how much longer til april?

swoodhull
Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:58:29 +0000

so i can’t believe us regular decision people have to wait til april to hear back. i actually just got deferred from Wharton at U. Penn…kind of disappointing but i figured that’s what would happen. anyways, i was hoping to see what you guys think my chances are at Cornell. i’m applying to the Policy Analysis and Mangement major at the College of Human Ecology.

Demographic Info:
White male from Ringoes, New Jersey. Very small rural town. Most of the kids at the local public school don’t attend college, if they do they most likely go to community college. Neither of my parents went to college.

GPA: 4.26 (weighted on 4.0 scale…school doesn’t provide unweighted)
Class Rank 1st out of 76 (tiny, private school in New Jersey)
SAT Math: 730
SAT Verbal: 670
SAT Writing Skills: 730
SAT II US History: 760
SAT II Chemistry: 720
SAT II Math I: 710

Extracurriculars:
-President of Dramatic Society (Officer Junior and Sophomore Year)
-Lead Roles in Plays Every Year (Excellence in Fall Play Award Junior and Senior Year)
-Vice President of National Honor Society (Member Junior Year as well)
-Member of Youth Service Fellowship (Community service activities all through high school)
-Secretary of Student Council Junior Year

Awards, etc.
-Driscoll Scholar (I am at my school on a full academic scholarship)
-I was recognized as a Weiler Scholar by my school last year.
-Edward J. Bloustein Scholar (some new jersey award thing)

Recs: My college counselor says they were really good.

Essays: My Common App one was good. Cornell Supplement ones were ok I guess, kind of boring topics you know.

Hook: I have Crohn’s disease, an chronic intestinal disease. I was diagnosed in 7th grade and started having surgery the summer after 8th grade. Freshman year of high school I missed over 50 days of school and still stayed at the top of my class. Every year I have had about 5 operations or so, having to go into the hospital at intervals ranging from a month to 5 months. So far into my senior year I have had surgery three times. I guess I qualify as disabled…?

so there it is i guess. i don’t know how hard it is to get into the college of human ecology, but maybe you guys can give me a ballpark estimate on how likely or unlikely it is for me to get in.