Admission Rates drop to 21% Cornell Daily Sun

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<p>April 28, 2006</p>

<p>Cornell's undergraduate admissions rate dropped this year from 31 percent to 21 percent, a feat described as "extraordinary" by interim president Hunter R. Rawlings III at a recent Board of Trustees meeting.</p>

<p>As the University's goal for enrolling 3,050 freshmen has remained the same from last year, this decrease reflects growth in the number of applications received. The Class of 2010 had 15 percent more applications than the class of 2009 did, and 35 percent more than the Class of 2008. </p>

<p>The Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Engineering saw the most applicant growth and the increase was uniform across different geographical regions of the country. Large increases were seen in the number of African-American and international applicants. </p>

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<p>It's the wrong number...it's really like 24%</p>

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<p>old article</p>

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<p>i believe this article is march 28
(see link of article)</p>