<p>Over 28,000 total applications received;
1,113 of a record 2,800 ED applicants have been admitted</p>
<p><a href="http://ceourl.com/68%5B/url%5D">http://ceourl.com/68</a></p>
<p>i don't think it means much at all, considering how this year, cornell's sat scores went down, instead of up despite a rise in applications</p>
<p>the same will probably happen again, quality is always more important than sheer numbers</p>
<p>a school like chicago gets less aps, but the quality is exceedingly higher</p>
<p>so wat's so good about a 25 percent acceptance rate is the student caliber is lower than it would be at 30 percent?</p>
<p>According to the article, I didn't get the impression that quality had dropped all that significantly.</p>
<p>Oh, also. The article (in the Cornell Daily Sun) explained that because they are moving over to a more electronic application system, they have actually NOT scanned in all of the applications yet. So, it may be possible that they still have yet to update all the application statuses on the web, for those who are scared that their application didn't make it. I think it also said that ILR would NOT be using the electronic system.</p>
<p>quality didn't go down it stated that in the article. how do u know other universities have better applicants?</p>
<p>I wonder if Cornell could push its acceptance rate down below 20%...that would be awesome. The quality of applicants may have declined, but seriously, out of 28,000+ applicatants, I think Cornell will find many exceptional students.</p>
<p>According to the article, test scores and the caliber of applicants did not go down as the number of applcants increased. However, even if SAT scores did drop, I would contribute that to the fact that the SAT changed - many other schools are likely experiencing the same drop in scores between last year and his year.</p>
<p>I disagree with bball, percent accepted is a good thing and I would bet scores won't go down. If Cornell starts lowering its acceptance rate it will help its "perception," as it has done at all schools.</p>
<p>yeah but the acceptance rate is indicative of cornell's desire to be attended, not of the quality of it's applicants. Sure lower acceptance rate correlates with better students, but it isn't a causal factor. If cornell accepted fewer students they might just end up with a smaller class, not necessarily the top 80% of their current class.</p>
<p>No I agree, I am just saying that at worst its still a positive. Even if 100% of the extra 15% are worthless rejects (which won't happen), you still will end up with the same class. But the accept rate still goes down which helps Cornells image.</p>
<p>yes, that i agree with. i just feel that some students confuse image with quality of education...that's where the complex comes from. some students think that because schools like Yale and Princeton are (overall) more reputed in the US than we are, we therefore have a lower quality of education here at Cornell, which is absolutely false.</p>
<p>the problem is that many of the exceedingly talented students would attend HYPS over Cornell, if both schools were to offer admission...</p>
<p>Yeah, which is why Cornell's admit rate can't just jump that low in a year. They need to admit a comparatively larger percentage to offset the yield rate.</p>
<p>i'm hoping the admit rate drops below 25% though.</p>
<p>how many people do you think in this pool apply to human ecology?</p>
<p>I wonder if the yield percentage might increase, given the increased number of students cross-applying to multiple selective schools for 2010. If rejected from HYPS they might agree to attend the next most selective school to which they were admitted, including Brown, Cornell etc.</p>
<p>well i met a kid yesterday a freshman who got into Columbia
on my hallway with about 10 guys</p>
<p>i got into northwestern, rice, chicago
anothre got into Duke, Dartmouth, Williams
another got into Duke and Rice
2 kids at Northwestern
1 at Amherst
1 engineer got into both Columbia, Upenn, and Wash U</p>
<p>o, and one at Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Less chances for me! :(</p>
<p>stop basing quality/talent off of one standardized test, it's ridiculous. get over it, cornell rules.</p>
<p>I think it'll be interesting to see the rd yield when it gets released. Spud- the reverse could also apply. As great as Cornell is- I wouldn't say its a safety for some but you get the meaning for some people who apply to HYPSM etc etc. </p>
<p>There's a great thread somewhere discussing whether the increase in numbers is due to more students or more students applying to more places.</p>