<p>Re The last few posts</p>
<p>I think you misunderstood my question. I don't care if it is the easiest or not; since there are schools within Cornell that offer overlapping programs (for example bio major is offered by A&S as well as CAS), I wanted any insights into if one was easier (in terms of number of applicants vs admitted). I think CAS also has lower tution for in-state residents and this might be a factor as well.</p>
<p>Cornell is a major research university...here's your chance to do some :)</p>
<p>haha. rice is hard to get into because of its tiny size. my cousin, the valedictorian of her school in hawaii, got rejected from rice but accepted into cornell. i also know someone from texas who got rejected from rice and accepted into cornell.</p>
<p>but yes, i hear it is harder for people instate to get into rice :P it's just hard all around. </p>
<p>and again, i'm not saying cornell is a bad school. i know people who go there and hear good things about it =] so yeah.</p>
<p>a friend of mine is from Houston and he said it's nearly impossible for Houston students to get into Rice. It's a small school and they want geographic diversity so they only accept a dozen or so students from the area a year.</p>
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<p>but yes, i hear it is harder for people instate to get into rice :P it's just hard all around. </p>
<p>and again, i'm not saying cornell is a bad school. i know people who go there and hear good things about it =] so yeah.
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<p>I'm sure it feels nice to simply say things, then affirm them as true, and lean back in your desk chair and feel the wave of satisfaction wash over you. It's too bad that people with better information than you care to deliver frequent these boards. The out-of-state admissions rate for Rice is close to 40%, while the in-state admissions rate is substantially lower. Most of the class is filled with out-of-staters so essentially, most of Rice is filled with students facing almost 40% admit rate--close to double Cornell's admit rate.</p>
<p>You "hear good things about [Cornell]?" You've really deluded yourself into thinking that Rice is better. Wake up and smell the coffee. Cornell beats Rice in almost every ranking.</p>
<p>Getting into cornell depends on first, your qualifications, and second your fit. obviously, if you can't cut it, you won't get in, but additionally, even if you have higher SAT and GPA and a million ECs and are applying to the engineering school, but don't have a background that indicates any possible interest in engineering, you're probably not getting in. </p>
<p>Statistically cornell is "easiest" to get into in that it has the highest average acceptance rate, but there are many non-standard qualifications that matter for some of cornell's colleges.</p>
<p>size doesn't matter in terms of acceptance rate. A&S has one of the lowest acceptance rates of cornell's colleges. engineering is a much smaller college, but has a much higher acceptance rate. however, the engineering college has higher quantitative statistics in its admitted students, as well, so as you can see, it's futile to try and draw any conclusions from size/acceptance rate/difficulty comparisons.</p>
<p>Engineering also has one of the highest yield rates at Cornell, probably second only to architecture which I'm betting has a yield rate of at least 80%. The yield rate at CAS is also higher than the average. </p>
<p>Here's how I would break down the ease of being accepted to all of Cornell's colleges:</p>
<p>A&S: About as hard as getting into Penn/Dartmouth/Brown/Columbia
Arch: Probably a little less hard than getting into HYP
Engineering: As hard/harder than A&S
CALS: Easier than the other ivies
Human Eco: Much easier than the other ivies
ILR: not sure, but definitely requires a good fit, self-selecting applicant pool makes it easier than most other ivies i think
Hotel: ditto</p>
<p>bongoboy:</p>
<p>I don't know about Columbia... they accepted less than 10% this year...</p>
<p>Cornell's the easiest university to get into. Its virtually a non-competitive college with a 110% acceptance rate...silly students who even consider applying here.</p>
<p>Who cares whether it is the easiest ivy league school to get into? You could debate this all day and night -- the reality is that you get a fantastic education at Cornell (and if you go to one of the endowed colleges - at an especially great price), and your diploma that says Cornell University on it (not engineering, CAS, CALS, etc.) is worth its price in gold in the real world.</p>
<p>lol...This thread has appeared for its one billionth time. However, in response to the query here's my response. Going to a university like Cornell and doing well means that you have a spectacular chance for success. Cornell opens a lot of doors, as does any ivy league, as these universities have an alumni base and a history which cannot be matched by other universities, except for MIT and Stanford.</p>
<p>And Duke :)</p>
<p>Also Michigan, JHU and CalTech. BTW, don't think Brown's alumnni network as strong say as Dartmouth or HYP. Strong alumni networks among LACs include Williams, Colgate, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Bates, St. Lawrence, Denison, Haverford and Davidson.</p>
<p>As to the OP's original question: yes.</p>
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<p>Columbia fools around with its numbers. They omit admissions statistics from Fu, if I'm not mistaken.</p>
<p>whatever...my point still got across. However, I still don't know about Duke. I agree that it is a top notch institution, however, its been top notch since the early 1990s, thus, the alumni base is not as strong. However, Duke is an uberspectacular institution.</p>
<p>i think we should start replying to these things with
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<p>btw, hotel school has a yield rate over 80 as well...pretty nuts, that's higher than harvard's overall yield.</p>
<p>ILR also boasts an enormous rate</p>
<p>Well, Cornell's a pretty silly place filled with idiots. Thats why they come up with stuff like these:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNIz1lg2_AQ%5B/url%5D">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNIz1lg2_AQ</a></p>
<p>O yeah, and also realise that we won more RoboCups and SAE tournys that any other University.</p>
<p>realize, arjun, with a z</p>
<p>I think they spell it with an "s" in the British system. Arjun, being from India, would have learned British English, not American English.</p>