<p>If you do as you’ve described, the Cornell app will go in the RD pile. I think you have a solid chance at Cornell RD. You may as well leave the Cornell app for November because you will get better at tweaking your essays, etc., as you go along.</p>
<p>Your first three schools are great choices. Keep looking for financial safeties and strong matches; these are harder than picking your top three!</p>
<p>thanks a lot everyone that participated in my college discussion. I feel like I’m hogging your time from responding to others’ questions. So I will evaluate these comments and proceed on. I will definitely keep any of you who are interested updated on my endeavors.</p>
<p>menloparkmom and midwesterner - good idea. i’ll just send my UIUC priority date app and Stanford SCEA.</p>
<p>i’m crossing my fingers :)</p>
<p>don’t forget to send in your application to USC before DEC 1 as well, which is OK with Stanford, because it is required in order to be eligible for scholarship consideration.[Institutions whose early application deadlines are a requirement for consideration for special academic programs or scholarships only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1.]
Early applicants to USC who are accepted get the good news in late Jan/ Feb and are invited to come out for scholarship interviews in Feb/March.</p>
<p>Wait! Doesn’t Michigan having rolling admissions?? [ or am I mixing it up with another public U?] Which means the earlier you apply the greater your chances?? It is a PUBLIC U so under Stanford’s SCEA rules you CAN apply early to them as well![Any institution, public or private, under a non-binding Rolling Admission option.] So get that application in pronto!!!</p>
<p>USC - i’ll keep that in mind.</p>
<p>Michigan- yeah, it’s rolling. i’ll decide what to do with that… i think the fee is only 40 dollars and they’ll take my highest composite. so it’s really nice i only have to send one score in.</p>
<p>i really shouldn’t be on this late - haha!</p>