Interesting Cornell Note

College Search & Selection
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<p>Article from <a href="http://www.ivygateblog.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.ivygateblog.com&lt;/a> -- </p>

<p>Cornell's Admission Rate</p>

<p>"Complete the sentence: Cornell's rejection rate is artificially high due to ________.</p>

<pre><code>(a) Confusion regarding 7-college system and related application process
(b) Sheer idiocy of its applicants
</code></pre>

<p>MetaEzra faithful will recall last year we were tickled pink when it turned out that over a thousand applicants to Cornell failed to indicate what college at Cornell they wanted to apply to. ... Well, it turns out they did it again. This year over 1,300 high school seniors lost any chance of gaining admission to Cornell before even submitting their application. That's close to five percent of all applicants! And, as a result, assuming you took the time to actually completely fill out the entire application form, the acceptance rate to Cornell is a couple of percentage points higher than what will be reported in U.S. News and World Report.</p>

<p>Compare notes and discuss amongst yourselves.</p>

<p>[MetaEzra] --MAUREEN O'CONNOR "</p>

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<p>I spoke with an admissions counselor at Cornell about this. It is completely false. When there is missing information on an application, the admissions office contacts the applicant repeatedly to obtain the missing information. Cornell did not reject anybody because they failed to specify a college.</p>

<p>The source, ivygateblog.com, also had the following articles:</p>

<p>Pollution Causes 40% of Deaths, ManBearPig Causes other 60% (1) </p>

<p>Columbia Offers New Concentration: Graftology (12) </p>

<p>Cornell named "Hottest Ivy," Harvard Biggest Prude (54) </p>

<p>Lee Bollinger is a "Big Dumb Jock," "Doofus" (5) </p>

<p>Maybe four years in college will impart critical thinking skills to the OP....</p>

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<p>The one about Bollinger contains quotes from a musician.</p>

<p>The one about Cornell being the hottest Ivy references a Newsweek article.</p>

<p>They're not all completely false</p>