GPA 3.9+ · TOEFL 114+ · AP 3-4 门
US Top 50 · Ithaca, New York · Extreme Reach
Cornell University康奈尔大学
US News 2026 #12 (US News 2026 National Universities)
“I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study”
At a glance
Cornell University is a Extreme Reach school on our readiness map — that label describes how demanding the preparation is for international-school applicants, not an admission probability.
Based in Ithaca, New York (US Top 50, US News 2026 #12 per US News 2026 National Universities), it reviews both AP and A-Level curricula, so the question is not which system you study but how strong your core-subject evidence is.
The benchmarks and admit-case chart below come from anonymized application records of Chinese international-school students, aggregated with percentile ranges to protect every individual case.
Case benchmarks (anonymized aggregate)
Median GPA3.92P25-P75: 3.63 – 4.03
Median SAT1535P25-P75: 1360 – 1600
Median AP count7P25-P75: 3 – 11
Ranges use P25/P75 percentiles instead of extremes so a single outlier cannot skew the picture.
Anonymized admit cases
GPA 3.6-3.79 · SAT 1550+ · TOEFL 107-113 · AP 5-6 门
GPA 3.9+ · SAT 1550+ · TOEFL 114+ · AP 5-6 门
Cases never include student names, school names, teachers, essay text or external application ids.