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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Cornell goes test optional to admit more, they’ll be going from their current status as soft ivy with 10%+ acceptance rate to mid-to-bottom 2nd tier national universities.

Harvard, Yale, Columbia can get away with it. Not Cornell. [/quote]
A 10% acceptance rate? Wow, they suck.[/quote]
No one said they did.  But, for myriad reasons, no college likes to report that their app numbers are down and acceptance rates up.

However, I disagree with PP about the reference to 2nd tier national universities - not only is that not going to happen, but I also would never refer to those schools (just guessing what relative ranking PP is referring to) as "2nd tier."[/quote]

Don’t worry about Cornell becoming a 2nd tier national university in the future. It’s already there. [/quote]

You are clueless. Cornell is moving closer than ever towards the top of global universities.

Cornell ranked 14th in world rankings (7th among US unis).  https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2020

Cornell ranked 11th among US unis by Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/#297e1e4e1987

Cornell ranked 19th in world rankings (14th among US unis).  https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats

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That’s kind of like predicting who is gonna win the next World Cup in soccer by looking at the FIFA ranking. Who ever currently ranks #1 wins it all, right?  And FIFA#2 and #3 obviously win silver and bronze.  Why bother with the tournament after the ranking game has spoken?  [/quote]

Ridiculous... you can say the same thing about any university and where it currently ranks.  The point is that Cornell is very near the top when compared to universities around the world.  Some well-regarded universities in the US are ranked deep into the "2d tier" in worldwide rankings (i.e. Brown, Dartmouth) an issue which Cornell does not face.[/quote]

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