Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 19:18     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:I actually despise Cornell. 30 yrs ago I applied ED in-state to Hum Ec (1410 and top 10%) - deferred and offered spot in following year's freshman class (I think they did this before the guaranteed transfer). I declined and went to a higher ranked Ivy. DD applied 3 yrs ago RD to Arts and Sciences with 1510 and 3.9, tons of leadership, awards, full pay, niche major. Waitlisted. They are supposed to prioritize NYS students yet don't, at least at our private, which gets tons into Columbia every yr.


She prob wasn’t the right “fit” candidate from your high school then? Assume others got in?

In RD, did she fully explain fit? Did you hire the special Cornell whisperer essay counselor ?
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 19:09     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:I actually despise Cornell. 30 yrs ago I applied ED in-state to Hum Ec (1410 and top 10%) - deferred and offered spot in following year's freshman class (I think they did this before the guaranteed transfer). I declined and went to a higher ranked Ivy. DD applied 3 yrs ago RD to Arts and Sciences with 1510 and 3.9, tons of leadership, awards, full pay, niche major. Waitlisted. They are supposed to prioritize NYS students yet don't, at least at our private, which gets tons into Columbia every yr.


^^I should add DD ended up at my Ivy after being deferred ED.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 19:08     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
I actually despise Cornell. 30 yrs ago I applied ED in-state to Hum Ec (1410 and top 10%) - deferred and offered spot in following year's freshman class (I think they did this before the guaranteed transfer). I declined and went to a higher ranked Ivy. DD applied 3 yrs ago RD to Arts and Sciences with 1510 and 3.9, tons of leadership, awards, full pay, niche major. Waitlisted. They are supposed to prioritize NYS students yet don't, at least at our private, which gets tons into Columbia every yr.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 18:50     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:for admitted RD:
3.7-3.9 GPA
1440-1560 SAT
(one outlier with 3.5 GPA and 1310 SAT)

all GPAs are unweighted
CA private



Our CA private is different

Admit rate is about 14% but swings a lot. About 4 or 5 kids per year typically
Average SAT is only around 1440
Cornell doesn’t yield well at our school, 20-25%
If I had to guess they are competing with UCB and UCLA and typically lose to them.


That is sounds right, my friend in CA had one kid get into Cornell and the other Brown and both picked a top UC instead.


This would only be true for CS and EECS, and Hass.
For premed and prelaw, no brainer you would choose Brown.
For prelaw and hotel management, Cornell hands down.
Premed at Cornell is tough, but still way better than UC.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 18:48     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
W school public
Child #1
RD 1560
GPA unweighted 3.7

#2
Similar stats


Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 18:42     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My sons attended a private high school in SF. For my son’s class of ‘22, out of 135 seniors, 11 got accepted to Cornell. I thought that was pretty extraordinary.


It’s a big school.


Only 135 seniors is not a big school. Many large public HS have 300-500 seniors. (PP didn't say all 135 seniors applied to Cornell. Just that 11 got admitted and the total class size was 135. She didn't know how many applied specifically to Cornell.)
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 18:37     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:We usually get 5-7 admitted every year in a class of under 90.
Private school.
Not on the East Coast.

Act 33-35
Uw gpa 3.74-3.9


Similar. Non-east coast private.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 17:43     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:for admitted RD:
3.7-3.9 GPA
1440-1560 SAT
(one outlier with 3.5 GPA and 1310 SAT)

all GPAs are unweighted
CA private



Our CA private is different

Admit rate is about 14% but swings a lot. About 4 or 5 kids per year typically
Average SAT is only around 1440
Cornell doesn’t yield well at our school, 20-25%
If I had to guess they are competing with UCB and UCLA and typically lose to them.


That is sounds right, my friend in CA had one kid get into Cornell and the other Brown and both picked a top UC instead.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 17:29     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
I would be cautious looking at scattergrams for colleges switching to test required this year. In the past few years Cornell was test optional. In our majority white private high school, many had low SAT scores so I believe they went test optional. And these are not URM. With Cornell reinstating test required, the acceptance rate will change. I would not be too comfortable with recent Naviance data.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 15:39     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:for admitted RD:
3.7-3.9 GPA
1440-1560 SAT
(one outlier with 3.5 GPA and 1310 SAT)

all GPAs are unweighted
CA private



Our CA private is different

Admit rate is about 14% but swings a lot. About 4 or 5 kids per year typically
Average SAT is only around 1440
Cornell doesn’t yield well at our school, 20-25%
If I had to guess they are competing with UCB and UCLA and typically lose to them.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 12:35     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:My sons attended a private high school in SF. For my son’s class of ‘22, out of 135 seniors, 11 got accepted to Cornell. I thought that was pretty extraordinary.


Wow!
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2025 09:30     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:The different colleges at Cornell have different stat ranges. That’s the big secret about Cornell undergraduate admissions.

There isn’t just one admissions office. Every college handles it on its own and each one is looking for something different.


Dyson and SEAS are more competitive. But that's typical everywhere else. Just like Wharton and SEAS at Penn.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 22:57     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
We usually get 5-7 admitted every year in a class of under 90.
Private school.
Not on the East Coast.

Act 33-35
Uw gpa 3.74-3.9
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 22:53     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Not at a private school but our public sends 3-4 every year to Cornell and they are almost always athletic recruits and kids with much higher stats/GPA get rejected. Not sure if the data that you are looking at is able to screen out athletes or not...
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 22:33     Subject: What does the scattergram for Cornell look like at your private school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My sons attended a private high school in SF. For my son’s class of ‘22, out of 135 seniors, 11 got accepted to Cornell. I thought that was pretty extraordinary.


How many kids do you think ended up attending?

9 attended. The following year only 1 attended. I don’t have the data, but I’m thinking they accepted fewer kids that year.