<p>So I applied to college of human ecology and I got a call today from a student there asking me if I had any questions. Does this call have any bearing on my admissions decision?</p>
<p>you are funny</p>
<p>i got the call too lol i’m guessing that everyone gets it</p>
<p>That is not true, everyone does not get the call. I remember reading a thread about students getting a “call” right before admission decisions were released. The vast majority who received the call, also received admission to the school.</p>
<p>that is more myth than anything imo. Unless you get a likely letter (or unlikely letter if there is one haha), don’t overthink something like this. Normal “alumni interviews” don’t affect acceptance at all, i doubt this one would. Just wait it out :)</p>
<p>@UVA</p>
<p>Do you think you can find the thread? And is this only for the College of HE?</p>
<p>@Antiflamer</p>
<p>I agree that the call doesn’t mean much, but to say that alumni interviews mean nothing seems a little outgoing. I don’t see why they would have the interviews if they didn’t mean anything. That said, I mainly just hope the interview counts for something haha because i think mine went pretty well. In the end, nothing matters until March 30th at 5:00 pm…</p>
<p>My alumnus told me himself that “the interview” doesn’t matter at all for admission. It’s an info session. He laughed at how prepared i was :)</p>
<p>haha then there is no hope for me!</p>
<p>@Antiflamer, my alumnus told me there is a report, but it is treated as a sort of elaboration on what you’ve already told them, and to address any issues you may think you’ve got in your app. But also, it is most certainly an information session, and I think that’s the primary goal.</p>
<p>Anyone from the CAS get one?</p>
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*Dear Student,</p>
<p>I regret to inform you that it is very likely that you will be rejected on April 1st, assuming you continue your current level of mediocrity. We at the admissions office were particularly surprised by your terrible application and did not want you to get your hopes up. Best of luck elsewhere, you might as well not even open your letter next month.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Cornell Admissions*</p>
<p>@ billymc is that real :s</p>
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Oh yes. Included was an application fee refund, consisting of $34 in Monopoly money, with the words “Cornell Cash” scribbled on the bills. There was also half of a $100 “Cornell Cash” bill, noting that I could never actually use the money, being permanently barred from campus (including being placed on a blacklist for graduate school). They get sent out in alphabetical order, and my name is Aasef Aaber, so beware…</p>
<p>@BillyMc</p>
<p>Worst day ever!!! I live 15 minutes away from Ithaca, and I got mine today. My last name starts with As_______ :(</p>
<p>I didn’t really believe it, but the Dean’s Note at the end explained things.</p>
<p>Postscript: This year, we are letting student interns design the unlikely letters, to free up our time for more important people. I apologize for their hilarious antics. My deepest condolences.</p>
<p>Isaac Asimov’s grandson just posted about it on his blog, too, so I’m not surprised you got yours.</p>
<p>I can only find reference to these in one other year on this forum, I guess people are understandably ashamed.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why people feel the need to be so mean about questions that others are asking. This is the first time that these kids are applying to colleges and it is only natural that they are going to be excited about the prospect of a potential “hint” that they may have a good chance at getting in. And particularly if this is their dream school. So everyone should try to give these kids kind answers even if they may not be what the kids want to hear.</p>
<p>Kids are here to learn about how things work. Sugar-coated lies do not help them that much. I was being pretty objective here.</p>
<p>Antiflamer - I was not talking about you. I agree you were being objective and you told the OP your opinion in a kind way as to let them know that it probably doesn’t mean anything but you were not nasty about it anyway. I agree that things should not be sugar coated but there are always nice ways to let them know and then there are the comments that probably make them afraid to ask other questions.</p>
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Oh, I wasn’t trying to be mean. I did the “unlikely letter” thing as an exercise in relieving stress through humor. Plus, I made myself the target of the “unlikely letter,” in self-parody. I think a lot of people are stressed out about this stuff, so there should be a degree of understanding.</p>