50% acceptance rate?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>when i went to Cornell for a visit
I visited CAS admission office for an info session.
After the info session, I hung out in the lobby and
talked/asked about Arts and Science admission with
the front desk people. It was a lot of fun and very informative.
They gave me the Cornell fact sheet and told me that
last year, CAS accepted about 350 out of 700 ED applicants!</p>

<p>50% acceptance rate for CAS ED!
Is that true?</p>

<p>cuz I applied ED to CAS and I really like that odd...</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>that would be an awesome acceptance rate if it's true o_0</p>

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<p>I don't think it is...cos I actually read the REAL fact sheet from last year..it was somewhere like 23%???</p>

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<p>but wasn't that rate for both ED and RD combined???</p>

<p>i think 50 percent might be true though............................
cuz like other colleges are more competitive to get into like architecture and hotel....... so when it averages all out, it comes out to like 40 percent? no?</p>

<p>i guess i'm hoping that 50%rate is true. cuz i applied to CAS ED lol</p>

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<p>40% is like university total for ED </p>

<p>so if CAS is 50%, it is believable... and remember...
it is directly from the horse's mouth.</p>

<p>jae6forever! me too!
OMG I'm nervous.... I wanna get in soo much~~~</p>

<p>BTW are you Korean by any chance?</p>

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<p>yes i am korean :)</p>

<p>which kinda sucks cuz it's really compeititive...
but ya know what? i'm still proud to be korean dang.. lol ;)</p>

<p>are you korean??</p>

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<p>lol. okay..I was just being pessimistic. I love being pessimistic cos it's 7 days__<strong><em>hours..</em></strong>_mins..etc. until decisions. I'm getting into my official pessimistic mood so that I wouldn't be disappointed no matter what comes up on my screen. Goddang it, i wanna get in too...50% (that would be awesome)!!! haha. I applied ED to CAS btw...</p>

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<p>You are already pessismistic? Wow. I am still in the stage where like every other hour I cant decide if I am def in or def reject. I'm like "Omg, there is no way I am not in," then "Omg, what was the point of applying?" that is where i am</p>

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<p>Ya ED acceptance rates for colleges are always high. That is good news for you! Best of luck everyone!</p>

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<p>Anybody know the ED rate for engineering?</p>

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<p><a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/F_Undergraduate_Admissions.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/F_Undergraduate_Admissions.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>best i can give you man</p>

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<p>yes i'm korean.</p>

<p>an international student to be more accurate.
although i live in the u.s. i'm not a citizen or a perm. resident so...
being asian + being an international student = seriously crappy chance....</p>

<p>if we both get in maybe we can join a korean club or sth lol</p>

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<p>what i have hard time believing is that CAS had only 700 ED applicants from the whole world... I mean is that right?</p>

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<p>if you were looking at <a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000150.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000150.pdf&lt;/a>, this is RD + ED. 3769 applied, 1022 accepted, 667 enrolled (which means that 355 decided to not go to Cornell). I believe that Cornell does not publish ED figures solely.</p>

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<p>hey wowser-</p>

<p>haha, i'm considered international too... but i also live in the US in California but then i'm not a citizen or a perm. resident... lol...</p>

<p>does that really give me a crappy chance?
i mean i think that the adcoms will look more on the competition between the students who apply there from a SAME high school rather than just making all Koreans or internationals competing with each other.....</p>

<p>that is just way too harsh if they did that lol ;)</p>

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<p>I kind of figured 50% since my USNews subscription lists the ED rate as 42%, but when I went to the admissions meeting, 10-20% are considered "unadmissable" which I'm assuming means really low GPA's and really low SATs. Since I know for sure I'm not "unadmissable" I gave myself a 50% admission rate. However, if CAS has an even higher ED rate, I'd increase my chances to 60%...I didn't actually do the math on that, with the numbers, but I figure that's decently close.</p>

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<p>well admission officer i talked to said that even intl. students will be judged in comparison with applicants from his/her area, but even if an intl. student is accpeted, depending on the financial aid, s/he could be rejected if cornell is unable to meet the need.</p>

<p>did you apply for FA?</p>

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<p>and btw, what did you get on TOEFL?
you must've taken it if you're intl.</p>

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<p>Hey- no i didn't apply for FA...</p>

<p>i didn't know that international studetns can get REJECTED if they applied for FA.. wow..................................................... isn't it need-blind???</p>

<p>anyways, i did take the TOEFL but it said that i was exempt from it.......
but then i sent it anyway lol..................</p>

<p>i'll tell you the score when we chat lol.. :)</p>

<p>wowser- you got my private message??</p>

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<p>i dun think they compare people from the same high school coz different adcoms evaluate apps for different colleges</p>