<p>I applied to CoE/CALS this year and was just wondering if there are any female engineers who did not get the LLs but still got accepted before?.. </p>
<p>Cornell has been my dream school for the past few years, and I am super stressed/frustrated lately because I did not get the likely letter, and one of people I know who applied to Cornell Engineering just to see if she gets in or not got the letter.... yep. She has a slightly higher SAT (like, 20 higher in CR) and a tiny bit higher GPA than I do, but my ECs are definitely stronger than hers and more engineering oriented. Also, my classes are more engineering oriented; I took Calc BC and Physics B last year and am taking Multivariable Calc, Physics C, Computer Science, and Engineering Design this year, whereas she is taking BC and Physics B this year and got horrible grades for both classes... I also think that my essays were very heart-warming and well illustrated my passion for the particular engineering field that I wish to pursue. I guess the major difference is that she holds US Citizenship and I do not (not even a green card:[). I should really get my minds off of it and should just wait for another 10 days to find out the decision, but I can't... :'(</p>
<p>Soooo enough about ranting, are there any female engineers who did not get the LLs but still got accepted before? Please please leave me a response! Thank you so much :) :)</p>
<p>I hope someone answers this thread, because I’m sure you’re not the only female engineering candidate feeling this way. D also applied and has not heard a thing. Someone in a previous thread said not all female engineers who ultimately got accepted received likies, but still…it adds to the stress because you just don’t know where you stand.</p>
<p>i dont know about the other colleges, but CALS admissions said yesterday, "i have no idea what it means to your chances of being admitted if you didnt receive a LL - we didnt send those out, the university did, would you like their number? "</p>
<p>Well, this probably isn’t the kind of help you’re looking for, but it’s the best I have. I found at the link posted below that 740 females were accepted into the college of engineering last year. I could be completely off base, but I think sending out 740 likely letters just to female engineers seems like a very high number. If you add to that the number of likely letters that were sent to URMs, athletes, and outstanding applicants in other colleges at Cornell, and that would be a very high number of likely letters. I’ve heard that many other colleges only send out 200-300 likely letters total, so I’m thinking that their were many females admitted to the college of engineering who didn’t receive likely letters.</p>