<p>4 just moved into my floor; 24 total in my housing group. Our housing staff has already planned a social this Sunday to welcome them; certainly looking forward to it!</p>
<p>Cornell people are amazing. My son is there now, and he has a terrific class schedule, a good space in a lounge that people don't seem to resent giving up, and all the support he could ask for in the situation. No one asked us for money; they accepted all of his scholarships, and they transferred everything from Tulane. People stopped on the sidewalks and welcomed us, and the same thing happened in the dorm even though the RA had just been told he wouldn't lose his lounge. In our first minutes in the dorm, a young woman came out of the lounge--HER lounge-- and extended her hand with a huge smile and welcomed my son to the dorm and Cornell.</p>
<p>It was wonderful and typical. I am as impressed with Cornell people as I am with the administration of Tulane and the way it is taking care of its workers, students and the TEMS team.</p>
<p>We are going to end up with an awful lot to be grateful for.</p>
<p>My son has several friends that took Tulane up on their offer, while my son sits here waiting to hear from Emory. I wish Emory would be half as generous as Cornell as been. Emory decided on Thursday night to accept 100 student. This includes the business school, nursing school and undergrad. It seems they will be taking 30-40 undergrads, not the original 100 we thought. The students submitted an application and these applications were going to be reviewed last night. At some point today, those admitted will receive an email; those that were not admitted will not hear anything. I would have thought the emails would have gone out this morning but when I called the admissions office couldn't tell me when the emails might arrive. So now my child sit around checking email all day and doesn't even know if they have been sent or that he wasn't admitted.</p>
<p>When other colleges are bending over backwards to accommodate these kids, we have another southern private college taking their sweet time and toying with these kids. </p>
<p>My son is registered elsewhere, but as a senior, Emory is the only local college that offers the courses he needs to finish his major and minor.</p>
<p>Sorry, just needed to vent! Thank you Cornell for opening your arms to all the students that needed you. I wish my son was willing to move for the semester, I would have picked Cornell!</p>
<p>I wish he would reconsider, but his heart is in the south even if it means living at home again. He still has not heard from Emory and I don't have good feelings. He really enjoyed the two classes he is enrolled in at the other college, but it isn't the same as being at a smaller liberal arts college.</p>
<p>Not to beat a dead horse, but would it possibly help if he could communicate with other Tulane students already at Cornell? I know my son would be willing and would help get him in touch with others. Or did you mean "Cornell" when you typed "Tulane" earlier and he already knows people there? If so, it wouldn't make any difference.</p>
<p>Sorry about that, yes I meant Cornell, not Tulane. One day I will actually proofread what I type! My son has 5 friends that all took Cornell up on their offer. But, we have good news here, at 5:00PM he received the email for Emory; he is in and has orientation on Monday. Why not tomorrow I have no idea, yet another day of missed classes! When he started this process Emory hadn't begun classes yet, they started on Thursday 9/1. I am assuming if orientation is Monday the earliest he can start classes is Tuesday 9/13.</p>
<p>Congratulations, pokey!! Having just been through the awful tension, I know how stressful this was for you. I'm very happy to hear it's resolved so well.</p>