Would love some advice

lspf72
Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:12:46 +0000

I would second the other posters’ sentiments about good SAT and SAT II scores being very helpful (isn’t that always the case?!), and also doubt the freshman grades will hurt her at all.
You might also check out her favorite schools’ threads here on CC – at ED (look for posts around mid-December) and spring RD admissions times, a lot of students post their decisions and statistics. If you are in a financial position to commit to ED to a favorite or reach school, that could help too–
I wouldn’t be intimidated by Cornell, either – if she’s interested, it’s definitely worth a try. At our HS (also outside NYC) the students have had better luck with admissions to Cornell than to Tufts and some of the other non-ivies.
Bet she will have some nice choices next year!