well ive been captain of varsity track since soph year in the environmental club, star program, helped start a recycling program, volunteer at the local hospital and do art club but idk if extra curricular activities make up for the lack of gpa ?
well ive been captain of varsity track since soph year in the environmental club, star program, helped start a recycling program, volunteer at the local hospital and do art club but idk if extra curricular activities make up for the lack of gpa ?
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Unless you have something outstanding going for you (child of a president, major hollywood star, best-selling author, published scientist) pretty much nil. Cornell turns down hundreds of straight-A students and people with perfect SAT scores every year. Apply if you want, and good luck, but have a backup plan.
As a current student, I’d have to say it’s not completely impossible. If you *really* exaggerate your extra-curriculars, write AMAZING essays, have decent SAT scores, and have an awesome interview, you might have a chance.
Things I’d recommend: attach a personal statement (if you’re applying via common app, there should be a space at the end where you can attach any other documents you deem necessary) saying that you realize you might not have the highest GPA but you still feel you have something to offer, and that you have made up for your low GPA with an extreme passion and dedication for your extra curriculars.
Also–a tip from a current student–apply to CALS (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) into the Natural Resources major. I have friends in that major and it’s *really* easy to get into, plus they would LOVE that you’ve started a recycling program and are environmentally involved. If you get accepted, you can always switch your school or major of course. Basically, it’s easier to get into a more specific, smaller and concentrated subject major than a huge major like Biology or Psychology or Chemistry. The smaller more specialized majors are always looking for more people so that the department can grow, so if you pretend in your application that you really have a huge passion for that one specific major, the people from that major’s department may specifically tell the admissions office that they want you. With the huge majors (bio, chem, etc.–general subjects), there will be far more applicants, therefore far more competition.
Good luck!
What are your SATs like? If your SATs are at the very high end of the ranges for these schools, then you stand a chance.
If your SATs are in their ranges, and if you bring something special to the table – if, for example, you’ve done something amazing in one of your extra curriculars, that really sets you apart – then you stand a chance.
Otherwise, it’s extremely unlikely that you will get into Cornell. Unless…
Unless you hope to run track for them. How good are you? Because if you’re good, that could really help. Contact admissions at Cornell, and ask to speak to their track coach.
It sounds good, but like the other Ivy leagues, they say you need more than GPA to get in (SAT scores, extra-curricular activites, etc…). I’d say you have a slightly good chance, if you have a high enough SAT score and you make at least top 10% of your class.
thats not a badddd GPA, but you should be strong in the field of extra-curricular activities.
as far as i knw, Yale searches for students who have the potential to be strong leaders, maybe you should start a club in high school!
so some distance as i will tell, your resume looks definitely dazzling. Your unweighted G.P.A. is fairly low for Ivy League standards, yet you have a good number of high quality issues occurring that that would desire to no longer count number. the secret approximately Ivy Leagues are that they at the instant are not precisely finding for properly-rounded scholars yet scholars who can do one specific component relatively properly (that’s sort of bull, in case you inquire from me. yet in spite of this, what do i understand?) shop up the great activity, be beneficial you shop up time administration skills, and you’d be walking the campus in Ithaca top away!
1 in a Trillion
I’m not trying to sound mean but it’s true
Even colleges like UCLA turn down straight A students down with nearly perfect SAT scores
good luck with that
1 in a million
Edit—- take that back other extra curricular activities may increase your chances though…..
But you still might have to have a higher grade point average
1 in a million
That GPA is severely low for an Ivy League school.
Don’t aim so high.
its a long shot