<p>i think you have great stats, being an indian wrestler is fairly uncommon. I got into CAS as a bio major and i think you have a better chance than i did. although do remember that admissions is a game, luck is largely involved even for me, i bet. good luck :)</p>
<p>Great shot! You’ve definitely pushed yourself and your work has paid off. As long as you get good recs and write a good essay, I would say you’ve got a strong chance, even with the ORM stuff and whatnot.
Good luck :)</p>
<p>i don’t think making<em>a</em>point is THAT inaccurate at all. i’ve spoken to a couple of adcom members “off the record” (family friends/parents of friends) of colgate, harvard, columbia and stanford. (is that a good enough mix for skeptics?) and they say that, over the past decade, it has pretty much become an established standard for all “need-blind” schools that applicants are given a <em>slight</em> boost if you don’t apply for finaid in RD and a larger (but still not significant - aka will maybe tip the scale in your favor if you’re one of the few lucky people that are “on the fence”) boost if you apply ED. at some schools, when you’re initially divided up into piles, you’re further separated by whether you’re applying for finaid or not. </p>
<p>i can only imagine how much MORE this will matter nowadays in the financial crisis. keep in mind that cornell accepted 100 extra kids this year, most of whom, are probably full-tuition paying students. furthermore, it’s even been said, repeatedly on this forum and at cornell itself, that, because the NYS government is cutting some funding, OOS kids in contract colleges (bc they now pay the same as everyone in the endowed colleges) are more likely to get in than in-state kids.</p>
<p>Mehhh,
So the whole presidents of universities scheme of “although our school is losing a crap load of $$, financial aid is where we will not cut down on” is fake? =(</p>
<p>no it is not heplayer…although it would be interesting to see how much financial aid was given before this new policy…and how much aid is given now…</p>
<p>it might just be that these asian applicants were from an area where cornell has more than enough representation and cornell roughly knows the financial status of the average applicant from this area…and putting these two things together, decided to take a candidate from another area…</p>
<p>thank you to those who have responded + can we ignore making<em>a</em>point on this thread. A few more chances would be nice.</p>
<p>they did raise the tuition by a bunch… also raised dorm prices and meal plan prices</p>
<p>You have about a 90-95% chance at Cornell.</p>
<p>You have above average stats for a Cornell applicant and I guess you have something like 85% chance for RD. In other words you look very good. Remember though that the Ivies including Cornell routinely reject seemingly top-notch, how-dare-they-reject-a-nerd-like-me applicants for reasons best known to them. Hopefully you will be in . . . don’t let the ORM and FinAid talk discourage you. Good luck. Great choice by the way.</p>
<p>thanks for the chances + I’ll be applying ED (I don’t know if i made that clear, my bad)</p>
<p>-any last few chances?</p>