Cornell Class of 2020 Regular Decision Discussion Thread

How will SHA receive the decision through an email?

Has the Ivy League common date been released yet? Last year it was the 31st, but the year before it was the 27th. Hoping it’s earlier rather than later…

Must be March 31st because that’s what Yale’s site says

redbluegreen19, from last year’s thread, the first wave of SHA acceptances began on March 6 and came by snail mail

So are every females who will get into the COE going to get a likely letter? Or only a fraction of them?

This might be a stupid question, but any help would be appreciated: what is the total number of applicants to Cornell this year? And how many of them are applicants to CAS?

I think those figures can be found earlier in this thread. I could be wrong but did you check?

something like 41k total and 18k do CAS @PureMathIsFun

@anandrishabh1 you’re kidding me right? With those kinds of ECs I’d be surprised if you didn’t get into one of HYPSM or other highly selective schools with little difficulty

Wait all the ivy’s are releasing on the same date this year?

@ClassOf2020x Yes. They always do, per the Ivy Agreement.

@XoXdreamerXoX Oh wow I had no clue. Interesting!

The likely letters are their way of getting around the agreement

Ah. I guess. Slippery.

Does anyone know when SHA decisions come out?

Does that mean if you are an engineering woman applying to ivies and didn’t get likely letters it means you’re possibly rejected?

@labyrinth1997 My info is based only on reading past threads. First, to my knowledge, Cornell is the only Ivy to give special likely letter consideration to women engineers. Other Ivys no doubt may send some likely letters to women engineers, but seemingly not in the numbers that Cornell does. And, women engineers who do not receive likely letters are ultimately admitted at all Ivys, including Cornell. Hope that helps. Again I have no independent knowledge beyond CC posts.

…guys, not getting LLs doesn’t mean you’re rejected.

At all. Ever. LLs are only given to a handful of applicants.

What @XoXdreamerXoX said is 100 percent true

Even if you’re a urm and don’t get the diversity invitation?