<p>Cause I do!
SAT I 590 CR 750 M 530 W
SAT II 660 Math II 650 US History 620 Physics
Rank 2 of 592
GPA Weighted 4.04?
May list everything else later...</p>
<p>But I got accepted! Numbers don't mean anything! And to all those were were intimidated before by the scores people had like I had to even post here, there's nothing to be afraid of now. Post away. Anything can happen if you really showed the uniqueness you have to give to Cornell.</p>
<p>And Congratz to everyone who was accepted, and to those who were deferred and rejected, but had awesome stellar grades, this rejection is only tell you that you can do better. Don't settle for this college, go for something more! <--- That's what I really believe!</p>
<p>Does anyone have some foundational insight to what does matter if not numbers and stats? Not asking this to be dumb, do you think the essays had a lot to do with it?</p>
<p>Your Grades through out the years show if you are a hard worker all the time and such. Your GPA and class rank shows how competitive you school is and how well you can perform in your school. Your essay is suppose to be where you fight for you right into college and to provide UNIQUENESS about yourself. So don't try to be like everyone else. They want different interesting people. Your EC should be tell them how long you dedicated yourself to those activities. Basically, you have to show Dedication and UNIQUENESS in everything.</p>
<p>This might apply to RD more than ED, but I think that they reject some people with high SATs like 2300+ not because they don't fit, but the admission people might think that the applicants belong in a better school like Harvard, and may not want to offer a position only to be turned down.... but that's what I think =/</p>
<p>I got rejected from CAS with a 2210... My teacher said my essay was really good, too... I was so bummed out, all I could just do was stare for several hours. I wasn't even sure what to think. All that went through my mind was that everything I'd been through in high school was for nothing...</p>
<p>But anyway, congrats to everyone! Wish me luck at my other schools, too... (I'll always regret not being a Cornellian deep in my heart, though)</p>
<p>Try applying to higher IVY leagues, if you still want to. My belief is, Cornell did not reject you because you were not good enough, it's that they thought they you could do better at a higher school, and you were technically too good for them.
So you could always apply and probably get into UPENN, BROWN < Heard was still easy to get into, or even other colleges. You can always transfer in if you still are persistent.</p>
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<p>Cornell doesn't discriminate against higher numbers. If you look at acceptance statistics, Cornell accepts a much higher percentage of high-stat applicants than they do lower-stat applicants. It is also telling that, as you go up the SAT score/class rank bracket, declared intent to enroll actually increases. I'm not denying that there could be an element of Tufts Syndrome in admissions here, but what you are describing is fundamentally inaccurate. They presumably still lose a portion of these students to more selective schools, like Harvard and Yale, but Cornell does not turn down applicants because it thinks they're "too good."</p>
<p>On another note, it's difficult to judge decisions here because we have specific colleges with their own criteria for admissions. The Hotel school might turn down a high-stat applicant over one with outstanding extracurricular involvement. It would be misleading to say that the higher stat applicant was too good, because Cornell seems to look more for academic fit.</p>
<p>Playhacker - Nope. See, ED is a binding contract, so if a high quality student applies to Cornell ED, admissions know that person, if accepted, will definitely go there. It makes no sense that Cornell would turn down an exceptional student who has signed a binding contract to go to Cornell if accepted, because that person is "too good". Chances are that although FireAdept is probably very intelligent, he/she either isn't a good fit for Cornell, or didn't convey that fit well enough in essays. You're right, s/he'll probably go on to another great school.</p>
<p>Or maybe they messed up this year and all the people who were supposed to be rejected got accepted and vice versa. Wow, wouldn't that suck for all of us?</p>
<p>Don't say that! I'll freak out so badly. I'll even SUE if I that happened. I'm pretty sure they didn't screw up though. Seems too delicate of a thing to do. Besides, they had to omput the information before hand, and supposedly check the information, hopefully to double check.</p>
<p>Thanks for the support guys, but I think it was my GPA that killed me. But you also may be right that my essays didn't show that I was academically weak so much as just not the "right fit". Hopefully that's not just wishful thinking.... Still, I'll try other Ivies, just in case the planets decide to arrange themselves perfectly just for me, so wish me luck! I'm still sore about being rejected from CAS, but congratulations to you guys! And don't doubt yourself playhacker, you got that letter of acceptance because they felt you truly deserved it and they WANTED you for their school! You clearly showed that you have what it takes to be a Cornellian (of which I admit I'm a bit jealous) so don't devalue yourself, and appreciate the amazing opportunity you've been given. Everyone who was accepted was accepted because they deserved to be.</p>
<p>Also, I am a guy, although I'm kinda starting to wish that I was a girl (not in a creepy way) if it would give me an advantage in college applications, lol. :P</p>
<p>My thoughts: I bet there are plenty of applicants with 2300+ and 4.0 gpa's who show no real world experiences in their essays and whos only ECs are key club, NHS or volunteering. News flash, that doesnt cut it any more. I got accepted to CoE with subpar stats probably because I did not not traditional things like take an Organic chemistry class and do research with the professor. Also about the essays, I bet thousands of people wrote about how volunteering has helped them realize the plight of the poor, or how leading people has inspired them to do something. I think my essay was fantastic, and it was about how trained a spanish speaking bus boy at my job, even though I have a limited knowledge of spanish, and how that made me realize that because he sought hard work, he should be given it because a desire to work is as American as apple pie (and yes, this was only 600 words). I also explored how although each of us come from totally different cultures, we are not as different as we originally thought. </p>
<p>If you want to get in, do something different. Throw some kind of academic "hail marry". The numbers get you considered, the EC/essays get you in.</p>