Yes, it was their general email address on their website.
@Throwaway39429 Thank you so much!
Has anyone reached out directly to CAS Admissions regarding the status of the waitlist?
^Did anyone email them confirming the accuracy of that article?
Well, the article was from the Cornell Sun, and they quoted the dean of admissions, so I doubt it would be inaccurate. The only thing we can hope for now is that a lot of the people who were offered spots last Thursday decline or that a lot of RD people get off other waitlists and switch out of Cornell.
@JohN1268 is right, That article is 100% accurate. And even though burdick says they arent taking more waitlists now, that doesnt mean they wonât be in July. This is the best year ever to be waitlisted. Lots of people are de-committing!
On this note, I have seen a few people decline their waitlist offers for Cornell on reddit, and the Facebook group has had less than three new posts this week, so numbers may dwindle.
At many schools, yes. Not so much at Cornell.
The Cornell Sun article shows that this year Cornell made only 164 offers of admission from the waitlist, giving Cornell, by May 1, âacceptances from 3,344 first-year students, a number that is higher than our target.â By comparison, Cornellâs âProfile: Class Of 2023â pdf shows that last year Cornell made 147 offers of admission from the waitlist - only 17 fewer than this year. Cornell played the waitlist well this year by going to it before May 1.
I would add that what I believed and said earlier has played out. Enrollment at remote schools like Dartmouth (Hanover) and Cornell (Ithaca) has not been as affected by the coronavirus panic as has the enrollment at many city schools. Dartmouth has taken no one from the waitlist, according to Dartmouth emails; Cornell has taken essentially the same number (164) as last year (147).
I think there will be few movements around or after June 1st, deadline for a gap year application.
@justacuriouskid and @JohN1268 - I reached out. This is what I got - it seems like a standard response, copied and pasted for all emails I send. I did ask about the article, but that was not addressed directly.
âWeâve been taking students off the waitlist in very small numbers, and will continue to do so throughout the next couple of weeks. Thanks for your patience as we navigate a very uncertain time â we know the wait can be tough!
We hope you are doing well.â
@SAYSA Today?
@gocollege2320 - yesterday - May 14
@SAYSA im pretty sure that was a copy and paste answerâsomeone who emailed CAS in the past received a pretty similar answer as well. It seems rude that they still send emails out like that given the fact that they sent out so many top choice emails, then was reported to stop accepting, since the email makes it seem like theyâre still reviewing apps.
A few transfer students to CALS were accepted on May 12. So the CALS administration office is open.
"âWeâve been taking students off the waitlist in very small numbers, and will continue to do so throughout the next couple of weeksââŠBruh this literally contradicts everything in that article⊠I frikin hate Cornell at this point
Would anyone be willing to email CAS admissions about the article with the quotes from the article and post the response here?
@Throwaway39429 - I didnât get provocative but mentioned the article and indicated disappointment that they will not take anymore. And asked if we should expect being released from WL at this point. The above I posted was their response. So they clearly donât want to release folks yet.
@SAYSA Perhaps you should take the stance that you will not be let off the waitlist and move on and if somehow you are taken off the waitlist it will then just be a pleasant surprise. For incoming freshman, they are already well into starting their checklist items anyway, dorm selections are in, placement tests are beginning, etc. Personally, I wouldnât want my child to have to suddenly have to play catch up with that mix.
And for those of you who keep saying you hate Cornell right now, just remember, you are not their top priority. There is a pandemic going on. Current students are in the middle of finals. Seniors are about to graduate and they are dealing with rescheduling graduation. Others have to register in early June. They have a large incoming freshman class already. They have numerous committees trying to work on whether or not it will be a possiatbility to open in the fall and if so, under what model. Classes are already set up to be a combination of in person, hybrid and remote. Who knows what Cornell will wind up with ultimately but we all want our students to be back, but again you are not at the top of their mind, nor is my kid, who does attend. That is something you will learn wherever you attend college. You may be hotsh*t now at your school, but at Cornell you are no different than every Tom, Dick and Harry. Thank god for that!
No matter what is going right now, I think itâs okay to feel that we should be a priority, even if we are not. We have every right to feel what we want-- I am also very confused right now and wish to hear back.
However, with everything else going on in the world right now, itâs chaotic. And we donât have that much control. What we can do is wait, and look forward to offers we already have. It has been extremely hard even for me to move on, but letâs be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed. Eventually, everything will work itself out 
I also believe that they are not taking us off the list because they are worried about students dropping out over the summer-- depending on how the pandemic turns out. It is certainly a very interesting year to be waitlisted. Remember, we are all feeling a similar way, and we are not alone in this.
Cornellâs top priority right now is the same that it has always been: money. Itâs all about the profit. That way they can continue to uphold their âivy standardâ, build extensive new buildings on campus and pay the big salaries of countless unnecessary administrative jobs (i.e. a âStudent Life Coordinatorâ). Then some of their already wealthy student body will eventually become alumni and contribute to their massive endowment.
Theyâll keep us on the waitlist so they can use us as a warped form of insurance in the summer, hoping weâll flood in to fill the tuition of other students refusing to do online school. We get mad at Cornell for not responding to emails most of the time, and if they do, sending cold, copy-paste responses. But weâd all go rushing back to forgive them if they were to accept us.
Nope, letâs not do that. For much less, weâll get the same level of education at the schools weâve enrolled at (and who by the way actually want us), especially when everything is online next year.