Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:30     Subject: Re:Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Anonymous wrote:Cornell is the community college of the Ivy League.


Yeah with likely <10% acceptance rate.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:29     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe57FM2M/
Into Cornell with an 1130.


This is my family's school. Just remember Cornell will sometimes take a chance or someone knowing that they may or may not make it. So, the trick will be to stay in Cornell .


There is a reason why other countries are pulling ahead of us academically—they base admittance to top colleges on actual results. Tests. Performance. That is ridiculous this girl with 1130 SATs (and you can see 1040 PSATs) gets accepted to one of the most elite schools in the world. I know so many kids getting into no top schools with close to perfect test scores. Keeping test optional is bs. Every kid applying for Fall 2022 can take either test they want before Fall applications. There is zero cancelation for SATs coming up. Our country has really gone nuts. No problem with a college discounting a wealthy private school kid’s SAT 50 points but doesn’t this video show we have gone crazy???

+1
I predict “holistic admissions” will backfire in a few years.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:28     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
My kid who was a NMS, had 35 ACT, countless APs and extremely high GPA, three sport athlete and involved in leadership activities got rejected by almost every Ivy League (she didn’t apply to one - rejected by the rest).

Very jaded here.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:23     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Jealousy is gross
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:23     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Same for all of the ivies this year. My kid didn’t submitted any test scores for Harvard, got in, and he’s at 1350.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:22     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
I do not have a tik tok account but sounds like sour grapes from OP. I assume the rest of her application must have been impressive. Maybe she was sick the day of the SAT and did not bother to retake knowing she did not have to submit them.

We know DCUM hates Cornell though so I am sure you will get lots of support for your gripe. Enjoy.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:19     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Looks like a classy young lady.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:17     Subject: Re:Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Cornell is the community college of the Ivy League.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:10     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Test optional is ridiculous. A way for colleges to pad their selectivity numbers (and rack up admissions fees) with no accountability for their results.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 07:06     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Anonymous wrote:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe57FM2M/
Into Cornell with an 1130.


Or don’t believe everything you see/read on the internet.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 06:52     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe57FM2M/
Into Cornell with an 1130.


This is my family's school. Just remember Cornell will sometimes take a chance or someone knowing that they may or may not make it. So, the trick will be to stay in Cornell .


There is a reason why other countries are pulling ahead of us academically—they base admittance to top colleges on actual results. Tests. Performance. That is ridiculous this girl with 1130 SATs (and you can see 1040 PSATs) gets accepted to one of the most elite schools in the world. I know so many kids getting into no top schools with close to perfect test scores. Keeping test optional is bs. Every kid applying for Fall 2022 can take either test they want before Fall applications. There is zero cancelation for SATs coming up. Our country has really gone nuts. No problem with a college discounting a wealthy private school kid’s SAT 50 points but doesn’t this video show we have gone crazy???
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 06:39     Subject: Re:Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
https://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/choosing-university/worlds-top-100-universities
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 04:45     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe57FM2M/
Into Cornell with an 1130.


This is my family's school. Just remember Cornell will sometimes take a chance or someone knowing that they may or may not make it. So, the trick will be to stay in Cornell .

This sounds like something a public school alum would say.
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 04:13     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
Anonymous wrote:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe57FM2M/
Into Cornell with an 1130.


This is my family's school. Just remember Cornell will sometimes take a chance or someone knowing that they may or may not make it. So, the trick will be to stay in Cornell .
Anonymous
Post 04/07/2021 04:10     Subject: Test optional sucks and Cornell is not elite
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe57FM2M/
Into Cornell with an 1130.