“By the official May 1 commitment day, Cornell received acceptances from 3,344 first-year students, a number that is ‘higher than our target,’ Burdick said.”
https://cornellsun.com/2020/05/13/cornell-receives-higher-than-target-admissions-acceptances-for-class-of-2024/
Cornell played the wait list well, utilizing it early to get a full class+ by May 1.
Something interesting to note is that Cornell has committed to not releasing an acceptance rate until the common data set comes out. They haven’t said how many total students were admitted, instead, they have only released the number of committed student (3344).
The reason this is important is because without knowing the total admitted students, nobody can tell how hard hit they were by COVID-19. They cite not wanting to contribute to the glorification of acceptance rates for this decision, which is a fair reason, but again, it would be impossible to tell what their yield is. It is very possible that they accepted a substantial amount more of students RD (in comparison to 2023) in order to account for COVID-19 thus they where able to keep waitlist usage lower. Overall, I don’t think using Cornell as an example for all ivies is a good idea just because we don’t have the full picture of their admissions yet. Again, all speculation, so take it with a grain of salt.
True. Hopefully, things work outttt.
Out of curiosity, if the waitlist does not work in our favor, where is everyone else headed?
I committed to Brown
I feel like the 14th is when we’ll start hearing about people receiving calls. However, I’m just guessing based off of previous years
@cruiserbruiser Congratulations! I committed to Cornell.
Would Harvard call people like teachers/guidance counselors?
Also, would 2nd-semester grades matter?
They may, if they wanna verify anything. Also, just get the grades in the back, they could want to review it… Regardless, try your best to finish the year out in a good way! 
Me too, Brown.
Off to Columbia(probably after a gap year because I’m not having freshman year on zoom)
I’m off to Berkeley for CS if this doesn’t work out
Dartmouth
@Waswas321123 What would you do if Harvard accepted you but said no gap year? That would make it a more difficult decision.
@giantoctopus I called the admissions office the day after decisions came out to ask about it, they said I can still defer. I really hope they honor that even though it was unofficial. My hope is that they will let however many students that want to defer this year to do so, then if they have to cut numbers it will come out of CO 2025.
If they don’t let me defer, I have to weigh my options based off the likelihood that my gap year program will actually run, since it’s in Israel. As of now it’s on, but if anything is called into question I may just play it safe and take Harvard.
Georgia Tech. Idk how I’m here.
does anyone know how far apart transfer decisions and waitlist decisions usually come out? because transfers already came out earlier this week
@catlip4 I think we all have a great shot…whether it be Yale/Princeton or a state school, the AOs saw something special in each of us, so we just gotta hope for the best!
I’m going to USC (Cali not Carolina haha) so I’m with you @catlip4 all of you are so amazing and you should be proud of your accomplishments no matter what happens
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