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Cornell 2021
Admitted Student Statistics
Admitted Students in Top 10% of Graduating Class
83%
Admissions Test Policy
Test scores are considered and required
Applicants Submitting SATs
71%
Applicants Submitting ACTs
41%
Waitlist
Yes
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Sees the same names in many threads,
should be interesting what colleges choose our children, and in the end, which college our children chooses.
Maybe it can be set up kinda like High School wrestling:
a wrestler in each weight class, or we line up all these T20 colleges.
Then each kid put in their ticket for their #1.
Whichever college has more than 1 ticket, ie. if there’s 2 wrestlers in the 145# weight class, then the 2 kids would then wrestle off.
My son has applied. It is more or less a reach for him, as his stats are a little lower than median, but not out of the question. Question: a business associate of my husband has offered to write him a letter of recommendation (he is an alum). I checked the admissions website and it is possible to upload additional documents such as this after the application deadline. Does anyone think it could help?
It depends. Does this business associate know your son well? In what capacity does he know him? If he has been an employer, mentor, research advisor, etc. to your son - i.e. he can speak from first hand experience about a specific aspect of your son’s abilities and/or achievements that would not already be covered by the teacher LORs, then yes it can help.
But if not, then no.
Yes, a generic letter will not help (and the fact that he’s an alum carries no weight). AOs are overloaded and they really don’t want to read an additional document if it’s not going to be worth their time.
Did you request an interview through their website?
Note that the interview is informational, not evaluative. That means its only purpose is to answer any questions you have about the college or program - it has no bearing on your admission decision.
If you want to have an interview you need to request it through your application portal.
But as I stated above, it’s an informational - not evaluative - interview.
