<p>So I hear varying stories... Obviously one should never apply to a school where he/she wouldnt be comfortable at, but how much easier is it to get in actuality?</p>
<p>I looked up the stats and it seems that they have a 33-34% admit rate, which seems high... Is this a particularly self selecting pool or what?</p>
<p>Also, the SAT distribution says that only around 30 percent of admitted students scored 700-800 in at least one section (M or CR) of the SAT...</p>
<p>So ya, lemme know... </p>
<p>Also, do they hold the reputation for being more number oriented? Do they care more bout courseload? Interest level? Essays?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>a bunch of people apply to ILR b/c it has the reputation of being a good pre-law program even if you dont plan on doing labor/employment law in law school…</p>
<p>a bunch of people apply to ILR b/c they’re kind to transfers…basically you go to comm college for 2 years transfer into ILR and have the prestige of a CORNELL BACHELOR OF SCIENCE…</p>
<p>Freshman acceptance rate was actually 25% last year. I also think they have the highest test scores among the contract colleges (someone posted a pdf that had that info in another thread).</p>
<p>ILR is not very numbers-oriented, and cares more about perceived interest and fit. The matriculation rate is about 2/3 (which is exceptionally high, similar to other top-of-the-field majors, or Princeton’s generally), which suggests that ILR applicants are a pretty self-selecting bunch. </p>
<p>The freshmen in ILR’s Class of 2012 has a mean SAT score of 1372, which essentially guarantees more than 30% (probably the majority, although this depends on the correlations of M and V scores) would have scored above 700 on one test. [ILR</a> Class of 2012 members among top students nationally](<a href=“http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/Classof2012_082808.html]ILR”>http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/Classof2012_082808.html)</p>
<p>My guess is that SAT scores among incoming transfer applicants would be lower than those for incoming freshmen, but I don’t know a cite for these numbers. Furthermore, it’s been argued (convincingly, by CayugaRed2005) that the statutory colleges will likely reallocate spots from freshmen admits to transfers for budgetary reasons. Combined with larger applicant pools and ILR’s relatively stable and attractive placement during these difficult economic times, I’d expect more applicants for the freshmen class to be applying for fewer spots, raising the admissions bar.</p>