<p>I want to go to cornell but i have a low gpa (3.25)..if i get rejected ED, can i still apply for RD if i dont get deffered automatically. like i raise up my gpa and get a higher score for RD.</p>
<p>you would have probably had a better chance getting in with ED than with RD, but like you said, you have a really low gpa. most students applying (and that get in) have at least a 3.6, if not a 3.7. plus, they already rejected you...i doubt they want to review your application again like they would if you were deferred</p>
<p>In a word, no.</p>
<p>no. rejection is rejection. if you're deferred, you get pushed to the RD pool.</p>
<p>no; and this goes for every school that offers ED, not just Cornell</p>
<p>A rejection is a rejection, period, no second chances. But if you read the Cornell admissions website, good news is that it implies, doesn't outright state, that they do defer a lot of their ED applicants and reject fewer. </p>
<p>Upside of applying ED--shows interest, acceptance rate is higher than RD, hard to know whether the ED applicant pool is more competitive or not because it is ED and binding rather than EA which might appeal more to kids who have really strong credentials and may want to keep their options open.</p>
<p>Downside--they can only evaluate you based on your academic record through junior year, no first semester senior grades to use in making their decision.</p>
<p>Cornell75-I know they don't see senior year grades, but you can voluntarily send them in, right? Well, my HS does this grading period thing, where we get progress reports every 6 weeks. When I got my 12 week grades, I called in and asked if I should send them in, and they said they'd happily take a took at them, so I did. I'm not sure all high schools do this grading period thing though, but I know a lot do.</p>
<p>nope you can't</p>
<p>Actually, there was a thread earlier about some kids being asked for first quarter grades--I think they were ED applicants to CoE. So it is possible that they might ask or be interested in them if you asked your school to send them, but they don't routinely ask across the board and so for the most part you are being evaluated on grades through junior year.</p>
<p>but im from a third world country and teachers are horrible. dont colleges know that? =s as in if i have good ap score results and SATS.. and my gpa is slow because of school and teachers.??</p>
<p>you cant blame the school and the teachers 100%. you still had to do the work. you still had to study for the tests. not saying you are a bad student or anything, but the grades are in your hands...well everything you have control over (as in spending the time to study and work hard...if its a subjective subject, you dont have that much control anymore). ive had plenty of horrible teachers, even in the best ranked school in my state. but i just got angry, got help, and got good grades despite them. good luck...you will get into other schools. dont let this rejection pull you down</p>
<p>u knw how my teachers are like? For example, In my psychology class which is basically only a discussion class.. I particapate ALOT. and in the end people who dont do anything get better grades than me. the guy hates me for no reason.</p>
<p>Irrelevant. Lots of kids have lots of lousy teachers. I think almost every student has a "My teacher hates me" story.</p>
<p>Your application will be evaluated for what it is, within the international pool of students. If you're rejected, that's it. If you're deferred, you can send in additional information.</p>
<p>If you want to raise your GPA before decisions come out, don't apply ED. Simple.</p>
<p>i get what you're trying to say. I am still confused whether i should apply ED or RD. ED shows interest. low GPA is bad. i can raise my GPA in senior year. What do you guys reccomend i should do?</p>
<p>the ED deadline (dec something) for the 2008-2009 school year already passed, same with the RD deadline (jan 1)</p>
<p>im applying next year =P</p>