<p>It may have a higher admit rate, but it's not a guarantee. For example, two of my friends who were admitted to UPenn, Duke, and Columbia this year were waitlisted at Cornell.</p>
<p>"It may have a higher admit rate."</p>
<p>I don't think even that's true. Cornell admitted 20.5% this year overall, and CAS admitted 14.7% last year. That means, CAS's admission rate probably went down to about 12-13% this year. This is lower than Penn's and Dartmouth's and possibly Brown's.</p>
<p>Your average assumes every college inside of the university, which includes the semi-publics. Its not a 1 to 1 comparison if you do it that way. I'm sure the acceptance rates of the private college and most competitive colleges in Cornll University will be just as small as any of the other ivy league schools. Furthermore, people apply to every Ivy League School regardless, and because many of them are so small, their acceptance rates are much lower, this isn't an accurate representation of the programs or the competition students face in being accepted. The poster above me made it quite clear, that the arts and sciences acceptance rate at Cornell is significantly lower than its overall acceptance rate. Furthermore, why does it matter if they accept more people, its still an IVY LEAGUE school and one of the best programs in the world, nuff said!</p>
<p>Remember, we're talking about the Ivy League schools here. A 95 GPA, by itself, won't get you anywhere. You need to have extracurriculars and not be a hermit. </p>
<p>Cornell is considered one of the easier Ivies to get into because it is the biggest Ivy, but they will still only accept as many as they can. So, while the number of students accepted is higher than all of the other Ivies, don't think that getting in is easy because by no means is getting into any Ivy easy.</p>
<p>Jack77: "so what could be the best school I could get into for medicine with a 95 percent GPA?"</p>
<p>im sorry, but that made me laugh, lol.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins University is pretty tight! Of course i'm cornell all the way!</p>
<p>If you really want to go to "the best college for Pre-Med" go to JHU or Duke.</p>
<p>Harvard Extension school has very high admit rate.
Columbia Extension school (GS) also has higher admit rate.</p>
<p>Higher than Cornell admit rate</p>
<p>Don't apply to ED just because you think the stats would get you in. That's what I tried to do (applying ED to Cornell so I can get into an Ivy because I thought I had absolutely no chance at any of the other Ivies) but I felt absolutely horrible. I withdrew my ED app, and applied to several other Ivies. Guess what? I got in REGULAR decision to Dartmouth AND Cornell, and even waitlisted at Columbia. If I kept my ED, I'd never have known how much I could have really gone to (in your words, "the best school that I can get into.") So don't try to play smart in the admissions game. It won't help you much.</p>
<p>I want to go to Cornell; I was so clueless that it was an Ivy that I just found that out like 7 months ago. I've wanted to go there since my sophomore year, and I'm a junior year now. I'm certainly not going to try to go there because it is an Ivy, but that is one of its benefits.</p>
<p>Regardless, an Ivy is an Ivy, and no Ivy is easy to get into, period.</p>
<p>What if you got rejected from all the Ivies 123orange? That would have sucked... Then you would regret not applying ED. Either way, college admissions is very unpredictable so you need to apply ED only if the school is truely your top choice.</p>
<p>Admissions varies from school to school - it will be easier for some applicants to get into a particular school and harder for others based on the strengths of their application. Some schools look more at the ECs, whereas other schools take greater consideration of the essay. Cornell is one of those schools. The adcom reads your essay first before anything else in your application. So if you are a strong writer and/or devote a lot of your time to perfecting your essay for Cornell, you'll probably be a stronger applicant than someone applying on a whim hoping his/her SAT scores will do the job. Another school might not value the essay so much as volunteer work or whatever other criterion, so it can be easier for you to get into certain schools based on that.</p>
<p>And of course ED increases your chances of getting in. But there are numerous other pro/cons to consider when choosing to comply to the demands of ED.</p>
<p>and it will a pain on ass.. if you got straight out rejected by ED</p>
<p>they say that cornell is the easiest to get into....hardest to stay in</p>
<p>I love the kids who are not even in the schools yet like to make general judgements like (Cornell is the easiest to get into...or even a specific school is the easiest to get into) </p>
<p>I love it even more when they thinks its so easy but they ended rejected..(especially becuase they cant convinence the school they want to be there)</p>
<p>moral of hte story: if you thinks its the "easy ivy" and apply there cuase you want to be in a "easy ivy" ... then ur chances suck.</p>
<p>i feel like getting into any college is a crapshoot now anyway so u cant really expect to get into any specific school, especially the ivies</p>