Official Cornell ED 2017 Results

wrung17
Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:13:00 +0000

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Decision: Accepted to CALS for Applied Economics and Management

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 790 M, 680 W (2200)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Bio E, 730 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (97 on 100 point scale)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 of 89
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, Calculus, Statistics, English… and regular physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): won the American Math Competition for my school in 10th grade, also was on the number 1 team in NY State for TSA TEAMS for my school size
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student government (student body VP), Class Officer (treasurer), Math Club (VP), Model UN, Musical Theater, Tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: one summer working part time
[] Volunteer/Community service: every weekend for my church
[] Summer Activities: took classes in comp sci and economics from local college
[] Essays: fairly decent, did many revisions: talked about my EC leadership and what it meant to me
[] Teacher Recommendation: one glowing from French teacher, one solid from Calc Teacher
[] Counselor Rec: decent
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] applied for Financial Aid?: no
[] Intended Major: applied economics and management ( AEM )
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: pretty high, likely top 10% nationally but not sure
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): family member works there
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: leadership and math scores
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: leadership and sensitivity, with a focus on responsibility
[] Weaknesses: not the best scores, but decent over all
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed a ton of interest and my family connection may have played a role (not alumni, though)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: none
[] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: math competitions and widespread leadership