Do applicants to different colleges have different aceptance rates

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Topic.</p>

<p>Also, do the colleges each have their own adcoms that make admissions decisions, or does cornell as a whole have one adcom?</p>

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<p>yes, yes, and no</p>

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<p>Which ones are the hardest colleges to get into?</p>

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<p>The ones you don’t fit into. Anyone who says anything else is a liar.</p>

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<p>They highly discourage internal transfers… so just apply to the college you would want to stay in.</p>

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<p>I will provide the numbers, but the interpretation of these numbers is completely up to you.</p>

<p>It is still best to apply to the college(s) that most align with your interests/potential major.</p>

<p><a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>What’s particularly interesting is the yield numbers – if you do the calculations. Hotel has a very high yield … and Arts and Sciences much less so.</p>

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<p>It’s probably because Hotel is more about “fit” whereas CAS is just one big college where the large majority of normal applicants apply.</p>

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<p>The “special mission” colleges hopefully tend to attract applicants who actually want their particular programs of study. These programs of study are not identically available at the vast gamut of institutions nationwide. Therefore it would be unsurprising to me if the yields for these colleges was relatively high. </p>

<p>By contrast, Arts & Sciences is a program of study available ubiquitously, at zillions of institutions, The widespread availability has the effect of lowering the yield for Arts & sciences colleges, as a group. When I looked at this some time ago, CAS yield was similar to the yields at reputable standalone Arts & Sciences colleges such as Vassar and Amherst.</p>

<p>There are features of cornell that particular students pursuing Arts & sciences programs may variously prefer or disprefer. Some may prefer, or not, a different location. Some may prefer, or not, a smaller, more homogeneous student body, without the company of the special purpose colleges. Some may prefer, or not, to be at an institution without a large graduate school. These all factor into matriculation decisions of these students, with varying results based on personal preference. These factors may be less of a consideration for applicants to the more specialized colleges because there are simply fewer alternative colleges that are truly academically comparable for their particular interests. Or, for the case of in-staters applying to the contract colleges, cost-comparable.</p>