Giraffes at Cornell?

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>Can I bring my giraffe to Cornell if accepted? Oh, here are my stats:</p>

<p>I’m applying to CAS (something relating to social sciences) and CALS (communication)
White Male
Legacy (parent + sibling)
Competitive NJ public school
4.12 W GPA, 3.75 UW (top 10% of my class)</p>

<p>Freshman Year: [W GPA = 3.92]
Algebra 1 (I know, I’m a year behind in math!): A-
Biology: A-
Spanish 2: A
World History: A
English 1 Honors: A-</p>

<p>Sophomore Year: [W GPA = 4.12]
Geometry: A-
Chemistry: A
Spanish 3 Honors: A-
AP US 1*: B+
English 2 Honors: A-
Creative Writing 1: A</p>

<p>Junior Year: [W GPA = 4.32]
Algebra 2: A-
Physics: A
Spanish 4 Honors: B+
AP US 2: A (5 on AP Exam)
AP English 3*: B+
Creative Writing 2 Honors: A</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP European History
AP English 4
AP Environmental Science
Spanish 5
Pre-Calc
Journalism</p>

<p>*my school is weird and does 2 years of AP US and 2 years of AP English, taking up some space in my schedule</p>

<p>I took challenging classes during high school, but I feel as if I could have had a slightly more rigorous course load</p>

<p>SAT: 2140 superscored
690 CR
700 M
750 W (10 essay—scored an 11 on a different test date but didn’t do as well on the MC)</p>

<p>SAT II:
780 US
650 Math 1 (taking again, hoping to get 680-720 lol i iz a noob)</p>

<p>ACT: 32
31 E and M (9 on essay)
32 S
33 R (However, the first time I took the test I scored a 36 R, so superscored it’s a 33)</p>

<p>EC’s:
-Volunteer Club Member (9-10), Treasurer (11), President (12)-
Have helped organize some local community projects + about 100 hours volunteering</p>

<p>-Committee Member of Town Board (11-12)-
Helped plan recycling events, raised money for various town projects including a skate park, created volunteer system to aid senior citizens</p>

<p>-Helped create a Model UN chapter at my school</p>

<p>-School’s Literary Magazine member and contributor (10-11), Editor in Chief(12)-
Writing has always been a hobby, plan to send poetry/other writing in with my application</p>

<p>-Contributor to school newspaper (11-12)</p>

<p>-Stage Crew and Running Crew for school dramas and musicals (10-12)</p>

<p>-6 Years of playing guitar/bass in jazz/rock bands</p>

<p>-Work with special needs children during the summer (3 years)</p>

<p>-National Honor Society</p>

<p>-Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>Recommendations/Essays: Hopefully good-great</p>

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<p>didn’t read your stats, but nicely done</p>

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<p>Haha what was nicely done? and for those of you who don’t speak giraffe, giraffe = chances :)</p>

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<p>Jeez this is so weird… I’m also from a competitive NJ public school and we have almost the exact same stats/courses. And I’m applying to CALS for communication as well. Good luck to the both of us! Are you applying early?</p>

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<p>^No, it would be weird if you also owned a giraffe. :p</p>

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<p>Yes i am applying ED–haha probably should have said that before. Best of luck to you, parexemple! My first choice is CAS. Hopefully we get in!</p>

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<p>Giraffes are the coolest.
Just for using that word, I REALLLY hope you get in.
(:</p>

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<p>Haha thank you. chances?</p>

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<p>You can surely bring a toy giraffe, given the proper dimensions. But you certainly can’t bring a real giraffe.</p>

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<p>Mmm, Giraffe BBQ.</p>

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<p>bumpppp chances please</p>