<p>It happened...look at this:</p>
<p>Guy didn't get into Temple...but got into Cornell?!...</p>
<p>Thoughts...</p>
<p>Congratulations and best wishes
May he make the most of this wonderful opportunity he has been given!</p>
<p>a kid from my school got accepted into Cornell with a 3.6 GPA and a 1950 SAT score... he was black as well though...</p>
<p>Well, it said he was in football...</p>
<p>Football players seem to always have an advantage when it comes to colleges...I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten in with those stats...and I'm black myself.</p>
<p>But, definitely, congrats to him...</p>
<p>That makes no sense. Why wouldnt Temple accept him? I know the adcoms there well enough I feel inclined to ask. Weird.</p>
<p>jPOd if you would actually ask them and post what they say that would be awesome. i'd prop ya a million times if these forums had prop buttons...</p>
<p>dood...he's black...of course he got in</p>
<p>Ok? But no reason to be rejected from Temple. We're a good school and all, but selective? Not yet, getting there, but now? No. I'd be beyond shocked if I got rejected from Temple with my 3.4.</p>
<p>"dood...he's black...of course he got in"</p>
<p>Very naive of you. My friend is black and her statistics are well beyond anything this guy has, yet she was rejected.</p>
<p>affirmative action, cough cough....</p>
<p>It isn't always affirmative action. I know much more qualified applicants grade-wise who have been denied acceptance at Cornell and other Ivies and they were black. There must have been something exemplary about this guy that we just don't see.
I also just browsed through his entries and he mentions that he took the ACT as well. Maybe he did really well on the ACT and just did not mention it. He mentions the test confidently and more than once.</p>
<p>or maybe college admissions are just super random... i swear that sometimes it just seems like they take everyone they want and then they pull the rest of the names out of a hat...</p>
<p>Citan, what a great observation you have made. So, I guess this means that every low-stats black kid who applies to an Ivy League school is guaranteed admission? Hmm, I highly doubt that.</p>
<p>Maybe he could play football at Cornell, but not Temple.</p>
<p>"a kid from my school got accepted into Cornell with a 3.6 GPA and a 1950 SAT score... he was black as well though..."</p>
<p>Cornell isnt as selective as they want you to believe. I know two white kids who got accepted to cornell with a 3.6 and 1340 Math+CR...</p>
<p>It's impossible to know what his hook was--he might have had some killer essays or references, or perhaps the Cornell coach took an interest in him playing football, or perhaps location for his minority was underrepresented in the class. It could be that he came across as genuine and honest kid and an admissions officer became his advocate. I know Cornell stresses ECs and especially passion--they look beyond the quantifiable.</p>
<p>It's possible than Cornell just made a mistake.</p>
<p>"Cornell isnt as selective as they want you to believe. I know two white kids who got accepted to cornell with a 3.6 and 1340 Math+CR..."</p>
<p>The students who you know probably wrote great essays and appealed to the admissions office. It could also depend on the college at Cornell to which they applied. In addition, just because you "know someone" who was accepted with such stats does not mean that everyone who applied with those stats or higher were. You are simply using anecdotal information. I too can use such. One of my good friends was rejected from Cornell this year. She had a 3.92 unweighted gpa (4.2 weighted), 1330 SAT Score (this is just using math and verbal, not including writing), and was in the top 5% of her class. In addition, she is African American. Though stats are important in one's application, there are other factors that are weighed, such as essays, extracurricular activities, interest, letters of recommendation from teachers (in some cases peer evaluations as well), etc. </p>
<p>As far as the individual who was accepted to Cornell with a 3.57 gpa and 1650 SAT Score, congratulations to him. Many may think that it is weird for him to have been accepted; however, there may be parts to his application that appealed to only Cornell, and not the other universities to which he applied. I cannot say exactly why he was admitted, but for whatever reason, the admissions officers at Cornell may have believed him to be a good addition to the Cornell environment and campus.</p>
<p>I bet he's going to get destroyed. I think it's important to be mature enough to know that just because you got into a great school doesn't mean you can handle it....</p>
<p>It's funny to see how many times he says "Ivy League". It seems like he found out after being accepted, as if saying "Cornell" is not enough....</p>