<p>Is anyone else applying to CALS and highly interested in becoming a vet? :[ I really hope theres not too many :'(</p>
<p>7 recruits per sport sounds kind of a lot; I don’t think that is a normal amount, especially when you consider a varsity crew team is like 5 people total… Not all athletes who play Ivy sports were recruited, there are quite a few walkons. </p>
<p>Also, I don’t think <em>that</em> many legacies apply early: I know at least 3 students in my area who are legacies but did not apply early; if you consider that less than 10% of the entire applicant pool even applies early it becomes conceivable that not all legacies apply early. [Yes, I have taken AP Stats: the way I think of it is P(Apply Early|Legacy) -> Sure, many legacies do apply early, but there are probably many others legacies who don’t. </p>
<p>If you accept poolboy’s estimate that 640 out of 1200 ED acceptances are legacies and athletes, you are left with ~2500 students competing for 600 spots [for a “true” admit acceptance rate of 24%]</p>
<p>I believe that the ratio of applicants to available spots is <em>STILL</em> better in the ED than RD.
Here’s why: HYP admit classes of approximately 3000 combined; I am sure that at least 2000 of those students will have applied to Cornell in the RD round. It’s extraordinarily rare for a HYP student to have been rejected by Cornell - I myself don’t know anyone who got into HYP but not Cornell. I’m estimating that Cornell accepts ~ 4000 or so students expecting that only 1800 will actually come [figuring in a ~45% yield]. To that end, when you subtract the 2000 or so HYP candidates from the RD pool (which is around 30000), you are left with 28,000 students competing for ~ 2000 spots. For average applicants to cornell, that means the “true” acceptance rate is around 7.14%. </p>
<p>If you accept poolboy’s estimate that 640 out of 1200 ED acceptances are legacies and athletes, you are left with ~2500 students competing for 600 spots [for a “true” admit acceptance rate of 24%]</p>
<p>Altogether, the early vs. regular acceptance rates [for unhooked, non HYP candidate students, by my best guess] are 24% vs. 7.14%. </p>
<p>Honestly, I’m a little surprised by these numbers so I’m going to need some help checking the logic behind it…</p>
<p>Good luck everyone tomr…!!</p>
<p>We can do it!!!</p>
<p>@yellowsnowman
I know EXACTLY what you mean. All my friends and even one of my counselors are saying that I’ll be fine…
I was fine until last week, but then all my friends started asking when my decision comes out so I’m freaking out now!!!</p>
<p>dont worry guys. think of this as a relief.
be glad that we will be entering a place (cornell or not) that doesnt revolve around sats scores and high school rigidity anymore. just because you dont get into Cornell does not mean that you’re dreams will be shattered. Humans can adapt and where ever you go, you will have a fabulous time. Everyone relax :)</p>
<p>we’re all qualified and don’t take it personally if you get rejected because think of it this way… they dont even know you personally!!</p>
<p>LOVE AND LUCK TO ALL</p>
<p>@ mt8989: what a great analysis. I basically agree with everything except that most legacies who have a shot at cornell probably go ed. I don’t think the legacy is really any hook rd when a school offers ed. as it is, from what I read here, legacy is not that significant unless the family has been donating significant funds year to year.
BUT the most important thing is that if your numbers are right, an unhooked ED applicant, which is probably most of us here at CC, have less than a 1 in 4 chance tomorrow. Right or wrong?</p>
<p>I really have to get off here and finish studying for chem sometime soon…but the anxiety of not knowing is pretty intense right now…</p>
<p>How much of a difference do hooks really make? For example, what if I’m a hispanic male that is a first generation college student applying to engineering?</p>
<p>Im hispanic too!!! 
Yay for minorities!
I heard that if another student is just like you same stats, same ECs, a hook would let him in and not you. But I mean, what are chances of that happening</p>
<p>Im hispanic too!!! Yay for minorities!
I heard that if another student is just like you same stats, same ECs, a hook would let him in and not you. But I mean, what are chances of that happening</p>
<p>yellow, it will definitely help. but there is no hook as strong as a legacy that has parents that were reasonably generous for many years. second best is being a super athlete.</p>
<p>URM first generation is probably one of the better hooks, right under wealthy legacy donors and athletes.</p>
<p>what if you are a hispanic legacy athlete? :P</p>
<p>what if youre a black, super athlete, and generous legacy? lol</p>
<p>in on a red carpet and transported via limo for the first day of school jk</p>
<p>I’m restraining myself from making a racist joke</p>
<p>woo future cornell students right here -.- lol :)</p>
<p>Wait I’m part indian (like India in Asia NOT American Indian) and part black (some ancestors from Trinidad and Tobago)
so im like afro-asian
i wonder if that counts more for the afro or more for the asian (I’m more asian than i am black)</p>
<p>youre blasian! get it? black asian? hah jkay.
and im pretty sure if your part of both then your 1/2 of both? which means its equal?</p>
<p>It counts more for the afro if you actually have an afro</p>