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AP Scores: AP Biology - 5, AP Statistics - 5, AP Government - 5, AP Chemistry - 4
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Coursework: Max course rigor, school caps APs to 4 per year for junior and senior year, 0 for underclassmen. Senior year course load - AP Calc BC, Linear Algebra first sem, AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish Language, AP European History
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Awards:
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>$7K grant funding for npo I cofounded and mentorship earned from school VC pitch comp; org. featured on Dallas Morning News
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PVSA Silver (175+ hours in a single year)
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AP Scholar w/ Honor
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National Merit Commended
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School High Honor Roll
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LORs: Very good LORs from teachers (AP statistics and 11th grade english), very good LOR from directed study finance professor also
Extracurriculars (I think this is the strongest part of my app):
1. Co-Founder & Vice President of [501(c)(3)] with major impact - Delivered 1K+ resources to North Texas shelters via 5+ donation partners; secured >$7K funding & mentorship through VC pitch comp; built sustainable growth model.
2. Founder & Owner, Custom Art Business - Built hybrid art business serving 120+ customers; create pop culture merchandise & custom digital/sketch commissions; donate 12% profits to charity.
3. Independent Researcher & Author under a uni professor - Analyzed student performance incentives; applied regression & econometrics techniques on natl. public datasets; presented paper to global repository.
4. Leader, Business Club - Manage tech sector of $340K+ student investment portfolio; produce monthly reports for companies like AVGO/TTWO; collaborate with other sector leads.
5. Finance & Operations Intern - Managed payroll and financial systems for a multi-million dollar firm; increased annual revenue by 2% through strategic client-employee partnerships.
6. 1-on-1 Directed Study Student @ t40 business school - Analyzed research on corporate financial misconduct; performed lit reviews & synthesized financial trends; explored applications in business decisions
7. Soccer, Captain, Top youth league in the country - Led team to regional conf. title; 3x Player of the Week; Dallas Cup qualification; competed in national showcases.
8. Youth Service Leader & Fundraiser - 300+ hours for established NPO; led 60 volunteers in campaigns; raised $5K+ for hospital construction in Asia; secured corporate sponsors
9. Soccer, Team Leader - 4-year Varsity starter; drove team to conference 2nd place; team-leader in assists; co-ran skills camp for younger students during last 2 seasons.
10. Advancement Office Intern for School - Raised $15K+ for campus project; solicited donors through meetings; met with board chairs and staff to strategize school advancement.
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Guys when do you think the decision date will be for Cornell ED, like any news of a specific date beyond what they provided.
My daughter thinks Dec 16. She tells me it’s always a Tuesday or Thursday, and she thinks the 11th is too early. 
Cornell hasn’t officially announced a release date yet. Last year it was Thursday 12/12 at 7 pm.
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Apparently the letters that Questbridge matches received said they will get official acceptance letters on Dec 18 at 7 pm. So I’m thinking that may be the date!
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That sucks I was hoping it would come sooner
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Is this specific to Cornell? Or all Questbridge matches?
Specific to Cornell
I could be wrong! Maybe Questbridge folks will get their official letters at a diff time. I’m also still hoping for earlier.
The screen shot I saw said this- Your official letter of admission will be available in your Cornell Applicant Portal on Thursday, December 18, at 7:00 p.m. EST. Your financial aid offer will be available in that portal shortly afterward. But then someone else said an official letter from Cornell said by the 18th.
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Yes, that’s the language I saw.
Questbridge letters were the same last year, except they said Dec 12 at 7 pm. Which is why I’m thinking ED release Dec 18 based on the letter…..
That’s late compared to previous years
Hi. Does anyone how many applications and acceptances typically for Nolan ed?
As an international student do the admission officers value your SAT or gcse/alevel more