Cornell RD easier than ED for admission for the unhooked?

[Yunsang]

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@englandern

do the math with just a few minor assumptions like wuchu did and the answer is that RD is definitely easier for the unhooked.

You’re basing your whole mathematical argument on assumptions. That alone weakens your argument enormously.</p>

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@englandern

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.

You’re guessing this particular information now? You cannot provide a definitive source to back this claim up? Again, your argument is weakened and I fail to believe these guess/assumptions as credible claims.</p>

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@englandern

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??

Once again, another claim based on an assumption.</p>

<p>How can we take your argument seriously if you fail to provide any sources that SPECIFICALLY support the claims you make? Just because you provide a source about the total number of students accepted from Cornell doesn’t mean that it’s safe for you to assume that more than 1/2 of those applicants were athletes/legacy applicants accepted through ED. You need to provide a source that definitively proves that 1/2 of those applicants were athletes/legacy applicants. If my argument was based on assumptions, would you take me seriously?</p>