so my mom just gchatted me that she called Cornell admissions (she’s almost as crazy as me) and the rep said decisions will be released at 5pm on Thursday! Now I wasn’t on the phone, but idk how she could be wrong.
Well I guess the date isn’t up in the air anymore! Now I am 100x more STRESSED!
@connorf13 !!! Another source that confirms the date. I’m pretty confident about Dec. 8 at this point.
BUT WHEN ARE THE SENDING THE PIN EMAILS?!
@foxlilian We are also in our second round of Cornell ED. My son - a legacy (who did CAAN interviews) - was rejected two years ago on ED, despite a 2300 SAT,800 subject tests, but a very good - but not great - GPA. Plus he took multivariable calculus, won a regional science award in physics, and did the usual plays, athletics, etc. He was beyond devastated but I now think it’s a blessing because he’s in the engineering school at Michigan and could not be happier (Go Blue!).
So, now my daughter is applying to ED to ILR. She has very good (not great) test scores and an amazing GPA, and excellent EC, and lots of ILR related high school work (AP micro and macro economics, AP Stats, APUSH, AP Gov, and many more.) ILR is the school that my husband graduated from, so perhaps that will help her more that it helped my son with engineering.
The point of the story is - if the unthinkable happens, as it did for us on December 11, 2014 - there are many awesome schools out there that will appreciate your kid and where he will be happy and successful.
^ True… We shall rise, with or without Cornell B-)
She went to a college she preferred over Cornell.
@brooklynilene I am now terrified. I’m praying his diverse background and ECs will give him the little extra. Also, don’t know if you can call it double legacy but dad and grandad both from Cornell.
I have a theoretical question for conversation. With ALL things being equal- all grades, major degree, professor voucher etc… all things equal. How much more do you believe the salary offer would be for an incoming 4 year graduate of Cornell and CaseWestern to the average blue-chip company like Boeing, Gull, etc.
I’m pretty sure this question can be refined a bit more but English is my second language so we’ll leave it at that. In other words, a Cornell student gets the job, how much will his offer be? And then, that never happened, it’s a CaseWestern student who gets the job, how much will his offer be?
I’m sure the Cornell student would be offered more, but by how much, all details being equal.
I’m sorry @foxlillian. It’s just that we never imagined my son wouldn’t get it (and might I add he did a Cornell summer and got a recommendation from the professor!). I also never saw him as bad as that day. But the point is how resilient kids are. And to be prepared. I told my daughter we would go out Thursday either to celebrate or commiserate. She was surprised I said that, but I told her I didn’t think her brother wouldn’t get in either, but we need to be prepared. What’s great is that having seen what happened to her brother, she really feels that she will have a wonderful educational and social experience at any of the other six universities she has already applied to (and the one or two more she may apply to if need be.) Really awesome kids are not getting into these schools. I went to Harvard College and would never get in today. I discouraged my kids from applying. It used to be they looked for well-rounded kids. Now they look for freak-of-nature obsessive little adults.
Did anyone get the email? I’m freaking out
@ebiersack Nothing yet…
@holdencaufield007 Last year it was around 11:00 am MST.
To the question on family, there is a lot of pressure on me to get in. My sister did a ton and got into Caltech, MIT, and Stanford (And is at Caltech) and I’ve been obsessed with Cornell for years so I’m expected to get in (kinda-- explained later). My friends and teachers all expect me to get in and keep telling me to stop stressing. My parents tell me to stop stressing but for a different reason. They’ve never been ‘helicopter parents’ and aren’t involved with what I do or how other students do, they just base it on the only experience they’ve had- my sister. My mom told me to not worry and just apply to some easier schools (60%+ acceptance rank, not top 100 in my field) because she doesn’t think I’ll get into Cornell, GT, UMich, or VT engineering. My dad told me not to worry because there are a lot of stronger students out there and it would just make the eminent denial worse. My sister thinks I’ll probably get in, but understands that denial is possible. (My friend Devin beside me in class says to tell you that he thinks I’m getting flat denied and that he’s an acquaintance, not a friend. We’re in field bio right now, using Cornell’s ornithology website gg)
TLDR: My friends/teachers say I shouldn’t stress because I’ll get in, my parents tell me not to worry because I need to work on apps since I’m nearly certainly getting denied so I’m the only one worrying.
I was just scrolling through the ED 2020 thread and they started getting emails the Monday before decisions at 1:10 pm. Their decisions came out the 10th at 5pm EST and they received the email the 7th between 1-3pm.
1:10pm eastern sound like they agreed to release after lunch haha. Welp, I’m a parent so I don’t have access to his email to see if he got the key. Any know if you got the key yet?
@reformedman I have not received the keys.
no email yet…
My Cornell ID has not been updated either
@RUHTRA999 Does that indicate that the date is not Dec. 8? Or the email will come later today/tomorrow.
On the question about parents: I am the parent; I am mostly just excited to get the answer, whatever it is. To know rather than to wonder.
My D is pretty relaxed about the whole thing. Cornell is her top pick–she will be very excited if she is admitted but won’t be heartbroken if she is not. She understands that even with an excellent GPA and standardized test scores, ECs, essay, recs, etc. many students just don’t get in.
For us, it is not only admission; the financial aid is key here. If they don’t offer enough aid, then she will not attend Cornell. It would be great to say “We’re done now” and not have the decision process linger until April. That said, there are a number of excellent engineering schools. D has applied/will apply to a mix of “Institute” type schools such as RPI and WPI,and to other universities such as Northeastern and Lehigh.