<p>Is it true that if you don't apply Ed to Cornell then your legacy status is not considered?</p>
<p>Anyone know?</p>
<p>It’s not exactly useful information anymore, unless you’re a Junior.</p>
<p>Yeah. And you want to go to Duke anyways?</p>
<p>^bahahahaha</p>
<p>Don’t get bent out of shape by my name. I am a mom, not a kid first of all so I am not going anywhere.
Secondly, yes it does matter b/c I am still wondering if the fact that I went to Cornell and my daughter did not apply there ED will hurt her RD chances. So yes, the question is relevant and the student inquestion is not a junior.
Thank you.</p>
<p>To answer your question…well, you can’t really. The fact of the matter is, they do ask on the application if the applicant has immediate relatives that went to Cornell and obviously they’re going to see that. It’s been said that legacy is only considered a factor in the early decision round, but…do I think it could tip the scales on a borderline candidate? Yes. Legacies tend to be more able to pay and probably (this is just an assumption) have a larger number of accepted applicants enrolling at Cornell due to parental pressure, predisposition to the “family school”, etc., both of which make the admissions officers’ jobs a bit easier. Either way, you still have to have a strong application as legacy status isn’t going to make up for weaknesses in academic record or a poor demonstration of fit.</p>
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<p>My sense is that unlike some schools (e.g. Penn), Cornell factors in legacy in both RD and ED. But of course you will have a better shot ED than RD, all things held equal.</p>
<p>P.S. Duke sucks. When I attended the final four lacrosse tournament in 2007, their fans displayed a shocking lack of class.</p>
<p>I know a family with both parents Cornell alumni. Their very high stat daughter applied to Cornell RD. She got rejected. When the parents questioned admissions as to why their daughter was rejected they were told, as the child of a double legacy the fact that she didn’t apply ED indicated to them she wasn’t serious about attending Cornell. She is now at another Ivy.</p>
<p>And I know several legacies who applied RD & were accepted, so there’s no hard & fast rule. I know the waiting is tough, but the end of March will be here before you know it.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>cayuga,
"P.S. Duke sucks. When I attended the final four lacrosse tournament in 2007, their fans displayed a shocking lack of class. "</p>
<p>you’re basing your notions of one of the nations elite universities based on the handful of rowdy lacrosse fans? as you may notice by my screen name, i enjoy duke basketball, and if we’re going to base the quality of an institution on how fans respond at a sporting event, let me mention the one time i was at coach K court to watch duke play maryland. the cameron ‘crazies’ back their team like no other, but all of them showed class. duke was up big and maryland’s shooter threw up an airball and, as every basketball home team does when this happens to the opponent, starting chanting “AIRBALL!” as this started, some fans gestured everyone to quiet down, since duke was already up by a large margin and there was no need to taunt a team down by 40 points. everyone seemed to understand and immediately quieted down.</p>
<p>i suppose if duke sucks because of lacrosse fans, duke is awesome because of its basketball fans. hmmmm… something has to give</p>
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<p>Nope. Everything about Duke sucks. Including their over-rated basketball team and one-dimensional student body. I have a couple of friends who attended Duke, and they really don’t have the best things to say about the student culture there, and always comment on how much more down-to-earth and nice their Cornellian friends are.</p>
<p>Sorry, I just don’t like Duke. Tobacco money and all that.</p>
<p>What are you going to say when Cornell is “natural gas money and all that”?</p>
<p>ED option for legacy is pretty much use it or lose it for almost every school. If you were to ask that question to a school rep in a public forum you would get, “We look at every applicant individually. You should only apply ED if it’s your first choice.” That’s your answer. Why should a school give you special consideration (love) if you are not doing the same. Of course, if your kid has 4.0 and 2400 stats, it wouldn’t matter if he/she is a legacy or not. There are certainly a lot of non legacy students get admitted during the RD round.</p>
<p>hoping4duke - not to be harsh, but as a double legacy at Cornell, if Cornell was your kid’s first choice, why wouldn’t you have contacted Cornell’s admission or alumni office to get the inside scoop. If you have been an involved alum, the admission office would have scheduled for a visit for your kid to sit in relevant classes and meet professors. They would also have explained to you in private on the application process for legacies.</p>
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<p>Well, assuming they can figure out a way to get the gas out in a clean way, it doesn’t nearly have the same moral repercussions as slavery and cancer.</p>
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<p>This is a really good point. The alumni house has a full-time staff member dedicated to making legacy kids feel special. (Although it is my understanding that this is mostly for show – the admissions decision is still up to the admissions committees.)</p>
<p>The other fair point about legacy status is that it matters how active you as a parent are with the Cornell community. If you have been involved with CAAAN for twenty years, write a $2500 check to Cornell every year, and are on your college’s alumni association board, your child will be treated a lot differently than if you graduated and then never had much connection to the university thereafter.</p>