<p>Here’s some positive feedback: cast your net widely so you aren’t devastated if/when you get rejected from Cornell or any other school. Apply to several schools you would love to attend (reaches, targets, and safeties) since it’s sometimes hard to predict. And I say that to everyone. Also, you put yourself out there for feedback, now try to accept what you got. If you didn’t want to hear people’s opinions, you shouldn’t have asked.</p>