Please Chance A Junior Looking At The East Coast

IvyCentral
Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:05:07 +0000

@schoolstruggles

I have had students who had Bx, Mx, PhDx legacies and they all got in (even with fairly decent but not brilliant grades). Legacy does help a lot for the Ivies and I have seen Cornell give it exceptional weight.

What are your summer plans? why wouldn’t you up to your ACT? You have plenty of time available. Get it up to at least a 33 or 34 comps with no score less than 32. With the new single-component testing starting up; Crack on with some lessons and get your lowest or even your average components pumped up.

Make sure your school guidance counselors make note of your health issues and their impact on your GPA. Do not mention it on your app, do not write about it on your essays; do not talk about it during your interviews. Let him/her do that job for you instead. Let her know that your have Cornell legacy in advance and that it will be your ED choice.

If you do a couple of additional things over the course of the year, I would certainly give you a thumbs up for Cornell ED admit.