<p>This is a stupid question...but does the fact that I'm a Korean Buddhist have any affect on my admission into Cornell?<br>
Are there any Buddhist people at Cornell anyway? There's so few of us around here (NJ); I'm one of two Buddhist people in my school which contains 1200 kids...
just wondering.</p>
<p>안녕! Good too see another prospective Korean student. I don't know too many Buddhists on campus, so I couldn't tell you about that. I'm not too sure that religion plays a big of a factor as race or socioeconomic status might. If you want to make it a point in your essay or something, like how you overcame some kind of obstacles or prejudices because of your religion, that might help, but I don't think it will affect your admission in a positive or negative way.</p>
<p>There's a Buddhist temple in Ithaca, so there's bound to be some Buddhists.</p>
<p>It will probably help in admissions because they love diversity...as do I! I would love to talk to Buddhists!</p>
<p>ps. there are 20-30 Buddhist families in Ithaca. The Dalai Lama is visiting in a few months too! I'm SOOOO excited and already have tickets!!!!</p>
<p>The Dalai Lama is coming to Ithaca this fall.</p>
<p>Do you know the exact date?</p>
<p>October 9th, but I cant belive how expensive the tickets are! I hope we can get in without them somehow.....maybe using a back door?</p>
<p>haha they had a lot of cheaper tickets a while back! but you can still get them on Aug. 15, they keep some for new students!! I'm soooo incredibly psyched for this lol</p>
<p>It says on Cornell's common data set that an applicant's religion is not considered. I bet you could weave it into an essay, though.</p>
<p>Acebic, did you get any tickets? For what price?</p>
<p>ya I got a ticket for about $55 online, but they also had $20 tickets...those were on the bleachers tho lol</p>
<p>WOW! That is EXPENSIVE! Why do they need so much money - they are monks, I thought they were suppost to deny themselves the material pleasure. Maybe they are using the money to support some sort of a rebellion in Tibet against China - and thus need a lot of funds. But yeah, the price is discouraging. Anyone going to try to get in without the tickets?</p>