Cornell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If legacy, almost guaranteed.

nope
DC had stellar grades, excellent scores and good ECs and a legacy. Was waitlisted (soft no)

You need to be a donating alum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If legacy, almost guaranteed.

nope
DC had stellar grades, excellent scores and good ECs and a legacy. Was waitlisted (soft no)

ED?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If legacy, almost guaranteed.

nope
DC had stellar grades, excellent scores and good ECs and a legacy. Was waitlisted (soft no)

You need to be a donating alum

I don't really agree that you have to be a donating alum. My child did get in, and I might have given $25 a year, tops, a handful of times since I graduated in the 1990s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If legacy, almost guaranteed.

nope
DC had stellar grades, excellent scores and good ECs and a legacy. Was waitlisted (soft no)

You need to be a donating alum

I don't really agree that you have to be a donating alum. My child did get in, and I might have given $25 a year, tops, a handful of times since I graduated in the 1990s.

ED?

I’ve heard that legacy only gives a boost for ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If legacy, almost guaranteed.

No legacy...do you know where I can find data on the ED for the different schools?

Section C21 of the Common Data Set

For example, https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/common-data-set, https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CDS_2021-2022_V5.pdf pages 12-13

School of Human Ecology

That school at Cornell has one of the highest admit rates. Your daughter should be fine especially if she has the added draw of being Hispanic

[Anonymous]

DC class of 2022. Applied ED to CS with 4.0uw, 4.5w FCPS. SAT score 1540. Was deferred at ED and admitted in RD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If legacy, almost guaranteed.

nope
DC had stellar grades, excellent scores and good ECs and a legacy. Was waitlisted (soft no)

You need to be a donating alum

I don't really agree that you have to be a donating alum. My child did get in, and I might have given $25 a year, tops, a handful of times since I graduated in the 1990s.

ED?

I’ve heard that legacy only gives a boost for ED.

Yes - admitted ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If legacy, almost guaranteed.

nope
DC had stellar grades, excellent scores and good ECs and a legacy. Was waitlisted (soft no)

You need to be a donating alum

I don't really agree that you have to be a donating alum. My child did get in, and I might have given $25 a year, tops, a handful of times since I graduated in the 1990s.

That’s more the exception than the rule. Think why a college would give preference to a legacy in the first place.

[Anonymous]

I would be careful sending my daughter there: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/nyregion/cornell-fraternities-sexual-assault.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be careful sending my daughter there: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/nyregion/cornell-fraternities-sexual-assault.html

True for every campus with boys/men.

[Anonymous]

I suppose ED acceptance rate also vary by school - I know ED acceptance to Cornell last year was close to 50% for one school, other schools probably not as high or could be higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suppose ED acceptance rate also vary by school - I know ED acceptance to Cornell last year was close to 50% for one school, other schools probably not as high or could be higher.

That sounds suspiciously high....which school?

[Anonymous]

Many are that high if you read the info they share about their process (if that share it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suppose ED acceptance rate also vary by school - I know ED acceptance to Cornell last year was close to 50% for one school, other schools probably not as high or could be higher.

According to the most recent CDS for Cornell, 9017 students applied ED and 1930 were accepted (for a 21% acceptance rate). Remember, that includes athletes, legacies, etc. Given this overall rate, it's hard to imagine how any of the schools (or multiple schools) could have an acceptance rate of 50% or higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose ED acceptance rate also vary by school - I know ED acceptance to Cornell last year was close to 50% for one school, other schools probably not as high or could be higher.

According to the most recent CDS for Cornell, 9017 students applied ED and 1930 were accepted (for a 21% acceptance rate). Remember, that includes athletes, legacies, etc. Given this overall rate, it's hard to imagine how any of the schools (or multiple schools) could have an acceptance rate of 50% or higher.

That is so confusing, where is the 50% admission rate posted?