<p>I’m applying early for engineering, class of 2015. Not legacy or minority. Just a senior with a 97.1% average, 2180 SAT, some aps, 720 X 3 sat IIs, good pt paid job at a clinic for uninsured senior citizens, some real interesting ecs, super recs, from a Vermont public school.
I really hope I get in, but if I don’t, then there are other choices and that’s it.
This is the most stressed out thread on cc. Why?
Not even Yale or Stanford scea or even Duke ed applicants are this nervous on the cc threads, nothing like this going on on those threads. Why?
Remember people, this is not Yale or Stanford or MIT or Cambridge, not even close. It’s an “ivy” league school no doubt, but let’s be honest, it’s not Columbia or Harvard or even close. If we don’t get in, there are other choices.
This is a school that has never been ranked, by any survey, as being in the top 10 universities - ever.
There is no one applying or in the school who doesn’t wish they were in Harvard, Princeton,etc, even the kids applying to the hotel or agriculture schools at Cornell.
The super competitive atmosphere at cornell, especially college of engineering, talked about here in the cc threads is probably caused by students not really being happy that they did not apply, get in or go elsewhere. Read the posts here at cc about Columbia or any other top school, and you won’t hear anything like the fierce competition that goes on at Cornell. Then ask yourself why. Insecurity? Envy? Jealousy? If anyone, tells you they would go to Cornell over Columbia or Yale or Princeton, they are probably not being honest. If any engineering student says they would go to cornell over mit, it’s a lie. When you are in at mit, you are in, they don’t even give out grades first semester. Point - no need for super competition when you are in a school like mit.
Threads here at cc say Cornell is one of the “easier” of the top schools to get into, which is why many of us applied there in the first place, before we knew that if we are not athletes, rd would have been better. Yeah, sometimes people will not get into Cornell and get into a school like Columbia, but don’t think that happens too much.
We say we love Cornell, it’s beautiful, it’s great, it’s my dream and I don’t want to ever go anywhere else. I love 0 degrees and 10 feet of snow (actually I do, I’m used to it.). I like being far from civilization. Are we being truthful to ourselves? Is there anyone at any other top school like Princeton, MIT, etc who says they wish they were at Cornell? No.
At least 50% of the admits ed are recruited athletes or legacy with a connection. The other 50% have super stats and ecs and everything else and sadly enough that’s the 50% I’m in. Ask most cornell students with average stats and you will hear that they did not get in ED, Cornell, more than any other ivy, is big on sports and fills up about 50% of their ed admits with recruited athletes and legacy connections. Now that many of us here at cc have applied ed, we are kind of stuck. If you’re not connected, then rd is definitely the way to go at cornell. learned that the hard way I guess.
If after reading this, you disagree, think about it before posting. If it’s all true, at least be honest. At the admissions seminar I went to last year as a junior (our college guidance counselor took 10 of us) the guy in charge said that even though ed has an plus in admissions, they do fill up all their sports program recruits, etc. from ed, not rd. And they have a lot more sports teams than any other ivy university.
My feeling is that some will say it’s a ■■■■■, doesn’t know what she’s talking about or something else and Cornell is the best and my dream and don’t care what anyone else says.
OK, keep saying to yourself cornell is the greatest, best, most wonderful, my dream school and I don’t care what anyone says. Now don’t you feel better after saying that? Say it enough times, and you’ll believe it. It worked for me. Cornell is my dream!!!</p>
<p>Way to post in multiple threads…</p>
<p>It always amazes me when people think they have the insight to speak for over 13000 students…englandern…</p>
<p>Forthewolf, thanks for saying exactly what I was thinking. but I hate to say that I think she may be right about some things, like R.D. being easier for an unhooked at Cornell.<br>
if anything like one half of the eds are hooked, then I’m in a tough spot. when I read about cornell ed stats here at cc last year it seemed like the numbers were kind of medium, but now I realize that could be because it was athletes, legacy, urm etc.
What do you think?</p>
<p>Just a note - my older daughter had 4.0 UW GPA from a private school, she was waitlisted at Cornell 4 years ago because adcom didn´t think she would be interested in attending. She probably didn´t and it showed on her essays. She had to demonstrate a lot of interest later to get off the WL. Now a senior, she couldn´t imagine to be anywhere else, and that would include HYPS. She has a finance job waiting for her when she graduates, and it´s through Cornell´s career center.</p>
<p>I know my nephew is applying ED and he is reading this thread. We are thousands of miles away, but I want him to know that we are thinking of him and wishing him best of luck tomorrow, because I know Cornell is his first choice.</p>
<p>@oldfort awww… that is so sweet of you to say that to your nephew. GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY :D</p>
<p>There is no way that applying early would put you at a disadvantage for admission. For my college (ILR) there aren’t even rejections for the early round (either accepted or differed). This means at worst, I will be considered again. And for other colleges: if you were rejected after applying early, I highly doubt you would get in regular. I’m not saying anything new here.</p>
<p>are there really no rejections for ILR in ed?</p>
<p>LOL @ Englandern’s retardedness.</p>
<p>my first question to you: do you not have a brain, or do you simply lack cognitive thinking abilities? was there any one time when you were in someone else’s shoe? you ignorant niglet, a lost soul. perhaps you keep a block of tofu inside your head in the place of brain. LOL</p>
<p>it’s 6AM of Thursday in my time zone… 23 hours more</p>
<p>@ hamstar: nicely said, the poster is rambling on about stuff which has nothing to do with the thread. real question though is is the poster right about early decision and the cornell ed myth that is talked about in a lot of threads here at cc. what do you think?
and good luck to you.</p>
<p>I think englandern was just letting the pressure get to him. It’s his way of rationalizing a possible denial. In a few days when he reads his post, he will see the error in his thought process.</p>
<p>On a positive note Cornell ED applicant total is less this year than last year, but only by 9(lol).</p>
<p>starheel93- yes, I spit the truth.
“If you are not accepted in ILR’s early decision process, your application will be reconsidered as part of the regular decision application pool.”
[ILR</a> Undergraduate Admissions: Freshmen](<a href=“http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/admissions/Apply/freshmen.html]ILR”>http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/admissions/Apply/freshmen.html)
:)</p>
<p>LOL hamstar
hahahahahahahaha tofu hahahahahahahahahaha</p>
<p>ForTheWolf, that is guaranteed at least deferral right? If I see rejection tomorrow, I’m definitely going to be more upset.</p>
<p>Correct, if you applied to ILR, you will not get rejected tomorrow. I confirmed this at an info. meeting. Other colleges may have the same policy but I’m not sure. Of course I didn’t tell any of my friends this. That way, I can still say, “Well, at least I didn’t get rejected!” if I get deferred. haha</p>
<p>Yay! At least I won’t be seeing rejection…</p>
<p>@englandern - You should work on your grammar before making such huge, overgeneralizing comments.</p>
<p>yep, the grammar is not good
but the poster is not the only one that talks about the ed myth at cornell.
if it’s true, as an unhooked ed, it’s like doubly hard to get in, which stinks.</p>
<p>poolboy, what the **** are you talking about? You’ve been like spamming these threads for two days now.</p>