<p>I received a package in the mail today from Cornell, suggesting I apply for their summer school program. The letter reads, "Because you performed so well on your PSAT/SAT..." etc. etc. This brought me to the question, what is the cutoff for these letters? I did kind of poorly on my PSAT (176) which is why I was suprised (though they probably send these letters to students with much lower scores.)</p>
<p>They just want your money. The kids who get into these summer schools are hardly subject to any serious selection process... they just want your money.</p>
<p>Haha, I kind of got that. I'm definitely not going, or even in the least bit flattered. I just wanted to know if there was a cutoff for who they sent it to.</p>
<p>Maybe they got you based on your location and interests (I think I recall bubbling in some stuff like that when I took the PSAT) and then lied about the score--an empty congratulation. It's either that or the score cutoff is just fairly low and they're fishing for wallets.</p>
<p>i don't think there's any selection process. you might have entered your address onto some list. </p>
<p>the program is really good. i attended the architecture program. it's a lot fo money, so make sure you can afford it. it's also worth college credit too.</p>
<p>in architecture, it's a HUGE plus if you do really well in it. If you do well, you have a much higher chance of getting into cornell.</p>
<p>if you do bad, you have a bad chance of getting into cornell
(this is if your course and major that you're pursuing are the same)</p>
<p>i'd recommend it. i had a great time</p>
<p>justin, did you know a Hispanic kid named anderson? I think he did engineering though, I might be wrong. He went to cornell summer school last summer.</p>
<p>nope..don't know him</p>
<p>the only people i know who went ot the summer school program were architecture majors. According to my gf (and architecture major), attending the summer program, doing well, continuing to show interest in architecture, developing a good portfolio, and being a student from a "multicultural family" is the ticket you need for the ultra-selective architecture program. </p>
<p>For the other colleges at Cornell, i dont think the summer program makes a tremendous difference when it comes to admissions, but it's a way to rack up some Cornell credit before you enter in the fall.</p>
<p>good point gomestar</p>
<p>a majority of kids at cornell sc are doing architecture. about 10 out of the 65 arch students came from the summer program.</p>