Official Cornell ED 2017 Results

Lelyke
Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:13:40 +0000

Sorry I’m late. I’ve been pretty lazy…
Decision: Accepted CoE

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 620 M 780 WR 730 (2130)
[] ACT: None taken
[] SAT II: M2 760 Phys 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/84 (Salutatorian)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): A-levels instead
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nah
[] Senior Year Course Load: A-levels!
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope just National Olympiads Medals
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Pretty condensed: Trumpet Player, Tutor, Debate Team Speaker, Science Olympiad team, Library Assistant, Tenor Singer, Quiz Team, Entrepreneur
[] Job/Work Experience: Engineer at Big Firm
[] Volunteer/Community service: Got a lot of money for Haiti, charity organizations, and orphanages
[] Summer Activities: Job experience ish
[] Essays: Pretty solid
[] Teacher Recommendation: Were okay I guess
[] Counselor Rec: Superb!
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: African
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 70000 ish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, ECs, URM, Counselor rec
[] What you tried to focus on in your application – Everything. Its holistic right?
[] Weaknesses: SATs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess my Essays really showed I had a passion for engineering. My IGCSE and Predicted A-levels results were really good as well.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ED!
[li] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Definitely the way I used anecdotes in my essays to show my passion for engineering![/li][/ul]
See you guys at Ithaca!