which is more difficult to get in: Cornell vs Northwestern

[Anonymous]

Gosh can't this question simply be answered by the admit rates, since the cohort stats are so similar?

And I think they do both admit by college/major, so journalism at NW may be harder than hotel mgmt at Cornell, but CS at C may be harder than same at NW?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Easy to get in Northwestern if you ED.

Several students from DC private got in and attending this fall.

Several = easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gosh can't this question simply be answered by the admit rates, since the cohort stats are so similar?

And I think they do both admit by college/major, so journalism at NW may be harder than hotel mgmt at Cornell, but CS at C may be harder than same at NW?

No, it isn't that simple.

Cornell admission rates vary by school and--for some schools--varies by whether or not the applicant is a resident of New York state.

Also, admission rates differ for ED versus RD applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gosh can't this question simply be answered by the admit rates, since the cohort stats are so similar?

And I think they do both admit by college/major, so journalism at NW may be harder than hotel mgmt at Cornell, but CS at C may be harder than same at NW?

No, it isn't that simple.

Cornell admission rates vary by school and--for some schools--varies by whether or not the applicant is a resident of New York state.

Also, admission rates differ for ED versus RD applications.

Don't Northwestern admission rates also vary by school? And also differ for ED vs RD apps? If we get this granular, might as well just work off of the overall acceptance rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gosh can't this question simply be answered by the admit rates, since the cohort stats are so similar?

And I think they do both admit by college/major, so journalism at NW may be harder than hotel mgmt at Cornell, but CS at C may be harder than same at NW?

No, it isn't that simple.

Cornell admission rates vary by school and--for some schools--varies by whether or not the applicant is a resident of New York state.

Also, admission rates differ for ED versus RD applications.

Don't Northwestern admission rates also vary by school? And also differ for ED vs RD apps? If we get this granular, might as well just work off of the overall acceptance rate.

Yes and the PP this person responded to said the same, so I am guessing they didn't read the whole post before typing.

[Anonymous]

Probably similar. There are many factors involved, i.e. geography (rural, urban, suburban, international), schooling (public, private, magnet), race, income (high and low do better than middle tier), intended major, legacy, sports, etc etc. Overall acceptance has little to do with your individual case.

[Anonymous]

fwiw i'd probably be more impressed by an acceptance from Northwestern than one from Cornell. obviously they're both great and anyone would be extremely fortunate to gain admission to either.

[Anonymous]

Based on my kids’ high school results last year (bethesda public hs), Northwestern was harder. There are markedly more heading to Cornell than any other ivy, duke, northwestern etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:fwiw i'd probably be more impressed by an acceptance from Northwestern than one from Cornell. obviously they're both great and anyone would be extremely fortunate to gain admission to either.

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Northwestern a bit harder these days from my area. They are basically peer schools though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Easy to get in Northwestern if you ED.

Several students from DC private got in and attending this fall.

Several = easy.

The ED acceptance rate is 60%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Easy to get in Northwestern if you ED.

Several students from DC private got in and attending this fall.

Several = easy.

The ED acceptance rate is 60%.

Where on earth do you people pull numbers like these out of your behind? This is just blatant misinformation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Easy to get in Northwestern if you ED.

Several students from DC private got in and attending this fall.

Several = easy.

The ED acceptance rate is 60%.

Where on earth do you people pull numbers like these out of your behind? This is just blatant misinformation.

What is the actual number?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Easy to get in Northwestern if you ED.

Several students from DC private got in and attending this fall.

Several = easy.

The ED acceptance rate is 60%.

Where on earth do you people pull numbers like these out of your behind? This is just blatant misinformation.

You just need to google, or go to college transitions (I have not looked at common data set, but you should be able to get the number there as well though there could be a lag). Easy to calculate, not blatant misinformation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Easy to get in Northwestern if you ED.

Several students from DC private got in and attending this fall.

Several = easy.

The ED acceptance rate is 60%.

Where on earth do you people pull numbers like these out of your behind? This is just blatant misinformation.

What is the actual number?

It stands at around 22%. This includes Questbridge, legacies, D1 athletes, etc. The PP above appears to literally just be a liar.