<p>I hope all of you have your RD applications ready to go. While you are waiting it is a good time to work on your other applications. Our older daughter applied to Columbia ED and was told by her GC that she had a very good chance. They were so certain of her acceptance that she was one of few students they didn’t prepare RD packets for. It was a surprised when she was deferred. She had 20+ essays to finish over her winter break. Our younger daughter applied to Cornell ED and was a lot more proactive about having her RD applications ready. Of course, since she was ready she was accepted ED.</p>
<p>There were a few posts before about the CSS Profile (College Boards Financial Aid Info) not registering on Cornell’s applicant system. I have the same problem, saw it yesterday. I know I submitted it and they haven’t contacted me saying it was missing. On the website it says they’ll contact applicants missing stuff mid-November, so I’m not worried. Does anyone know if you have to call and check to see if your first quarter grades were received. I sent them the day my school made them available but didn’t call to confirm that admissions got them. Is it worth a call at this point? I can concur with anyone stating those ‘likely’ letters are for recruited athletes, as my friend got one.</p>
<p>@appplicant I get stress dreams too lol. I remember when the results for my first SAT came out, I dreamed for the whole week before that I got a 0.5 on my essay and stuff. </p>
<p>@themoonchild oh darn. A lot of results come out near my birthday as well, but cornell is your first choice school. Good luck!</p>
<p>did most of you send in your first quarter grades?</p>
<p>so far cornell hasnt asked me to send mine, and my guidance counselor told me not to send them until they ask… so…</p>
<p>No, did not send 1st quarter grades. It was not requested nor is it listed as part of the required materials. Where is this coming from? I wouldn’t bog them down with materials not requested. They know you’re very interested when you apply ED. Maybe it was requested for some individuals, but if they wanted everyone to send them, they would have been listed as required materials.</p>
<p>Some people send in the first quarter grades to strengthen their application. It is not required, but if you did very well the first quarter it maybe worth while to let the adcoms know, same with additional awards. This is not showing interest.</p>
<p>Sometimes adcoms may ask your GC for the first quarter grades because they are on the fence and want additional information to make a decision. If you did well, it is a good sign.</p>
<p>@Oldfort- Thank you for the explanation. Just wondering when it would become too late for this kind of thing.</p>
<p>There are still 10 days before D day. If you did well the first quarter, I would have your GC send in your grades asap.</p>
<p>^What does “well” mean? I’m not trying to be sarcastic – I’m genuinely wondering if I should send my first quarter grades.</p>
<p>I am going to stay off this thread after this post because this is your thread and I no longer have a kid applying ED. </p>
<p>Well means, 1) you had upward trend, 2) if you’ve never taken APs before due to scheduling problem (like changing school) and you aced all your senior AP courses (this would show adcoms that you have ability to do college level courses, 3) you’ve had high GPA up to junior year and you still maintained your GPA (this would be the last GA adcoms see before you go off college, it would show you are continuing to work hard and taking challenging courses).</p>
<p>My kid’s prep school regularly sent in first quarter grades to all EA/ED schools. My kids were told that the first quarter grades were very important for top tier schools.</p>
<p>Here is another side note…You will not be able to drop your fall semester course in the spring without notifying adcoms, whether you are admitted or deferred.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Cornell has posted anywhere how many people applied early this year?</p>
<p>I appreciate oldfort’s input. Still, I disagree with the 3rd point
"3) you’ve had high GPA up to junior year and you still maintained your GPA "</p>
<p>If everyone who basically maintained their good GPA sent in their 1st quarter grades without it being requested, that could be mostly everyone…or it assumes that most get senioritis and do worse.</p>
<p>I think if Cornell was concerned about senior grades, they would request them. So, we’re not sending them. They are about equal to last year’s GPA. I think this discussion could lead to a panic among EDers, thinking everyone should send them in. I agree if there’s an upward trend or some nice award, as oldfort stated previously, that would be a good idea (but not essential).</p>
<p>@daonardo33- I want to know the answer to that also. I’m guessing many more applied ED this year, as the number has been going up yearly, and, for those who care, ranking on Forbes went up significantly.</p>
<p>@Renomamma
Yeah I agree it’s probably a lot more because it seems like all the other ivies that announced their numbers saw an increase in their applicant pools.</p>
<p>@Truust
Haha yes I know itll either be the best or worst birthday for me…
im going to the drake concert that night so if the news is good I’ll get to celebrate and if its bad…hey im still going to see a concert</p>
<p>I think I’ve mentioned this earlier, but I don’t believe that first quarter grades are always an accurate predictor of first /semester/ grades. I’m not sure about you guys, but second quarter (and the final exams, especially) are when I bring my grades up to where I’d like them to be. It’s a cumulative effort, after all. Why should the first eight weeks of school represent someone’s senior year on paper? If Cornell had specifically asked for first quarter grades, then that’d be another story. But they’re not required, so I won’t be sending them in either. </p>
<p>I go to a top 100 high school where over two dozen kids matriculate at the Ivies + Stanford/MIT/Duke/Chicago/etc every year. Few, if any of them who applied early ever sent in their first quarter grades. But that’s just my own two cents!</p>
<p>Can anyone confirm if Cornell only asks for first-quarter grades when they’re on the fence about your decision?</p>
<p>Anyone know when decision comes out?</p>
<p>@20Summer08 See <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1560401-official-cornell-early-decision-class-2018-a-35.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1560401-official-cornell-early-decision-class-2018-a-35.html</a></p>
<p>@foreverfish As far as I know, this has been true for the last few years. It seems like they haven’t really asked anyone this year though. Maybe because of the shifted deadline they don’t have time to deal with the extra paperwork? If you did well, you might wanna consider sending them even though they didn’t ask, but opinions vary on doing this.</p>
<p>Our school sends us weekly updates on the college process and everything and the one from a couple weeks ago said:</p>
<p>“The following schools require us to submit 1st quarter grades: Amherst, Babson, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Middlebury, Northeastern, Princeton, Swarthmore, Tufts, and Wash U. If a student applied to any of those institutions, please note that 1st quarter grades have already been submitted.”</p>
<p>My school sends 30% of it’s senior class to ivies and a lot of our deans have close ties with faculty at the ivies (including Cornell) and so I’m like 99.9% sure they’re not wrong about this 0_0</p>