ED Chance Class of 2019

15websterh
Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:52:34 +0000

Hi all! While it is a bit early, I would like to get an idea of my standings for Early Decision CAS at Cornell for the Class of 2019.
Here are my stats:
Female, Caucasian
–SAT: 700 (M), 720 (CR), 800 (W) (2220 superscore, took three times)
–SAT II: 700 US History, 750 English Lit
–UW GPA: 3.75/4.0
–W GPA: 4.55/5.2
–AP: Soph year-US History (5), Spanish Lang
Jr. Year-US Gov (5), Spanish Lang (4), English Lang (5) (projected scores based on class performance)
–Sr. Year Course Load: AP Micro Econ, AP Macro Econ, Honors French 2, Honors Spanish 6, Honors Euro Lit, Calc, Physics
–Classes: All honors/AP except for math all 4 years and physics senior year
–Extracurriculars: Key Club (9-12), Adopt a Grandparent (9-10), Breast Cancer Awareness (9-12), ConKerr Cancer (10-12), JSA (11-12), Hispanic Culture Club (10-12)
–Work: Ice cream shop, manager, 12 hrs/week, 9-12, babysitting
–Volunteering: Mission trip with church to Appalachia summer after 9-10, Dominican Republic grade 11
–Interview: Planning on interviewing, I am very comfortable speaking with adults so I expect the interview to go well
–Essays: I am a very strong writer and I will be working with a tutor to help in the writing/proofreading of the essays, should be excellent
–Recs: Counselor rec will be very good, AP English rec will be great, AP Spanish rec will be good. Also having my boss write me a rec letter, as I am playing up my job in my application
–Rank: School does not rank, but I am guessing I fall in the top 25% of a 500 student class
–School: Public, Suburban, right outside of Philadelphia

–Projected strengths: I am coming from a nationally ranked high school that is well known and highly regarded by Cornell admissions officials. I also expect my interview and essays to be strong differentiating aspects to my application, and I plan on emphasizing my job as my main outside of school commitment on my application (i.e. stressing how much working my way up to a manager position has taught me about work ethic, responsibility, etc.), I have showed a strong interest towards Cornell (visit, interview, in contact with admissions officers, sat in on a class/talked to professors)
–Projected weaknesses: SAT/GPA are average, no officer positions, not a ton of school-related extracurriculars, did not take honors math or physics (I also finished with an 81% in Chemistry and my math SAT score is low, so they will most likely see a trend and realize I am not a strong math student), grades take a slight dip sophomore year (first year I took any AP classes)–don’t drop too low, just to lower A’s and a B, but pick right back up junior year

–Also, if this is relevant or of any help, I also plan on applying to Lehigh, UMichigan, Syracuse, GWU, Penn State, and Maryland.

Please let me know what my chances are, and let me know if you need any more information! Thank you so much!