4.0 gpa
VERY low income
Worked and volunteered every summer
Doing a summer program at Cornell this summer
Spanish
Student of the month at my school
2000 on SAT
brother of special needs
National Honor Society
Treasurer of national honor society
Showed MAJOR improvement from 8th to 9th grade 85->>101 gpa (problems at home)
Football team
Baseball team
Officer of “go green club” (environmental awareness and recycling )
Italian Honor Society
Applying early decision
200+ volunteer hours
Going to get fantastic recommendations
Colleges do not care about or look at your 8th grade scores. 9-12th grade gpa is considered. Cornell does not care about your family income, they are need blind.
2000 on SAT? What grade are you in? I believe they only look at the critical reading and math sections so those two scores individually are important.
If you want people to chance you please provide a little more info. Such as your grade, SAT scores, Course load, AP scores, which college within Cornell you wish to apply, Major applying for, SAT II scores, GPA weighted/unweighted, etc…
Raise that SAT to a 2200 or a 2100 and I think you’ll be in pretty good shape. But obviously nothing is guaranteed.
What do you plan to major in?