<p>God is Good All the Time ! :-) Congrats to everyone who's been accepted!</p>
<p>ahh, i got into ilr a week or two ago. so awesome. <3 but yeah, sometimes schools will post early, so just check irregularly. congrats to any '09 people!</p>
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<p>are you referring to ONLY the rolling schools? What about Arts and Sciences?</p>
<p>HE is not rolling admissions</p>
<p>just in general, a bunch of schools will make a big deal out of the whole "5pm on x/xx" but a lot of times they post early anyway...kinda like the collegeboard posting sat's a few days before they're due out. can't speak from personal experience with cornell though. i doubt this opinion really matters anyway; people who really care about getting in are probably gonna check every day anyway, and people who don't will probably end up checking on march 31st. so yeah, good luck! =)</p>
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<p>What?!</p>
<p>10 characters....</p>
<p>as far as I know it is not rolling!</p>
<p>hey, weren't we just talking in the Duke forum... about chemical names for drugs? lol random... but hilarious nonetheless</p>
<p>thats what tends to happen to me when I have a lack of sleep</p>
<p>I talk about weird things when I don't get any sleep, too. I'm sick and on some interesting cough syrup, yet I'm still awake. Maybe I should go check out that drug convo over at Duke...</p>
<p>be sure to do that!</p>
<p>Skittles 7 I get the letter around the time everyone else will get theirs. I got the call thats it. Whats a "likely letter"?</p>
<p>a likely letter is a letter from a college telling you that they enjoyed reading your app & they assure you that you have a strong chance of getting in.</p>
<p>Hotel Administration is already rolling and we've found out already. </p>
<p>Thanks for the kind words on Cornell, especially on the suicide rate. </p>
<p>I don't know why that would have any influence on a college decision. People who commit suicide are obviously not in a correct mental state. </p>
<p>I found this on the Cornell site: </p>
<p>EZRA:</p>
<pre><code> HOW ARE THE STUDENTS AFFECTED BY THE HIGH SUICIDE RATE HERE?
CURIOUS
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<p>Dear Curious,
Believe it or not, there is NOT a high suicide rate at Cornell. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 24 (after accidents), with 1.2 completed suicides per 10,000 people per year, so statistically we would expect approximately two suicides per year at Cornell. Thankfully Cornell students are not average, because it's rare that two or more students actually commit suicide in any given year.
That said, students ARE affected by ANY suicide. Clearly the person who commits suicide is affected: that person dies and loses all other options for dealing with the situation that led to this irreversible choice. Instead, the individual who commits suicide passes his or her pain on to those who know, care about, and love that person. The survivors often feel angry, guilty, confused, and anguished. Typical thoughts include "What could I have done to help? Why did they want to hurt me so much? How can I ever trust other people I care about to have the courage to live?" These questions can last and have an impact for years.
Students are also affected by the MYTH that Cornell has a high suicide rate. This affect is both negative and positive. Some students fear that suicide might be contagious and something out of their control. The thinking goes something like "I'm upset and feel helpless and hopeless. Other students who feel this way sometimes commit suicide. As I walk over this bridge I might lose control of myself and jump, even though I don't want to die." Irrational as this thought is, it is still troubling. Existential angst also has a special edge at Cornell. Difficulty answering the question "Why am I alive?" has additional meaning when death lies over every bridge.
On the positive side, the myth about frequent student suicides ("Cornell U = Suicide U") sensitizes everyone in the community to the possibility of tragedy and adds a real sense of urgency to the many support services available. There are over 50 different information, advising, and counseling services on campus and in the community, from college advising offices to EARS, CURW, Psychological Services, Rape Crisis, and Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service. These are all staffed by people who are genuinely concerned about students' welfare and who know that the next person who calls or walks in might be considering suicide. Thus, people take students' concerns seriously. To paraphrase the old E. F. Hutton commercial, "When you talk, we listen."
In brief, then, we are ALL affected by suicides at Cornell, even though the rate is not high. And now I have a question. How has the myth of suicide a Cornell affected YOU? Uncle Ezra</p>
<p>Uncle Ezra</p>