<p>Back on topic, can someone please explain the program - HEOP (Higher Education Opportunity Program)-to me?
Cornell's website doesn't really give a clear explanation of the program at all.</p>
<p>Some questions:</p>
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<li><p>Are you first rejected from Cornell and then they consider your eligibility into the program?</p></li>
<li><p>There's a lot of ambiguity when they use the term "academically disadvantaged." So can someone care to explain what that means? Cornell considered me eligible for the program, but I don't believe my stats are what they deem "academically disadvantaged."</p></li>
<li><p>Does this program affect your degree at all?</p></li>
<li><p>What does the program offer besides financial aid?</p></li>
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<li>No, what happens is you identify yourself as an HEOP applicant. So now your in a whole different pool of applicants. </li>
<li>Academically disadvantage means that you would not get accepted regular admissions</li>
<li>Not at all. </li>
<li>You have to attend a summer program, and there are more resources available for you like mentoring and tutoring services.</li>
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<p>I don’t think number 2 is as cut and dry as apples18 does.
Academically disadvantaged means you might not have gone to a great high school. You still have to have amazing grades there to get into Cornell though.</p>
<p>Well I don’t know why they considered me academically disadvantaged…(99 GPA / 21xx SAT)
I didn’t even register for the program; they called me and asked if I wanted to join.</p>
<p>Those are factors like low Income, bad highschool but just being realistic it means you would not be admitted regular which is why they want you to do a summer program so you accommodate yourself to the environment.</p>
<p>I got into Cornell HEOP for college of engineering this year
Does anyone know what it means to be academically disadvantaged?
and is the summer school mandatory for all four years??</p>
<p>I attended Stuyvesant High School
and I have an unweighted 4.0 GPA
w/ high 2100s SAT score</p>
<p>I also participated in couple of programs hosted by Google
and have a lot of volunteering hours.</p>
<p>I was admitted also but EOP for ILR
Cornell’s definition of academically disadvantaged is a bit ambiguous. Every school that accepts students H/EOP has different requirements for what they will and won’t accept as being academically disadvantaged.
*For example a SUNY would consider an academically disadvantaged student as one who scores (GPA 75-85)
Cornell doesn’t place constraints on how low is too low, or how high is too high for someone academically disadvantaged. </p>
<p>But either ways, the idea is that your grades whether they be GPA SAT or ACT wouldn’t have been “good” or high enough for regular admission. </p>
<p>-Your grades are seemingly high so I’m guessing that the applicant pool for COE was very competitive this year. Also remember that your financial situation is taken into account.</p>
<p>The summer program isn’t required for all four years, only the summer entering Cornell.</p>
<p>During the admission process, in my Common Application for Cornell (and other schools) I selected a button stating that I wanted to be considered for H/EOP.
The application is the same as a regular cornell application, the only difference is that I had to go to Cornell’s H/EOP webpage where I checked if I meet the financial qualifications, which I did, I then completed the online Student Questionnaire’s and sent in a bunch of documents.
You’ll know if you got in because when you receive your admission results that will state, you have been admitted for H/EOP, however, your acceptance is conditional.
(Conditional because you have to attend and finish their pre-freshmen summer program)</p>
<p>HEOP qualifications is different in private NY schools. Like I don’t even think you need to be “academically disadvantaged” but like if your finances are low, they will consider you :). Cornell HEOP/EOP is hard to get in because people who applied do have high Stats! Unfortunately, I got denied from EOP probably because my stats were way too low!</p>