<p>Okay so this is an odd question, but I was wondering how it effects your chances of getting in if other more qualified/ or less qualified kids from your high school also apply to Cornell. Does it hurt you or have no real effect?
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<p>R u an International or US resident?
If ur an international, It definitely hurts ur chances...a lot.
I'm not sure abt it if ur a US resident.</p>
<p>US resident</p>
<p>You mean affect not effect. It does affect your chances, though most colleges will state that it has no effect and that they are willing to take as many perfect fits as possible. That is just not true. Unless your school is accustomed to sending many kids to Cornell each year, Cornell will most likely hover around the number they usually accept from your school, and that number will include only the most qualified applicants.</p>
<p>Lucky me, I was only 1 of 3 kids who applied to Ivies and the only one who applied to Cornell (other 2 to Brown...didn't get in).</p>
<p>thanks bongoboy- sorry about the affect/effect- I guess I still haven't learned the difference. :)</p>
<p>Eh. My school normally gets up to half a dozen people accepted to HYPS per annum, and, this year, none were (though the daughter of two Harvard graduates decided to go WashU and withdrew her application). We may not have had quite as many brilliant people as we did last year, but there were definitely at least six people I know who were top-tier caliber and were snubbed, despite no one else from my school (and only one or two from my city) getting into those places.</p>
<p>So, basically, though it probably has some influence (perhaps because some of the same teachers will be writing the recommendations, as well--my Brit. Lit. teacher wrote four recommendations for Stanford), admissions still makes seemingly random decisions.</p>