Whaddaya Say? Can you chance me ED?

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>Chances for CAS Early Decision?</p>

<p>GPA: 99.3
Class Rank: 5/200
SAT: 2120
SAT II: 700 (Biology), 730 (US History)
AP Scores: US History- 4 (self-taught)
IB Scores: Math- 6
IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>Gender: male
Ethnicity: white</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:

  • Various Band Activities (includes Concert Band, Jazz Band, Brass Quintet, All-County, Pit Band, organized a benefit concert)
  • Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Den Chief, National Youth Leadership Training)
  • Future Business Leaders of America (President)
  • Spanish Club (President)
  • History Club (Vice President)
  • Math Team (A-Team member)
  • National Honor Society
  • Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) alumnus
  • Peer Tutor
  • Class President (organized a clothing drive that collected thousands of winter clothes)
  • Research work at the University of Rochester
  • 300+ community service hours
  • Internship at a law firm</p>

<p>Awards:

  • Highest average in all IB classes (except Art)
  • George Eastman Young Leaders Award
  • Several other awards</p>
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<p>I think you’ll make a good impression on the admission officers.Your scores and GPA are good.You might want to consider your essay as the sole thing needed to really ace your application.</p>

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<p>Wow you must live really close to me, my dad works at U of R. As a NYS applicant have your looked at the contract colleges?</p>

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<p>I’d say if you were ED to one of the contract colleges, you’d have an excellent chance. CAS is the toughest admit so past history of your school getting top 10 students into colleges such as Cornell will be important.</p>

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<p>What are you saying CAS is the toughest admit? Do you know anything about Cornell? Everyone here knows that architecture is crazy hard to get into, followed by engineering. </p>

<p>Don’t look at the % acceptance rate. Many pools, particularly architecture, are self-selective.</p>

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<p>Dr. Craxton</p>

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<p>ParadiseCity- Yeah I’m applying to CALS for AEM for my alternate option</p>

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<p>…Should have said “one of toughest admits”. I knew the OP wasn’t applying to architecture, so I didn’t count them. Yes COE has higher average math scores that CAS, with CAS having the lower acceptance rate. Some specific majors such as Dyson within CALS are comparable, with admit rates below 10%.</p>

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<p>Anybody else?</p>