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<p>don’t feed the ■■■■■</p>
<p>has anyone besides recruited athletes gotten a likely letter?</p>
<p>I second this question!</p>
<p>@lukelev - I was carrying on from your post!! :)</p>
<p>And tried to give an explanation to the 400 CR acceptances</p>
<p>@cortana - There’s a difference between trolling and humor!! :D</p>
<p>@lilmelonred yeah on my financial aid tracking it says i’m still missing my parents’ federal tax returns as well as my own (both of which i mailed) but my mom checked with the UPS tracking number and it says it was received so i’ll probably call tomorrow and figure out what’s going on. </p>
<p>in regards to the likely letters, someone from my school last year received one about two weeks before decisions came out. apparently, for applicants who are not athletes, they typically receive likely letters two weeks before decisions come out</p>
<p>Oh yeah I called the financial aid office and they said it will take sometime to be updated if its mailed.</p>
<p>Likelies for Cornell (based on old threads) don’t usually come out until mid march, about two weeks before RD.</p>
<p>how many likelys do they send out? how high do the stats have to be?</p>
<p>Getting a likely is rare. A rough guideline that seems standard on other cc boards is someone who falls in the top 5% of the applicant pool. (just as a disclaimer, I’m by no means an expert, so it could be more or less common; this is a mere collaboration between the vast # of old threads I’ve seen on CC).</p>
<p>I have a speculation about Cornell admissions this year.</p>
<p>For the entering class of 2017, Cornell rolled back its financial aid policies significantly (especially when it came to loans). This will probably result in a low yield rate, as the biggest quantitative factor affecting yield rate is financial aid. So, 2 things might happen:</p>
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<li>The admissions committees will realize that their yield will be low because of worse financial aid, so they will make an adjustment and accept more people (yay!)</li>
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<li>The admissions committees will accept the same number they usually do, but because the yield is low this will result in some vacant spots. So, some kids will be accepted off the waitlist. (woo hoo!)</li>
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<p>Is my analysis correct, or am I just speculating? Overall, I wouldn’t be surprised to see admit rate go up or kids taken off the waitlist. So, be optimistic guys!</p>
<p>That be cool if they accept more people. But wouldn’t that affect financial aid?</p>
<p>Okay, so now I might get accepted but without financial aid??
It’s the same as being rejected… :/</p>
<p>Does anyone know what we can do the meantime to increase our chances of getting in or showing interests etc while we wait for our acceptances to come…?</p>
<p>does competitive eating count as a relevant ec?</p>
<p>@lilmelonred - that’s the beauty of it: we can’t really do anything about our application until we hear back</p>
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<p>Not necessarily… what I mean is, some people will face less aid and more loans (see: [Cornell</a> Kills Portion of Financial Aid Guarantee | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2012/07/08/cornell-kills-portion-financial-aid-guarantee]Cornell”>http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2012/07/08/cornell-kills-portion-financial-aid-guarantee)) than previous years’ applicants. So naturally, yield should decrease and Cornell will have to accept more to fill the class.</p>
<p>It’s kind of a double-edged sword. I wouldn’t be surprised if Cornell’s admit rate went up to 18ish% (from 16%), or if they accepted some people off the waitlist due to low yield. Overall it won’t be TOO big of a change I don’t think; but their waitlist acceptance rate was 0 last year wasn’t it. I know because my sister was waitlisted :(</p>
<p>It does kinda suck if you have to take more loans, but hey that’s what outside scholarships are for.</p>
<p>Since I applied Cornell has moved up to one of my top choices… I’m stressing pretty hard. I don’t want to go back and look at my Cornell essay, it probably sucks. :(</p>
<p>I feel the same way. I don’t think the less aid thing applies to me.</p>
<p>Yes!
Still make under 60k. <em>^▁^</em></p>
<p>The financial aid changes are relatively modest and will apply only to some applicants. Cornell’s aid remains relatively generous. The admit rate is likely to continue to decline. ED applications rose 16.5%, and Cornell accepted about 50 more students early.</p>