Official Cornell ED 2017 Results

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Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:46:05 +0000

**Decision: Accepted CAS: POSSE SCHOLAR **

[The Posse Foundation](http://www.possefoundation.org/)

Objective:

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT: 28: 33R, 28S, 27M, 24E
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/395
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4) AP Lang (4) AP Us Gov (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:APWH, AP Environmental Science, AP Lit & Comp, Honors Law, Honors Choir, 2 reg electives
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Key Club President), (Poetry Club Officer), NHS,
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Supervisor at K-Mart
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours, with Key Club
[ *] Summer Activities: Freshmen initiation program leader sophomore summer. Intern with Chicago alderman junior summer
[ *] Essays: Focused on humor in political process and how its fundamental flaws are “humorous” and need to be changed. could be better written.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Spoke to my academic ability as a compliment to my desire to pursue a career in policy.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very well written, mostly one of the best she’s had per common app.
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: Final Round Interview through the POSSE interview process went exceptionally well.

Other:
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Full tuition scholarship through POSSE. Will for Housing.
[ *] Intended Major: Government: undecided
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):IL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: < 50K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, POSSE program.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Near “perfect” transcript with mostly all A’s. High service hours, very unique extracurriculars (compared to the POSSE applicants anyway)
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I tried to focus my application with a desire to study policy and enact change in society.
[ *] Weaknesses: Lack of 4 years foreign language,
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UIUC
[ *] Your “Cornell” factor - the most unique thing in your application: My time spent as an alderman’s intern.