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790 Math Ic
770 Writing
680 Chem
4.0 uw GPA (1/62)

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Academic Decathlon – High Scorer, Captain
After Prom Party Assistant
Band – Treasurer
Dale Yearbook - Editor
Math Team – High Scorer in Division
National Honor Society – Vice President
Prom/Ring Committee

ATHLETICS:
JV and Varsity Basketball
Varsity Golf
Varsity Soccer- Captain
Varsity Tennis
Indoor Soccer League
Summer Basketball League
Athletic Camps
Summer Soccer League

Various Service Stuff

WORK EXPERIENCE:
8 hrs/week School, 25 hrs/week Summer

By Dasweepa (Dasweepa) on Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 11:34 pm: Edit

B-U-M-P bump it up.

By Balkanman21 (Balkanman21) on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 12:12 am: Edit

My friend applied ED and got in with about a 3.8 UW GPA, 1350, one club, horrible essays (I read them), and virtually no EC's....you're in!

By Xdebugger (Xdebugger) on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 12:16 pm: Edit

One of my friends got rejected with a 1560 last year, and the other one got in with 1300s. I have no idea how they make the selections...

By Peacemakeriv (Peacemakeriv) on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 03:17 pm: Edit

u got the stats, u just need luck and good presetation!

By Voigtrob (Voigtrob) on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 09:10 pm: Edit

I think Cornell is really worried about yield, being the 'lower' Ivy (even tho that really doesn't mean anything), and not quite at the prestige level of HYPS etc, I think it's possible they may reject people with very high scores etc just because they think they will instead decide to matric to HYPS or someplace else.

By Wantcornell (Wantcornell) on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 09:16 pm: Edit

this may seem like a dumb question, but whats HYPS?

By Voigtrob (Voigtrob) on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 09:17 pm: Edit

Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Stanford... i.e. the top 4

By Xdebugger (Xdebugger) on Friday, January 02, 2004 - 11:51 pm: Edit

Actually my friend with 1560 got rejected by Cornell, Upenn, and Dartmouth. So, go figure... There might be something not right with his applications that I didn't know.
And I don't believe that Cornell will do something as stupid as rejecting people with overly high stats...

By Sunshine916 (Sunshine916) on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 05:27 pm: Edit

ehhhh i know someone who got into Princeton (where he goes now), Harvard, Yale, MIT, and UChicago, but got waitlisted at Cornell. Cornell is known for rejecting/waitlisting people with great stats, because they are likely using Cornell as a "safety."

By Foreignboy (Foreignboy) on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 12:49 pm: Edit

Your friend with 1560 must have had flaws in other parts of his/her application.

By Smiliekat (Smiliekat) on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 01:52 pm: Edit

stats does not guarantee success in the real world... if the college is really smart...theyd look at personality and your committment to what you do. because....especially in america...a school consisted of only high scores will surely get criticism...

By Kyle8744 (Kyle8744) on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 06:02 pm: Edit

"One of my friends got rejected with a 1560 last year, and the other one got in with 1300s. I have no idea how they make the selections..."

i think we may be looking at the difference in difficulty of applying ED vs applying RD.