one last question, i’m not trying to sound petty or something but what do you mean by saying “Cornell is a stretch”? I thought Cornell is not as rigorous as Duke (i can understand the comparison between Cornell and Vandy tho) Do you mean as for academics on campus or admission? Cornell enrolls a solid number of students from my country and my domestic high school also sent a lot of kids to Cornell before, so people always told me that I have a shot applying there ED, but not Duke for Vandy.