<p>very well said worldformula
but even though engineering does have one of the highest ed rates at cornell - 1 in 3, if you factor in the possibility that approx half the ed admits are athletics, or other hooks, then the ratio drastically drops down to at best 1/6 - this is the cornell ed myth that is written up in other threads.</p>
<p>because a lot of athletes go into engineering…</p>
<p>and your stats are faulty. You said all legacies are ED, which isn’t true, and the admittance for athletes certainly isn’t 300 ED, that just lacks logical possibility.</p>
<p>I read somewhere and don’t remember where that most athletic recruits choose aem(that is why their admit rate is so low). </p>
<p>23 hours and counting…</p>
<p>I thought a lot of athletes go into AEM. Why would they go into engineering when it is arguably one of the hardest majors, and athletes need to keep their grades up?</p>
<p>ok, I just thought that most with a legacy connection would go ed as the legacy hook is probably not as powerful rd.
with recruited athletes, I never heard of any of them applying rd unless for some reason they did not get in ed at their first choice college
every recruited athlete at my school in the last 3 years went ed
the real question is what portion of the approx 1200 ed admits (if that is the #) are hooked legacy, athletics, or something else. If the number is anywhere around 600, then it seems that only about 600 spots are left for everyone else applying ed - which makes it very difficult. looking at a 1 out of 3 admit for ed is misleading because it includes all the hooks. after the hooks are admitted, it could be a ratio similar, if not more difficult than rd - reason being that what remains in the ed pool are usually well qualified applicants.
if it’s more difficult to get in ed instead of rd for an unhooked, that’s a bummer.<br>
/////this is what a whole lot of threads here at college confidential call the cornell ed myth////
could all those threads be wrong?</p>
<p>I think that instead of playing this number game with ratios and percentages, just take it for what it is. If you get in, congratulations; if you don’t, there’s always another school out there. Just apply ED to your first choice school. If you were meant to get in, then you will get in.</p>
<p>you are right superexcited. it just kinda stinks if it is true that ed is much more difficult for an unhooked than it seems. I think many apply cornell ed thinking it’s a much better shot than rd. even with any ed edge, if the cornell ed myth is true, it would not surprise me if a lot of non hooked people who went ed would have tried ed somewhere else. my opinion…</p>
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<p>poolboy, you need to respect the opinions of others. It’s very inconsiderate of you to bash the personal preferences of people, especially those you don’t even know…</p>
<p>Agreed, especially since I myself would highly prefer a rural/suburban environment to any urban one and actually view an urban location as a distinct disadvantage. Different people just have different ideas of what constitutes a “better” atmosphere</p>
<p>poolboy is just shallow…only goes by prestige and name</p>
<p>Regarding to athletes choosing AEM for their major, isn’t it then somewhat irony? AEM at Cornell ranked #4 in businessweek or something, right? And Cornell is proud of providing the unique undergraduate business program, the AEM, which only Cornell and UPenn have. But then, if all AEM students are filled with athletes, who are considered to be academically less competitive, why is that program praised such? It’s hard to get in with but so easy once got in… I don’t understand this.</p>
<p>Jeez, everyone is freaking out like crazy. These will be the most difficult 21 hours I’ve probably ever had. On another note, I got my first detention today for going to my first period (physics c) 12 minutes late since I woke up late due to going to sleep late because I started my homework late since I was on college confidential all day 
and then I failed my physics quiz… I really hope I get in lol</p>
<p>mellowerica,</p>
<p>all ivys are that way…gaining entrance is the toughest part.</p>
<p>@yellowsnowman, I empathize with you completely. I have put off studying for my calc test tomorrow, and I have been sleep deprived for one week. These will be the slowest hours of my life… </p>
<p>On another note, will everyone post their decision (accepted or rejected) here, or will we make another thread? It would be interesting to see if we can get 1000 posts by 5:00 tomorrow:)</p>
<p>20.5 hours left ._.</p>
<p>How am I supposed to live through tomorrow’s school day?</p>
<p>yeah although I have been studying for a week b/c i had predicted this stress would kill me tonight, I’m not feeling my ap chem test tomorrow first period lol
I guess this will be like college though, no sleep for a big exam haha</p>
<p>I’m on CC all the time, I’m in Business class right now in school and the teacher has been refusing to teach the whole week lol.</p>
<p>He’s marking mid year exams and can’t ifnish them on time so he’s marking them in class :P</p>
<p>I’ll be off-schedule most of today because of Glee Club practice and other stuff as well (yearbook photo day is a full-day event lol because they want a whole school photo and a photo of clubs and stuff)</p>
<p>I’ll be singing my way through the waiting time :D</p>
<p>haha the detention part happened to me too! however, being class president, I was able to weasel my way out of it ;P</p>
<p>My teacher is making me tutor during my detention lol which is btw tomorrow, ending an hour before decisions are released :O</p>
<p>talk about suspense lol that’s gonna be one long detention</p>