<p>Shifu - 9% is 9%, no matter what size of pool. It is probably larger for contract schools. Stanford is up 18%. Most schools are up except Brown. This is a surprise to most parents because of economic down turn and considering ED is binding we thought the number would have gone down.</p>
<p>Wesleyan's has sky-rocketed, though. What's up with that?</p>
<p>Well, if Cornell got roughly 3,000 applications last year ED (and this is a number pulled from memory) then that means ~270 more applications. Of those applications, let's say about half are qualified to attend Cornell, since CC oh-my-god-my-GPA-is-only-6.9 is not a realistic model of the application pool. 135 more applicants to compete with shouldn't be too large of a bump. </p>
<p>... I hope. ^^;</p>
<p>Good point complete, good point</p>
<p>I agree complete, but then again last year at Cornell was significantly more competitive than years before, right?
I think if you're qualified and exhibit a strong fit, you'll still get accepted even though there are a few more applicants.
Or maybe not.
We'll see!
14 days guys!</p>
<p>hmmm i guess this means im not getting in lol
darn...</p>