<p>Do they have a more holistic approach, or are they more stats driven?</p>
<p>Supposedly holistic, but the numbers do not lie</p>
<p>well if your stats are slightly below average but if you are clearly a perfect fit for the school you applied to (through ecs), would they accept you?</p>
<p>bumpppppppp</p>
<p>Let's hope so for my sake!! And yours I take it. :)</p>
<p>"take it?" what does that mean? (sry im really slow today :()</p>
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<blockquote> <p>well if your stats are slightly below average but if you are clearly a perfect fit for the school you applied to (through ecs), would they accept you?<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>I assume you fit the above description, that is why you are asking the question?</p>
<p>yea, im really worried that I wont get in though because of my slightly lower stats.</p>
<p>Welcome to my world.</p>
<p>I know Mr. Nance from MIT (yes, I know we are talking about Cornell here) says that if given the choice between numbers and fit -- they will always choose "fit" over numbers (stats). But...they probably (all the selective schools) receive so many applications that have both the numbers and the "fit".</p>
<p>iwannatopcollege: I have lower stats as well. They are still within the acceptable range (previously admitted students) but probably more along the lines of recruited athletes and the like. </p>
<p>I was waitlisted at a competitive in-state school in favor of other applicants who had lower stats but possibly were a better fit.</p>
<p>Now, I'm just hoping the reverse happens to me this go-around so I can restore my faith in the admissions process. LOL</p>
<p>i think its more holistic, I had a 3.3 GPA and a 1290 old SAT score and I was accepted into cornell</p>
<p>^^ not possible unless</p>
<p>a) u were a recruited athlete
b) ur dad donated more than $100million
c) ur dad's a Head of Department
d) u won Seimen's Westinghouse Fair
e) Ur a fourth generation legacy
f) u and ur gang threatened to beat the dean if he didn't
g) u dated the dean's daughter</p>
<p>h) all of the above</p>
<p>the hotel school usually has lower numbas.</p>
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And you are an adcom now, Arjun?</p>
<p>dude...ur sense of humour is so predicatble :rolleyes:
chill...i was just joking around
sheez...thought a joke would help calm ur nerves</p>
<p>arjun u talk such rubbish!...i'm just saying that cuz i have low stats and im hoping to get in :P</p>
<p>ok...if u guys were so offended (i still think it was a good joke though)
i apologize...
bonzls86, ur into cornell...take it from me, screw 'em adcoms...when the results come out, u'll be posting in the RD thread</p>
<p><em>smacks his head because he still thinks it was a good joke</em></p>
<p>looking at my previous stats, do you think I could get in through my ecs, personal situation, etc?</p>
<p>err...i saw ur "Should i send anything else" thread, but i don't seem to get what major / college u opted for?</p>