Thank you
@tenseMom likely letters were emails that were sent out to a select bunch letting them know ahead of ivy day (3/26) that the will receive acceptance on that day. My D received an email 3/13 that stated she would be admitted officially on 3/26.
If you did not receive the likely email you still have a shot at getting in on 3/26.
Thank you. Now we are heart broken with all rejections.
did you receive that email? from past years’ thread, intl students who get that email were all accepted.
did you receive that email? from past years’ thread, intl students who get that email were all accepted.
Hi, I received an email from a financial aid counselor on March 17th concerning an inconsistency between my FAFSA and CCS profile that I was able to rectify. Can this be seen in any way as a sign of future acceptance?
No. Financial aid offices create packages for every applicant, regardless of whether they will be accepted. It is important for FA to know as little about admissions as possible, so that schools can stay need-blind.
I was asked by MIT to verify my FAFSA and was rejected. You still have a chance though, so good luck!
I disagree. By March 17 the rejects have been filtered out and the FA office is focusing on the accepted.
Im not sure on that one because my FA portal updated today because i finally submitted some of the things on the to-do list. where are you getting your information from??
So I just found out about the checklist today and it says I am missing an item that was supposed to be due on Feb 15th. However, no one from Cornell FA reached out to me to upload the form. Seeing that other people got messages from FA telling them to upload their forms, does this mean I got rejected?
If today you submitted missing documents, of course the portal will update to show receipt of previously missing documents. That’s entirely different from FA emailing a request for docs, or FA changing the “received” date of an FA doc that had been showing a much earlier “received” date.
Do you know any people who applied for financial aid, didnt recieve the email and still got in?
I don’t know. From past years’ threads, clearly some intl students receive the email asked for passport around March 20ish, some intl ppl didn’t receive it.
@PatanaBatoota I received a likely letter and did not apply for aid. I also did receive a aid email yesterday informing me that if I wanted I could still apply for FA. The first line of the email was along the line of “we are excited you might possibly be attending Cornell university next year!”
Are likely letters for athletes only?
My daughter is anxious for a decision, as I am sure everyone is. We received an email yesterday from the Financial Aid office asking us to explain a number of the CSS profile, which is positive news. However, no invitation for an interview, which seems to be a bad indication. We do not know how to read these signs, so will just have to patiently wait.
From what I understand it’s mostly athletes(it’s important to note that recruited athletes are supposed to apply ED) and highly qualified URM students but that doesn’t means that other highly qualified applicants don’t get them. I heard ~10% of those accepted will receive but I have no idea how true that is.
Unless your daughter applied to a school that requires interviews ( AAP, ILR, maybe Dyson, and maybe SHA) i wouldn’t be worried. interviews for the other school are informal and serve as a tool for the student. Also, not every applicant is given a chance to interview because of relative location to anyone in the alumni network. you aren’t negatively affected if you don’t interview. At the end of my interview(I applied to COE) my interviewer said that the admission committee allows the interviewer to send a sort of summary to them but they are definitely not allowed to make a recommendation as to deny or accept. So basically an interview might be able to help but the advantage is minuscule at best. Sorry for all the reading, hope this helps!
Correction: schools that require interviews are just AAP and SHA
Thank you so much @imsmartsometimes . Good to know.