<p>Does this always happen? My stats are NOT at all good enough for Cornell acceptance (i'm serious - 1860 SAT), I kind of just applied so I could say I applied to an ivy, lol</p>
<p>So, just wondering, whats the deal?</p>
<p>I don’t know about Cornell specifically, but I do know that the Ivy I used to interview for made it a point to interview every applicant it could. The only limiting factor was the availability of alumni to do the interviews.</p>
<p>If you say your qualifications don’t measure up to those of successful Cornell applicants, I won’t question you. I believe the interview offer probably doesn’t mean anything about Cornell’s assessment of your application. It probably just means that your application is complete, and the local chapter of the alumni association has assigned you to an alumnus or alumna who lives near you for an interview.</p>
<p>Figured. Thanks for clearing that up :)</p>
<p>Same thought as Sikorsky (<do you fly helicopters?) here. I know from MIT and Princeton that they try to interview as many applicants as they can.</p>
<p>Yeah, I should have done research on this before asking because it says directly on the website that they do exactly what Sikorsky said. Excited for a moment, indifferent the next, haha</p>
<p>It happens 
Good luck.</p>
<p>thank you :)</p>
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<p>Sando, I wish. I chose this user name as a reflection on my parenting style. I’m a little surprised it’s taken almost 14 months for anybody to ask.</p>
<p>Llaupy, best of luck.</p>
<p>Thanks, Sikorsky!</p>
<p>Everyone on this topic is sadly mistaken. Cornell is different than the Princeton/others. I’m a highly qualified applicant and was not offered an interview.</p>
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<p>"All students (both freshman and transfers) who apply to the architecture department in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning or to the School of Hotel Administration are required to have a personal interview. Transfer applicants to the School of Industrial & Labor Relations must also complete a personal interview. Interviews are also recommended, though not required, for students applying to major in fine arts. In architecture or fine arts, you should be prepared to present your artistic ability through the required portfolio as well; and the hotel school is particularly interested in your knowledge of and commitment to the field of hotel administration.</p>
<p>In all other programs, interviews are neither required nor offered."</p>
<p>It says “in all other programs, interviews are neither required nor offered,” but most of my friends who applied to Cornell applied to the Arts & Sciences or Agricultural and Life Sciences colleges and still got interviews. …I’m the only one who hasn’t so far, slightly concerned about that but I’m going to go talk to my guidance counselor tomorrow.</p>
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<p>I guess that means you aren’t as “highly qualified” as you would like to believe. I had my interview yesterday, though I applied to CoE, which isn’t listed among the schools that offer interviews.</p>
<p>For people that applied to CAS, it’s not an interview, its an “alum contact”.</p>
<p>They serve essentially the same purpose. You meet with an alumnus, and that person files a report of the meeting with the school they represent.</p>
<p>@Pioneer</p>
<p>No, alumni contacts are very different than interviews. Interviews carry far more weight. I had a Cornell alumni contact almost two months ago. The alumnus made his purpose very clear, and the conversation (very similar to my contact with Princeton) was not at all in the format of an “interview.” It was for my own benefit. Also don’t be so cocky, you are less qualified than I am, except you have the good fortune of being Hispanic.</p>
<p>The are the same in that both submit a report, yes, but the alumni report carries little weight and is very brief. </p>
<p>Why would explicitly state “In all other programs, interviews are neither required nor offered” if the alumni contacts and interviews were essentially the same thing? They wouldn’t. Nice try though.</p>
<p>Enjoy:
“Most students who apply for freshman admission will be contacted by a member of a local Cornell alumni committee in the fall or winter. These informal conversations with alumni are not required and are meant only to allow an additional opportunity for the student to learn more about Cornell—and for Cornell to learn more about the student. (Please note that alumni contacts do not take the place of the required interview for architecture or hotel.)”</p>
<p>Actually, interviews do not hold much significance anywhere. The alumni interview is primarily a method of personalizing the school and allowing an opportunity for the applicant to learn more about the school itself. My alumni contact was conducted in a nearly identical fashion to the rest of my “interviews”, and I have no reason to believe that either will have a significant impact on my admission.</p>
<p>However, I think you and I are conflating our respective definitions of “interview”, which explains our contrasting opinions. Some specialized programs (hotel management and architecture at Cornell, for instance), require a formal interview process, and with good reason. Most schools, however, do not.</p>
<p>You’re hispanic?
so jealous. Hispanics can have a 2000 SAT score and get into Ivies… ridiculous.
They get more benefits than African Americans.</p>