More in the history 
There is no break-down of each college though.
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| offered waitlist | 3143 | 3583 | 4571 | 5714 | 6683 | 4948 | 6750 |
| % of applicants offered waitlist | 7.3% | 8.6% | 10.2% | 12.1% | 13.0% | 10.1% | 13.1% |
| accepted waitlist | 2026 | 2231 | 2874 | 3723 | 4546 | 3362 | 4791 |
| admitted off waitlist | 96 | 81 | 61 | 75 | 164 | 147 | 190 |
| accept waitlist | 64.5% | 62.3% | 62.9% | 65.2% | 68.0% | 67.9% | 71.0% |
| accp rate of total accepted | 4.7% | 3.6% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 3.6% | 4.4% | 4.0% |
I’m gonna guess and say they waitlisted at least 8000 people
Thank you!
Based on the historical data they waitlisted more than 2,500 on average!
LMAO 8000???! Like how am I supposed to get in if they waitlist that many people ;((
I think you should base it more on the college and program you applied to determine your situation
8,000 sounds a big number, but it may happen. Cornell admitted 5,514 students in 2020, while waitlisted 6,750. This year, 5,863 were admitted. The waitlist may be even longer than 6,750.
That’s true. According the post on cc last year, there were some people got off the list in CAS and engineering, but I didn’t see anyone from CALS other than a few TO in the end of June. That may also be connected to the high yield in CALS.
I think it might have to do with the fact that CALS is the state side so a lot of students are from NY. They probably would go.
That makes sense.
Which school is most likely going to admit many students from the waitlist?
Is Dyson considered a very competitive school at Cornell?
That’s really difficult to predict. From past threads it has varied. For instance, according to the Cornell University Waitlist Class of 2022 thread here on CC, the year prior in 2017 (class of 2021) the College of Engineering didn’t go to the wait list at all but then in 2018 for the C/O 2022 there were several students offered admission to the COE from the wait list. It all depends. Who accepts and who doesn’t accept. How many accept and how many don’t accept. How many students on the wait list fit the demographic/interest of the spots that may or may not become available.
Maybe but I don’t think so and I’ll tell you why. Someone mentioned that CALS is a contract college which might have an influence on their high yield. We have to remember that each college manages their own applications and they are well aware of their yield. They each have their own set of data to base their predictions off of for each class. CALS might have a larger yield but they expect that and account for that. While colleges like CAS or engineering have much lower yields and account for that when making offers too. Students applying to contract colleges aren’t necessarily disadvantaged bc of a higher yield but I would say that NY residents might have an advantage (idk if this is true for the WL). From my previous post you can see that sometimes students don’t come off of wait lists with lower yields like engineering (a non contract college). Yield doesn’t determine your chances of being accepted from the wait list. It changes year to year and comes down to a good number of factors. I’m assuming you applied to CALS and I hope what I am about to say gives you some solace. Your chances of being accepted off the wait list will NOT be hurt bc of the high yield and you will still have the possibility to be considered for TO bc it’s a contract college which is a great path towards an education at Cornell. And say you do get the TO. You work hard wherever you go and get accepted to Cornell (not guaranteed) and now you have connections at the school you attend for a year AND Cornell. I am definitely not saying this is your outcome but I am saying it’s a great option that you aren’t necessarily reduced to just bc that was the outcome for students last year. You very well may get accepted off the wait list and you may get the TO, who knows. All we can do is hope and I hope that your outcome is favorable, good luck!
EDIT: 1.) Sorry for typing so much, I struggle with brevity. 2.) I am not saying I am right or anything just relaying the info I have read and what not.
no need to apologize, I actually found it quite interesting
I’m glad you found my rambling interesting!
Dyson is one of the most competitive schools at Cornell. It’s acceptance rate is below 3%
For every gender?
edit: curious because another school’s is different by a notable amount
Dyson was 3% only the first two years of its existence.
Last 2 years it has been 6.4% and 8%.
source: Undergraduate admissions - Institutional Research & Planning
Well said. Thanks for sharing the analysis. Wish you all the best of luck!