<p>Is it true that because CALS and Human Ec are state funded schools that they have to accept more in-state New Yorkers even though that their credentials may be lower than a person from outer state?</p>
<p>No--- it used to be that way but it is no longer. I know in CALS, ~60% are in state mainly because a large majority of the applicants are instate so it would only make sense for a large population of NYers.</p>
<p>They don't have to accept more New Yorkers, but the number of New Yorker applicants compared with the rest of the applicant pool is huge, and the in-state acceptances reflect that, I believe. I've never heard of in-state acceptance quotas of any sort, but I may be wrong. I don't think the standards are lower for New Yorkers; there are simply more of us. I know 2 people from my Long Island school rejected from CALS with 1420's, ranked 8 and in the high teens, both with varsity athletics. That being said, the acceptances to the state funded schools from my high school do not reflect lower credentials and the rejected students were qualified applicants.</p>
<p>*eh, I posted this before I saw your post and basically repeated it, oh well</p>
<p>No. There is a significant percentage of NY residents in the applicant pool relative to the Endowed College applicant pool because of the tuition break. This in turn means that, statistically speaking, and especially assuming the distribution of quality students is equal across the pool and NY's are not too diluted because of a greater percentage of the state's students applying, a greater percentage of acceptances should be from NY. </p>
<p>The logic is along these lines: if you have 40 socks of the same size in a basket and 30 are blue, you would expect 3/4 of the socks you pick to be blue. So, likewise, if you have 40 students with equally distributed credentials regardless of state, 30 of which are from NY, you would expect 3/4 of the accepts to be from NY.</p>
<p>The case with cornell is not so drastic, but it's along those lines.</p>