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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am considering applying to Cornell early decision this fall. I would like to know:</p>

<p>1.) I know Cornell's acceptance rate for ED is like 43%. But when talking indivudal colleges, what is the EARLY DECISION acceptance rate to the College of Arts and Sciences, and perhaps other colleges that allow me to do my pre-medicine requirements? And I would like to know Early Decision rates only.</p>

<p>2.) Also, there are those really high acceptance rates into the Ivies when you apply to a certain college at a certain time. For example, acceptance rate for WOMEN at the College of Engineering at Cornell is about 54%. I would imagine that ED, for women, it is perhaps near 70%. Simply because of the rarity of women in the engineering field. </p>

<p>--Thus my ultimate question is that, does anyone the individual EARLY DECISION acceptance rates of the colleges (i.e Arts and Sciences, Engineering) of other Ivy Leagues that have high ED acceptance rates?
(I would like to say that I am a male so engineering doesn't go to my benefit)</p>

<p>Thanks a lot for your help. I just want to say that I want to optimize my chances at Early Decision. </p>

<p>For a quick glance at my academic stats, I have an SAT I of 1480 and SAT IIS of Math IIC - 800, IC- 760, Bio- 790, Physics- 790, Latin- 750, Writing- 640 and I am finishing with 7 AP classes - BIO, Chem, Phys B, BC Calc, AB Calc, Latin Vergil, and Eng Lang. In addition, I have great extra-curriculars which I do not feel like expounding and also solid grades with a solid average of about an 88 at a well distinguished boarding school at Deerfield Academy. At my school, around 33% of the graduating classes get accepted into ivy leagues although most are athletes, legacies, and URMS. However, my average is on target for some of the top universities. </p>

<p>Currently, although I had been accepted to several great colleges including JHU, Vanderbilt, Michigan, Bowdoin, and others, my luck did not fare out at Cornell, a school I truly want to attend beyond its academic caliber and name. </p>

<p>Currently, I am taking a year off/abroad. I had decided early during the summer before senior year that I would take a year off to go do research work and community service at a medical college in India. Thus, I probably will give my shot at applying Early decision this fall to one of the best colleges. </p>

<p>Once again, I really appreciate the help you provide in these forums. Just reading about the schools and about other people gives me an impression of where I stand and where I should aim for.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>im also wondering also about ED at arts and sciences...someone please?</p>

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<p><a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/undergrad.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/undergrad.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Even though the following link: <a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/undergrad.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/undergrad.htm&lt;/a> has an abundance of statistics, the one that it does not provide and the one that I am concerned about is:</p>

<p>1.) What is the EARLY DECISION ACCEPTANCE RATES to EACH College?
For example: The ED Rate is perhaps around 42%, and the Overall<br>
acceptance rate for the College of Arts and Sciences
is about 28% and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
is about 29%. </p>

<p>Thus, my question is, What is the EARLY DECISION acceptance rate to the Coll of Arts and Sciences and the EARLY DECISION acceptance rate to the Coll. of Agriculture and Life Sciencs? </p>

<p>1.) For any of the Ivy Leagues plus Duke, Stanford, and JHU, are there any high EARLY DECISION acceptance rates to specific colleges (i.e Arts and Sciences, Engineering) of the universities???</p>

<p>-For example, acceptance rate for WOMEN at the College of Engineering at Cornell is about 54%. I would imagine that ED rate for the Engineering college, for women, it is perhaps near 70%. Simply because of the rarity of women in the engineering field., the rate is so high and thus easy to get in.</p>

<p>(I would like to say that I am a male so engineering doesn't go to my benefit)</p>

<p>My goal is to do pre-med and I want to know particularly which of those universities I have listed above have high ED Rates to certain colleges such as Engineering or Arts and Sciences.</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>first off, you should figure out what you want from a college. It would take a person who is pretty apathetic about their college experience to want to apply to all the ivies. they're very different schools. great academics for sure, but the environments vary greatly.</p>

<p>quite frankly, I think that calculating and figuring out all these statistics is a waste of your time. you'd be better off planning your applications and deciding which colleges you actually want to attend than figuring out at which ones you seemingly have the greatest chance of acceptance.</p>

<p>A high acceptance rate reflects more on the quality and size of the applicant pool. Fewer students apply ED; better matched students with better formed applications apply ED; naturally there will be a higher acceptance rate. </p>

<p>with regard to finding out those numbers, they're kind of obscure evidently. i'd suggest calling the school. good luck, and dont double post :p</p>

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<p>If a school is going to take you, it's going to take you. No statistics can predict what will happen specifically to YOU.</p>

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<p>dude, why would u take a year off. Go to JHU or something, that's a great school and you could stay there or transfer to Cornell. I hope you at least arranged so you could matricutlate a year later with that school.</p>

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<p>I was waitlisted at JHU and then given the chance to get off, but since I wanted to defer, they moved on to the next waitlisted applicant. However, I am confident I will probably get accepted again. However, I really wanted to take a year off to really strengthen my sciences and thus go through with pre-med in a breeze. </p>

<p>However, I really want to go to Cornell and I am going to apply ED. I want to know for pre-med, what college and major will give me the best chance to apply ED to?</p>

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<p>The field in which you are most interested.</p>

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<p>what, JHU "claims" they took 0 from the waitlist... Yo no comprendo. I got accepted there, but they claim they took no one off the list.</p>

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<p>If you want to ED cornell why would you post the same thread in all of the Ivy boards?</p>

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<p>oh wow...got him there, lol</p>

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<p>None of this makes any sense. </p>

<p>Wants premed, but not at Hopkins, Michigan, or Bowdoin. Accepted from the waitlist at a place that did not accept anyone from the waitlist. Wants Cornell, but does not care which school.</p>

<p>Is this a gag?</p>

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<p>apply to the cornell college you feel best matches your interests and goals. for pre-med its usually CAS, Eng. or CALS. acceptance rates don't matter. they don't change your statistics or ability to get into cornell. they fluctuate at cornell between college in a great part because of differences in the values of that particular college, size of applicant pool, yield for that college, etc... a cornell university college with a higher acceptance rate is NOT necessarily easier for YOU personally to get into.</p>

<p>you will have the best chance at the college you are best matched to</p>

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I was waitlisted at JHU and then given the chance to get off, but since I wanted to defer, they moved on to the next waitlisted applicant. However, I am confident I will probably get accepted again. However, I really wanted to take a year off to really strengthen my sciences and thus go through with pre-med in a breeze. </p>

<p>However, I really want to go to Cornell and I am going to apply ED. I want to know for pre-med, what college and major will give me the best chance to apply ED to?

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<p>I simply don't see how taking a year off could strengthen your sciences and thus help you, in your own words, "go through with pre-med in a breeze".</p>

<p>Are you planning to undertake all the premed the usual premed reqs in one year in addition of doing research and volunteer work at a medical college? Yes no? That would take up most if not all of your time.</p>

<p>Be rational about what you plan to do. </p>

<p>Also the latter part of your post makes you rub off as quite desperate to get into cornell. Are you so infatuated with cornell that you are will to apply as whatever major and whatever school is needed in order to gain acceptance?</p>

<p>Personally i wouldn't have taken the year off. I would have instead gone to college and then proceed to apply as a transfer to cornell. Many of the state affiliated schools within cornell has a high transfer acceptance rate.</p>