<p>It depends on the college within Cornell that you’re looking into. I’ve met people who got into Dartmouth/UPenn but not into Cornell, and viceversa.</p>
<p>P.S: Most Ivies have a branch that is open to the public(think “Harvard extension school”)</p>
<p>Just FYI: You can’t get a degree from Harvard extension school, and its not public. The only Ivy with a state funded division is Cornell. This isn’t a bad thing just wanted to clarify.</p>
<p>I meant public as in, almost --if not anyone–can get in. And Yale has the Eli Whitney program which is almost the same as the Harvard Extension school. And yes, you CAN get a degree from the extension school, it’s a college within harvard. </p>
<p>link: [Degree</a> Programs: Harvard Extension School](<a href=“http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2009-10/programs/]Degree”>http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2009-10/programs/)</p>
<p>I think it may be important to look at the accpetance rates within the different programs at the schools too. Cornell has an outstanding engineering program which according to USWR is the highest rated engineering program of the ivies. I would imagine that getting into engineering at Cornell may well be more difficult than getting into engineering at other ivies that may be more selective overall but whose engineering programs are not as strong.</p>
<p>I don’t think most of the other ivies have ILR or Hotel Administration at all. </p>
<p>Fit is really important and it is rare for a student to get accepted to all of the ivies, yet there are many cross admits that are accepted at 2, 3, or 4 of the schools.</p>
<p>The acceptance rates at Cornell and Penn are not materially different.
For the class of 2013, Cornell admitted 19% of its applicants, and Penn 18%.
For the class of 2014, Cornell admitted 18%, and Penn [after going to its waitlist] 15%.
If Cornell admitted half its class ED, like Penn, its admit rates would be lower.
Cornell’s liberal arts college [CAS] has a lower admit rate than that of the overall university. While Penn chooses not to publish admissions data for each of its individual colleges, it is probable that Cornell’s CAS has an admit rate equal to or lower than Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>‘‘I meant public as in, almost --if not anyone–can get in. And Yale has the Eli Whitney program which is almost the same as the Harvard Extension school. And yes, you CAN get a degree from the extension school, it’s a college within harvard.’’</p>
<p>The Eli Whitney Program is NOT like Harvard Extension. Whitney accepted 4% of its applicants this year. once accepted, you are a yale student like all others and get awarded the same degree. harvard extension is its own separate school and the degree you get is different than harvard college.</p>