<p>… and we have reached 1,000 posts! :)</p>
<p>I heard it’s really rare, mainly because the adcons of the primary college have to specifically think you’ll be a good fit for the secondary to even forward it to them. And even if they do, the chances of acceptance are minimal</p>
<p>1000 wooooo</p>
<p>@fsharp That is the ED admit rate from the class of 2017. The class of 2018 was around 27%. It is on their website.</p>
<p>My husband is worried our son won’t get in ED because of (1) son’s GPA and (2) being from NYC. His first choice is CoE, and second choice is CAS. GPA 3.5, SAT 2300, Physics SAT 2 800, Math Level 2 SAT 2 800, Chem SAT 2 750, Got 5s on all APs last year (BC Calc, Physics, European History), he’s a legacy (husband is Cornell grad), and he did well in a 3-week Cornell summer class last year. Taking hard classes like Multivariable Calculus now.</p>
<p>I think my son has nothing to worry about, but husband thinks it’s only 50-50. Am I just optimistic? (Meanwhile, I’m writing this in the middle of the night, counting the days to December 11 . . . )</p>
<p>@brooklynilene
Why would being from NYC lower his chances? Don’t students from NY have a higher chance of getting accepted?</p>
<p>@brooklynilene your husband right. even kids with a higher gpa and similar test scores have a 50-50 shot, you never know.</p>
<p>@brooklynilene I think it really depends on the essays with these schools. I would say I have about the same chance as your son (we both have somewhat similar stats, gpa 3.8, sat: 2150) so it really matters about if he shows his fit for cornell.</p>
<p>@TodaysEinstein I’m applying as an independent major at Cornell CoE, talked about my love for math and comp. sci but never put CAS as my alternate cuz I didnt have the foreign language requirement and i find the requirements a bit much, so I’m kinda scared about that whole situation.</p>
<p>@wowihatecalculus - Coming from NYC reduces my son’s chances because he’s not geographically or demographically “diverse,” smart kids like him with stellar SATs and supercharged curricula are a dime a dozen in the city, in terms of sheer numbers. A friend of his who moved to a much less populous state a couple of years ago is going to have a much easier time of it.</p>
<p>@superdub - Yes, you are 100% right, and I suppose I was up at that hour because deep down I know it. My son’s a great writer and his GC thought his essays popped, but the challenge will be to get the essays read with that GPA. Once his application is looked at more carefully, there are a lot of interesting activities and leadership roles he’s had (Model Congress, school play, ice hockey, baseball, etc.)</p>
<p>@todayseinstein - Yes, fit is so important and ultimately that will happen at whatever excellent school my son ends up at. We have to hope that through his essays shines through. I’m an “older” parent and my husband and I are stunned at how much harder it is for kids now; there seems to be so little room for error (i.e., room for being a normal teenager) with USNWR rankings driving this train.</p>
<p>Anyone else at Cornell-Penn State at MSG last night? 3-1 Go Big Red!</p>
<p>@Cornell19 wait ya I’ve been wondering the same thing lol. Like for RD it would be nbd. But what if the student applied ED to Cornell and was admitted to their secondary choice? I can’t imagine it’s still binding, but that would be pretty funny if it was haha </p>
<p>@Connor2019 I think it’s still binding</p>
<p>@Kungpaoasian I suppose that’s fair if secondary choice applicants know that before hand. But it could end up being a pretty odd situation. </p>
<p>so can anyone confirm that they start reading on dec 1st?</p>
<p>Hi, new to this. Has anyone logged into Cornell Student Center using the app net id? Can you see your profile? is there a financial aid award listed (if you applied for aid) that you can’t access? </p>
<p>@superdub why would they wait? This is entirely guessing I really don’t know. But if I were to guess I would imagine they’ve been reading our applications individually for a while. Then on Dec 1st they’ll get what interviewers sent. Then sometime in between the 1st and 11th, all of the admissions officers will be presented all of the apps together and make decisions together.
But I highly doubt our applications have just been sitting there for the past month waiting for the notes from an “informal interview” to come in. </p>
<p>Financial aid is not awarded unless you are admitted. You can check status of FA application when you log in to see if your CSS profile was downloaded.</p>
<p>Theory: they’ve been reading applications for a while. They only revisit certain applications of the interview was REALLY good or REALLY bad</p>
<p>What are you guys gonna do if you get accepted or, god forbid, rejected?</p>
<p>not sure it means anything (my dad says it probably means nothing) but i can log into Cornell student center and see my student profile and a financial aid award, but can’t access it. wondering if everyone can do this too? </p>
<p>i can see it too</p>