<p>Hi, I am a high school senior who applied Cornell ED and got deferred.
After finishing my RD college apps, I've been working on my financial aid forms. </p>
<p>I've been just wondering if one of the reasons I was deferred from Cornell ED was that I applied for financial aid.
I know that Cornell's FA policy is need-blind for U.S. citizens/permanent residents, but
after I applied I e-mailed my regional director, a person would be reading my application first, a question regarding FA forms.</p>
<p>FA office and the undergrad admissions office work separately so the adcoms would never know about a student's FA status;
however, after reading my e-mail my regional director learned that I applied for FA, and with other factors I received a deferral letter.
Of course, there must be some problems with my college application primarily, but I think my FA e-mail issue
also had some impact on my decision. </p>
<p>What do you people think? I know there's no point of asking and it's dangerous to assume but I've just been wondering.
I really hope to get in Cornell during RD- it's still my dream school, although I've also applied to around ten more schools.</p>
<p>Thank you so much, and Happy Lunar New Year!</p>
<p>There are so many factors which seem to affect admit decisions sometimes you think they just pull names out of a hat. It is hard to believe that they completely ignore financial aid requests because obviously the schools need some full paying students to be able to balance their books...my son did get in ED despite needing financial aid but perhaps it was the school he applied to?, the region he is from?, etc. etc. Did other students from your school apply and get in? A few years ago my daughter applied to Brown regular decision the same year the daughter of the superintendent got in; guess who got accepted?-the only person from the school to go to Brown that year. Was money a factor? Who knows. But in any case my daughter is very happy where she is now, so try not to be too upset about it. Each school has its good and bad points, really!</p>
<p>i think Cornell is rich enough to look past the FA part of an applicant and assess his or her merit first
btw, Cornell is need-blind to US and Canadian citizens and permanent residents, so if you are in this category, your FA application shouldn't be the reason for your deferral</p>