<p>Are you sure that Cornell is not need-blind, because here's what Cornell says about it:</p>
<p>"Since 1976, Cornell has operated a "need-blind" admissions policy in which students are accepted regardless of their ability to pay for their education "</p>
<p>they are need blind. however if a school could only admit 1 of 2 kids that had similar credentials and one of the kids could pay full tuition while the other applied for financial aid, guess which kid is getting in.</p>
<p>Probably the poorer one, because they like increasing diversity.</p>
<p>if only that were true.....</p>
<p>lol bastards</p>
<p>no offense bigred, but unless you or a parent worked in the admissions office, i doubt you would know that for a fact. while you're probably right, just to set the record straight, while i agree that that is likely, we are just speculating, right?</p>
<p>In theory though, yes, cornell is need blind. If it came down to two equal kids, they might pull a fast one, but i doubt explicit, factual proof of that happening would pass the lips of the admissions committee. </p>
<p>someone might take the fact that they know a rich kid with comperable stats to a poor kid and only the rich one got in, as proof, but that is absolutely not proof, as that COULD BE (and therefore is not proof of the afore mentioned) coincidence, a bad mood in the admissions office that day, or an obscure, and seeming inconsequential hook one kid had. </p>
<p>example: they're both nasty good musicians, a clarinetist and a trumpeter, but they're only in need of trumpeters at cornell that year...</p>
<p>so yeah...my 2 cents...</p>
<p>I'm not BS'ing. Low income students get extra consideration because if they can achieve as much as a rich one, but with less money, they will seem more talented in the eyes of the admissions committee.</p>
<p>Now, if what you were saying was a poor student that was less achieved than a wealthier one, but his poor status made him "equal", they might take the wealthier one.</p>
<p>sparticus, yea i'm just speculating. my guidance counselor (who used to be on the nyu adcom) explained how college is a business and businesses try and make money blah blah blah. Of course there is no factual proof that colleges would pull this but then again if there was proof, a school wouldnt be able to call themselves "needblind"</p>
<p>right right, good, just clearing it up, and i figured as much haha. but if you'd had a juicy story...that woulda been good :p</p>