Early Applications Decrease For First Time Since 2003

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<p>Link to Cornell Sun Article
Early</a> Applications Decrease For First Time Since 2003 | The Cornell Daily Sun

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The number of early decision applicants for next fall’s entering class decreased by slightly less than four percent, after continuously increasing during the last seven years, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions reported Thursday. This year, the University received 3,456 early decision applications — 138 less than last fall.</p>

<p>Last fall, 3,594 Class of 2014 hopefuls applied to the University under its binding early decision plan. During the round of admissions for the Class of 2008, only 2,546 early applications were received.

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<p>yay…higher chances for ED poeple to get in…lol jk</p>

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<p>Does anyone think this is because of the unfortunate, uncharacteristic suicides last year? Those caught my daughter’s attention, but she overlooked them when thinking about actual applications. If it were the economic situation, ALL expensive schools would feel a decrease in ED applicants. Obviously, that’s not the case for many.</p>

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<p>The change in Early Decision applications this year, 3456 applicants, compared to last year’s, 3594 applicants, is not a significant decline.
Just six years ago there were 2,546 early decision applicants.
Nothing grows forever. :)</p>

<p>and Brown has experienced the same leveling off this year with a slight decline in Early Decision Applications

[“Early</a> applications nearly steady” “The Brown Daily Herald”](<a href=“http://www.browndailyherald.com/early-applications-nearly-steady-1.2401688]"Early”>http://www.browndailyherald.com/early-applications-nearly-steady-1.2401688)</p>

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<p>The slight decline in ED applicants almost definitely has nothing to do with the suicides (Cornell’s yield rate last spring remained the same as previous years, and that should be a better barometer).</p>

<p>Most likely, it has to do with the economy (more students want to see which school gives them the best financial aid) and the fact that the number of 17 and 18 year-olds applying to college this year is less than the past two years.</p>

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<p>IT may also have something to do with Cornell being the easiest ivy. Who would want to go to an ivy that’s easy (and thus not as good as the other ivies) to get into?</p>

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<p>^I don’t think so yalefanboy, because Yale had a slight decline in its SCEA pool this year.</p>

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<p>many of my friends chose to apply to duke, northwestern and penn over cornell for ed because they thought they were “better schools.” could cornell, the school some refer to as the “fake ivy”, be losing out on the marketing game?</p>

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<p>Well, if you look at most rankings other than the USNWR, you’ll find that Cornell is higher ranked than the schools that you have just mentioned. I honestly don’t understand why it’s so lowly ranked on USNWR; it has one of the strongest engineering programs, not to mention the strongest one out of the Ivies.</p>

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<p>iamnapp// many of your friends must be ■■■■■■■■ because cornell generally beats duke and northwestern. for a fact, cornell beats duke in cross-admits, and it is fair to assume that duke beats northwestern in cross admits, which completes the equation: cornell > duke> NW.</p>

<p>yes, cornell is ranked lower than penn, but if you put wharton out of equation, then cornell isn’t very lower than penn. cornell’s cas is comparable with penn cas, and cornell’s engineering most definitely rapes that of penn.</p>

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<p>also the aesthetic schools - art and architecture. cornell is boss. not to mention hotel?</p>

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<p>IMO, of the schools mentioned, this is the overall ranking: Cornell > UPenn > Duke > Northwestern</p>