<p>Hey...so about a month ago I got an email telling me that Cornell would be sending me their Cornell Commitment Brochure. So I got it a few days ago and it's a really nice brochure....like the kind that makes you feel special but then you realize they probably sent it to everyone and their mother ;) So...did you guys all get this email/mailing? Just curious...thanx!</p>
<p>no it means you're special, I am in the cornell commitment, which Program Menigh, Presidential or Tradition?</p>
<p>"everyone and their mother.." haha anyway how are you eligible to get the cornell commitment brochure? you have to be "accepted?"</p>
<p>MUnited-I hope you're right...that would be exciting! The brochure lists all three programs...so not really specific. Btw I noticed ur from Ohio...I am too...what area are you from?</p>
<p>ylhs102- I just got an email telling me to look for this brochure coming in the mail. It's only informative...it definitely doesn't tell me I'm in any of these programs at all. I am applying early decision though and the email/brochure came well after the point when my online status site told me my application had been sent for review. But yeah I really don't know much about it...</p>
<p>no cornell commitment is awarded to you, there is no application process, the admissions comittee simply selects you. If you're Menigh you get internship oppturnities, and if you're Presidential (you get a 4000 dollar a year grant and 500 dollars a semester in research money, and an 8000 dollar account for research over the summer), if you're Tradition you get a lot of community service stuff. Basically, this program is Cornell's way of getting you to come to Cornell. At all three programs the president or ex-presidents of Cornell usually come and speak a lot.</p>
<p>I did RD though, so I have no idea how ED works. But it means you have a hook, and you're in, if I am thinking correctly. In the class of 2010 about 1% of the total class is in this whole program. Pretty much you're awesome, and the university loves you. :)</p>
<p>If the Cornell Commitment is Cornell's way of getting highly desired applicants to come to Cornell, why are they sending these brochures to ED applicants? (My daughter is an ED applicant, and she got a brochure just like Elgguj did.) By definition, ED applicants are already irrevocably recruited.</p>
<p>It's interesting to see just how many perks Cornell can offer without crossing the line and being regarded as giving out merit scholarships (which Ivy League policy forbids). Of course, Cornell isn't the only Ivy that has such programs. Columbia does it too (John Jay Scholars and similar things), and I suspect that some of the others may as well.</p>
<p>By the way, my daughter and I suspect that Cornell simply sends those brochures to all applicants who happen to be NMSFs. It would be the easiest way to do it, and chances are that most if not all of the people who will eventually be offered places in these nice programs are on the NMSF list.</p>
<p>D is in Tradition program. She was never contacted about Program nor ever even heard about it until after she received her Cornell acceptance. She applied RD and is a NYS resident. As she is in Tradition, she does have a campus job which I guess is a way to earn some money to help pay with college costs. She also gets the $600 book award. There is no major scholarship money available, though I believe those with financial need get more than the Book Award. My d was not NMSF but was Commended. She did work throughout HS and did do a lot of community service. I think those are the "main traits" they are looking for in the Tradition Program.
Cornell people know about these programs. It's a good thing!!</p>
<p>Marian- I never thought of that, you could definitely be right about the NMSF thing...that makes sense. I'm an NMSF so your theory holds for me...</p>
<p>Ahhh, it's Meinig (as in the chairman of the board of trustees), not Menigh lol. I'm one, and I would be the first to say that none of the Cornell Commitment programs are based on one set of concrete criteria. It is sooo iffy, even if you have merit this and that, it really has to do with character more than anything else. The same people who become a part of these programs are the same ones who are turning down other elite univesities, bringing numerous scholarships and a number of other prestigious honors that speak to their character as individuals and not necessarily (although most definitely a factor) grades, sats, etc. It's truly a great honor. (and all of them add to grant money to your financial aid - even if you don't need it I think they 'award' you at least $400 regardless)</p>
<p>well not that this helps anyone (or their mother) clarify this whole brochure issue, but i got the email for one, except i never actually got one. and even though i don't think it means much to get one, I REALLY want my cornell commitment brochure, just beucase it might make the wait for ED results come that much quicker.</p>
<p>i got one and i have not applied to cornell. i'm pretty sure its a mass mailing to everyone and their mother. sorry no exclusivity here.</p>
<p>yup, i got one too last week, but i don't think i got the e-mail for it :-/ applied ED</p>
<p>that's weird, maybe they do advertise it to everyone, but really if you're actually in then good job, you get a lot of perks. For example, without it I would never gotten research. The mailing may not be exclusive, but the actual selection process pretty much is. When I did RD, they sent me an early acceptance letter stating that I got into the program, about a month early, anyway. Also, for Cornell Days they had a seperate program for us (Cornell days are the information sessions for accepted people).</p>
<p>Still, it's way cool to be accepted, you kind really have to stand out. After all about 100 people were accepted for Presidential and 70 matriculated. I like it though, it makes me distinct and it looks cool on the resume.</p>
<p>How do you receive this? i didn't get one.....</p>
<p>Do international applicants not get one?????</p>
<p>i got the tradition one, it sounds like a lot of work</p>
<p>You guys are lucky, and genuises (is that how you spell it)!</p>
<p>When do they send these out? To whom? Why?</p>