<p>Asking to apply?
I was so surprised by the letter I got. I remember a few months ago, I was on a website and a college was interested in me due to my resume (background, academics), I thought it was Cornell College and I got excited. Then I found out that Cornell College is different from Cornell University (LOL).</p>
<p>A few days ago, I got a letter from Cornell University asking me to consider applying to their school. I was so surprised!</p>
<p>I'm sure they are using me to raise up their selective rate since I have average grades and horrible test scores. But everyone keeps on telling me to apply so I'm gonna give it a shot.</p>
<p>How did you guys feel about getting a letter? Are you going to apply?</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t see a reason for anyone not to apply to Cornell. Its supplement essay is pretty basic, and Cornell is not as selective relative to other colleges in its league</p>
<p>“I don’t see a reason for anyone not to apply to Cornell”</p>
<p>How about frivolously wasting your parents money?
How about wasting your GC and rec letter writers’ time?
How about playing with your ego?</p>
<p>I recruit for an Ivy and I’m not over the top whatsoever. I tell students and parents that IF your kid is one of the top handful of academics in the school the they might be viable.</p>
<p>Funkymunky: look at Cornell’s freshmen stats. how do you compare? Are you way left in terms of scores and GPA? Are you among the top students in your HS? How have previous seniors with your similar stats/accomplishments fared? Decide based on that-- is my advice.</p>
<p>I have to agree with Peppino. Money and time could simply be considered as investments.
I believe that there is more to an applicant than just test scores.</p>
<p>I agree with all of you. I would like to think that college is not a frivolous waste of time and money, but my parents would say otherwise. And who is paying for a large portion of tuition? Unless you can get lots of scholarships and such</p>
<p>@Peppino Your response to T26E4 is a straw man argument. He/She never said applying to college was a frivolous waste of time and money, they said it could be, especially if you weren’t remotely qualified.
There are people at my school who apply to some of the top schools who have a 0% shot of being accepted, so they are, in fact, wasting their money.</p>
<p>It is up to FunkyMonkey to determine if he thinks he is a viable applicant or not based off test scores, gpa, and EC’s.</p>
<p>Colleges send out a lot of marketing materials. It doesn’t cost them anything to ask someone to apply and then reject them. Look at your school’s Naviance to see how you stack up relative to your classmates who were admitted, it will give you a pretty good idea of what your chance is. It is a lot better than “Chance me thread” here. Cornell practices holistic admissions, but applicants still need minimum thresh hold to get a seat on the table. They need to be able get pass page 3 of common app.</p>
<p>@unicorn: The OP says he/she has avg grades and “horrible” test scores. Don’t know what those are but the first words out of my mouth wouldn’t be “apply!”</p>
<p>your advice to the OP is exactly NOT the kind of advice I give at college info sessions. I completely believe your belief that Cornell is wonderful. But why would I promote the college to a broad audience which will include those with no remote chance of acceptance with such broad assertions like “you must apply!”</p>
<p>You must be more nuanced and frank about promoting a school as selective as Cornell . </p>
<p>That’s my experience in over 20 yrs giving info sessions.</p>