<p>Does legacy (father went there) bulster my chances at Cornell ED? If so, how much?</p>
<p>Also just wondering, how fast do pitchers have to throw to play Cornell Baseball?</p>
<p>Did your father go there undergrad? if so, your chances increase by approx. 45%</p>
<p>[Legacy’s</a> Advantage May Be Greater Than Was Thought - Students - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“Legacy’s Advantage May Be Greater Than Was Thought”>Legacy’s Advantage May Be Greater Than Was Thought)</p>
<p>God, I hate people like you, lol.</p>
<p>But yeah, improves your chances greatly.
If your parents are professors at Cornell, basically a free ticket in.</p>
<p>I have a similar question. Does it help if my grandfather donated a building and it bears my family’s name? I believe the building is called “Weill Hall” or something.</p>
<p>Not sure, but if Cornell knows that you are related to him, I would assume so.
He donated an entire building after all.</p>
<p>^ He was trolling. Says Cornell '16 under his name.</p>
<p>Well, Saugus could have been asking if the fact that his grandfather donated a considerable amount of money to Cornell helped him get accepted into the college.</p>
<p>He could be the grandson of Sanford I. Weill.
If so, let’s be friends. Lol xD</p>
<p>^
Nah, I got into Cornell on my own, just like how Abby Huntsman got into UPenn…</p>
<p>Dishonored - My parents arent professors there. My dad went there undergrad.</p>
<p>^
@budyboy
Yeah, I know.
I’m just pointing out how broken the system is.
People with legacy have a significantly better chance of admittance, and those who have parents working at Cornell are pretty much guaranteed to get in.</p>
<p>But that’s how everything is nowadays. The world’s not a meritocracy.</p>
<p>if i have a unweighted gpa of 3.77 or 3.8, an sat score of 2150, and have legacy. How much of a chance do i have.</p>
<p>What’s the SAT I score breakdown?</p>
<p>As I’ve posted in other threads before, Cornell does not consider the Writing section of the SAT, so the scale is out of 1600.</p>
<p>Also, what were your SAT II test scores, race, gender and which department are you applying to?</p>
<p>Nah, in fact, if you’re a legacy they’ll actually go out of their way to reject you.</p>
<p>Come on now, lol. Of course it’ll help. You’ll still have to be in the ballpark to get that legacy boost, and your chances would’ve been even better if you applied ED like many legacies do. But I do think your chances look pretty good if you’re an aspiring hotelie or ILR’er, provided you have the EC’s to match. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>The party line is that being a legacy helps only those who apply Early Decision. Cornell feels that if being a legacy was so important to you, you would have applied there Early Decision (where there definitely is a benefit).</p>
<p>Not true on ED vs. RD. Cornell is clear on the bar being higher for ED admittance. If you are legacy and believe you may be borderline in terms of your profile, there’s no shame in applying RD. Plenty of legacies have been accepted RD.</p>
<p>Cornell Ad Com announced at on-campus info session that if one’s application needed the consideration afforded a legacy applicant, one must apply ED or that consideration disappears in the RD round. Now, this is not to say that legacy applicants will not be admitted in the RD round. I know some very strong candidates who were.</p>
<p>I really like chemistry, but i dont know what school i should apply to</p>
<p>I really like chemistry, but i dont know what school to apply to</p>
<p>A&S for Chemistry?</p>
<p>Yeah, the legacies that I know who got into Cornell all applied ED. Some of them got in, some of them were deferred, and a couple were rejected. I think a lot of the deferrees received guaranteed transfers in March/April (which is what I’m hoping to get, haha).</p>