<p>First off, congrats to all of you who got in, Cornell is simply an amazing place and an amazing education. For those who didn't, a lot of lucky schools will now be getting some ridiculously impressive applications. My daughter applied ED to CHE as her primary and CAS as her secondary and was deferred. CAS never saw her app because CHE never forwarded it (the primary has the sole discretion to do so or not) Anyone else apply to two schools and get deferred after only one read your app?</p>
<p>I don't believe Cornell looks at secondary school choices during the ED period, as a matter of policy. There just isn't enough time.</p>
<p>Thanks Cayuga. I know that applying to 2 schools is a new concept for Cornell, but we were under the impression that both might see the app since there were different essays for each.</p>
<p>Yeah. Oddly enough, though, the ad coms of the primary college will only forward the application on if they thing the other college would be interested. So the secondary college might not even see the app.</p>
<p>Call Cornell and ask them specifically how this works. S was accepted to his secondary school last year, but did not apply ED. I am still not sure how this works even having gone through this with him.</p>
<p>CAS would definitely be interested. A lot of her intended major fits nicely into their psychology major. Actually, it was her Cornell Summer psych course that convinced her Cornell was THE place.</p>
<p>There is no connection b/w a deferral and the secondary school. A deferral means that you weren't good enough to be accepted, not bad enough to be rejected, and thus Cornell wants to hold off on making a decision on you until they compare you to the RD pool. Your application may or may not be forwarded to the secondary school. It is possible that only the primary school will review your application again in the spring.</p>
<p>Thanks for the repiles guys. Like I said, it's a new concept for Cornell (didn't have it when I was there) and I was just wondering how it would work. There are probably very few specific majors that would arguably fit well into two specialized schools, but there are those that work well, especially since collateral subjects can be explored in some of the others schools once you've been admitted. We're still pulling for HumEc!</p>
<p>I applied to HumEc primary and CALS secondary and got deferred too, Lynah Faithful. Probably HumEc didn't forward my app to CALS, but I'll never know.
I think (maybe, possibly, hopefully) that Cornell deferred applicants that they actually may want to accept RD this year, I've seen a lot of denials. On the Columbia board I saw a ton of deferrals and few denials, so maybe Cornell uses the deferral not just as a polite rejection but as a realistic chance to get in RD?
I could be totally off base, though.
I'm pulling for HumEc too! I absolutely love HumEc (still).</p>
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<p>Can you explain that? I don't think it makes sense. If Cornell really wants to accept those students, they would have accepted them already. If Cornell waits until April, those students may get into other universities. I think Cornell is rejecting what it deems to be unqualified students, accepted what it deems well-qualified students, and deferring students in the middle.</p>
<p>I think however, Cornell would give preference to students getting deferred to boost its matriculation rate.</p>
<p>I agree with you, Shifu about the preference, but I'm not sure about the top/middle/bottom.
Most of the kids I saw accepted were not applying to HumEc, and not from NY state.
My stats at least were better than a lot of the acceptees, but I really don't know about the essays.</p>
<p>Oh, what I meant by that was just that Cornell seemed to use the denial more than some other Ivies ED. So maybe deferral is actually a realistic deferral rather than a polite one.
Let's hope we both get in RD, Shifu! We've been agonizing too long!</p>
<p>Hey ChandlerBing, you can call CALS and they'll tell you if they ever saw your app, CAS told us outright that they hadn't. I'd like to be hopeful also that they never passed the app along because they wanted to keep it in the RD pool for HumEc and not lose the student to another school w/in Cornell which could also be a great fit for them. They know Ed'ers LOVE Cornell, and they probably statistically stick with Cornell versus other colleges during RD even though they're no longer bound. It's certainly a positive spin if you want to look at it that way.
BTW, a deferral is not a polite rejection. When I was there (late 80's) Cornell had a bit of a reputatation for being the easier of the ivies to get into, but the hardest to stay in. They won't baby you along, if you don't cut it, they don't want you. So if they are still seriously considering your app for RD, that's the truth, they just want a little more time to look at the app and compare you to other students to make sure you're the right fit. They would have NO qualms about rejecting you outright. Look at all the legacies who were, and all of the 2250+ who are stunned right now.</p>
<p>Thanks, Lynah! Yeah, your daughter was a LEGACY and was deferred... god, Cornell was definitely being weird this year.
Who would I call? Should I press the link for "to speak with an admissions representative"? Or is there some specific number for the actual admissions offices of each college at Cornell?
I kind of want to call both HumEc and CALS to see what happened with both and what I can do better RD.
Alright, that makes me feel better. A lot of Ivies do the polite deferral/don't outright reject a lot of applicants ED (like Columbia).
I didn't find Cornell too easy to get into! haha</p>