<p>this is the basic thing we are talking about: Cornell gives us the amount of athletic recruits and legacies they accepted and the # admitted ed in last year’s class. If we “assume” that most of the athletes are ed - which knowing many athletes is kind of obvious, and even 3/4 of the legacy admits are ed, then for those that got in unhooked, they just about got in with a 5-9% chance of getting in. i wonder how many ed applicants to cornell who got in know this?? the ones that got into cornell ed unhooked probably had a good chance at every other school.
here is the stats from cornell in the letter at the bottom of the link:
<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2010/04/12/class-2014-experiences-record-low-acceptance-rates[/url]”>http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2010/04/12/class-2014-experiences-record-low-acceptance-rates</a></p>
<p>Is it true that rd is easier (not ed) for the unhooked)?</p>
<h2>do the math with just a few minor assumptions like wuchu did and the answer is that RD is definitely easier for the unhooked.</h2>
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<h2>i did some calculations with a few minor assumptions and it does seem that getting into cornell ED for an unhooked applicant is substantially more difficult than for an unhooked rd applicant."</h2>
<p>I agree with you. It is just upsetting that they say in their info sessions that ed gives you a slight boost. the fact, using their very own numbers from the provost letter, shows that after athletic and legacy accepts (which probably total about 80% or more of the ed accepts) there is very little room left for the unhooked applicant. </p>
<p>about ed having some less qualified applicants that are not hooked, maybe so, but there are so very few spots left for the unhooked in ed, that the ones chosen, on average, are probably super qualified. it really would not surprise me if the unhooked acceptances during early decision are applicants that could have been in contention at HYPS type schools. a lot of the unhooked applied ed to cornell to get an edge over rd,
fact, however, is that if they got accepted they were probably amazingly qualified because after the recruits and legacies, etc, there are very few spaces left ed.</p>
<p>athletics: I don’t have stats for you, but my guess is that second to Stanford, Cornell because of the many athletic programs at the school, recruits the most athletes. </p>
<p>this is the basic thing we are talking about: Cornell gives us the amount of athletic recruits and legacies they accepted and the # admitted ed. If we “assume” that most of the athletes are ed - which knowing many athletes is kind of obvious, and even 3/4 of the legacy are ed, then for those that got in unhooked, they just about got in with a 5-9% chance of getting in. i wonder how many ed applicants to cornell who got in know this??</p>