Official Cornell University Class of 2015 RD Results

<p>Decision: Rejected by (CAS)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250: 800R 690M 760W (Single-sitting)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Chem, 640 Math2, 610 French (■■■)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Will sit in May
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Economics HL, IB Maths HL, IB History (Asia) HL, IB Chemistry SL, IB French A2 Sl, IB English A1 SL and TOK.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Rugby 12 years, 4 years at school, national this year (not mentioned), (captain at school, MVP at club)
Club tennis (4 years)
Club golf (4 years)
Model at several fashion shows (charity)
MUN
Student council (interaction with French G’ment) (3 years)
Varsity X-country (1 year)
JV Basketball (1 year)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Approx. 250 hours (including CAS)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Yale Summer Session (Economics 252 and English 212)
[</em>] Essays: Commonapp = 8 pretty risky interior monologue, Cornell supp. was nothing special so 6.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but will have been honest and quite good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but will have ben very good
[<em>] Additional Rec: From an English Professor at Yale, didn’t see but I did well in his class (Seminar), where I was the only non-Yale student, and he seemed to like me quite a lot.
[</em>] Interview: Thought it went fairly well, 1 hour chat at her office, pretty standard, one of my answers left her with nothing to say (in a good way)
[/ul]Other</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type: Private, small, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: High…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: SAT1 (bar maths), experiences abroad, potentially essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Aspects of transcript, SAT2, maybe in the international pool
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT2 and transcript
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: NYU (Stern BPE), UConn (Honours), UCL (UK) and St. Andrews (UK)
Waitlisted: UChicago
Rejected: Penn CAS (ED), Dartmouth and Yale</p>

<p>General Comments:
Damn, I honestly thought I had a decent shot at Cornell :confused: Congratulations to all who made it in though, it has been a brutal year!</p>

<p>[ b]Decision: Waitlisted **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 800, CR: 800, Writing: 790
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] SAT II: Physics: 800, Math Level IIC - 790, French (Reading only) - 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school does it out of 100, mine would be around 93/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none, school doesn’t offer
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest (and only courses) available: Math, Physics, Chemistry, English, Environmental Studies, Computer Science
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): many subject prizes in school, nothing else though.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Filmmaking/video editing, quite a bit of music, lots of event organization around school,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Did a filmmaking internship at a reputed university in India, taught music at a local institute on several occasions, served as a volunteer at a spring camp.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: nothing spectacular
[</em>] Summer Activities: same as the internship; also did a bit of independent research
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, I outlined my unique religious beliefs (Common App essay) and spoke in depth about my academic interests and aspirations :slight_smile:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: #1 - from my Math teacher - really good</p>

<h1>2 - Comp Sc teacher - really sweet, detailed my personality and achievements pretty well</h1>

<p>[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: got one from the principal of my school, very well thought out.
[li] Interview: Pretty good, we spoke at length about Cornell and whether it was a match for me or not.[/li][/ul]Other</p>

<ul>
<li>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): UAE
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: <$60,000 (applied for aid, though yes, Cornell is need-blind)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Haha, I’m an ORM.</li>[/li]</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: grades, unique extra-curricular?
[</em>] Weaknesses: No amazing awards on a national/international level
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Because of my weaknesses (as above) I suppose :slight_smile:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected at MIT and HYPD. Waitlisted at Brown, Cornell, Penn. Accepted at Columbia! :D</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in, you guys are amazing! I’m not frustrated at all, I’m going to the City!</p>

<p>^holy</p>

<p>10char</p>

<p>future ILR student here, accepted by Guaranteed Transfer</p>

<p>REJECTED by CAS.</p>

<p>I CAN NOT, EVER, UNDERSTAND WHY THEY REJECTED ME. </p>

<p>OBJECTIVE

  • SAT I: 2270 (R750, M800, W720) - took one time.
  • ACT: 34 not sent.
  • SAT II: MathII 800, Physics 780, Chem 800, (Korean800)
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93/100 in my school, GC put 4.0.
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): GC put ‘top 1% out of 400 seniors’.
  • AP: All self-study from a Non-AP school: AP Calculus(5), Physics B(5), Physics C-Mechanics(5)
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing international, but one national and some state and metropolitan city level awards in math/science/physics, alongside a few school-wide contest awards in essay(!)/math/science. </p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:

  • Extracurriculars: Continuously studying math/physics two grades above my level through self-study, clubs, and much reading; Article publication in Korea’s most famous science magazine(10); UofToronto’s Int’l Physics Olympiad program(11); one physics research paper(11); co-founder of chess club(10); school’s education leader(9); NGO’s youth tranlation team leader(11); junior ski instructor certificate(11); local ski-racing team(10-12); hobby tennis and certificates(8-12); hobby guitar(10-12); Mensa Int’l member.
  • Volunteer/Community service:250 hours focused primarily on three activities - translation, adopted (from Korea) children service, and tutoing.
  • Summer Activities: Was selected to district’s “advanced science lab program for sudents gifted in science”(9), math/physics summer camp and subsequent awards(10), a month-long residential physics research program with college credits(11); camp counselor for adopted children(8-11); tennis
  • Essays: Did my best.
  • Teacher Recommendation: Both adored me.
  • Counselor Rec: Very good. She showed me draft and final, and made sure we both liked it. xD
  • Additional Rec: 0
  • Interview: 0 </p>

<p>OTHER
Country (if international applicant): CANADA
School Type: awfully tough public.
Ethnicity: Asian-ORM
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 55k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 0 </p>

<p>REFLECTION

  • Strengths: A burning passion for physics/sci, Took SATII math(800) and physics(780) way early in October 2009, three AP’s from a non-AP school, I came to Canada from Korea, 2.5 years ago, so my school considers my performance insane.
  • Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted into Northwestern, Berkeley, Vanderbilt, Carnege Mellon, McGill and URochester. //MIT and Columbia(ED) along with a couple-a IVYs rejected me.</p>

<p>accepted engineeringgg !!!</p>

<p>(i’ll add all the other stuff some other day)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted by A/S</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 - 650 CR, 770 M, 730 W
[</em>] ACT: 34 - 34 E, 36 M, 33 R, 33 S
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Chem, 770 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 95.3 (out of 100)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci A (5), World History (5), US History (5), French Language (2)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Lit, Some non-APs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research Program, Math Team, Robotics, Science Olympiad
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library (~75 Hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Baseball Camp
[</em>] Essays: Great - Supplement showed a lot of interest in going to Cornell
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good (hopefully…)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same (Didn’t read recs)
[<em>] Additional Rec: Same
[</em>] Interview: None (A/S)
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Top Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: <100K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Odd Major Choice[/li][/ul]
Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: A lot of APs, Good Essays, ECs supported Career Interest
[</em>] Weaknesses: Bad SAT Scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Cornell, Columbia, Brandeis, Hamilton, BU, UMass
Waitlisted: WUSTL
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton
[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
Congrats to everyone who got in! My advice for Cornell A/S (and most colleges in general) is to show interest in the schools you’re applying to. All of these top schools have a ton of applicants, so that extra interest can really help you stand out among other fringe applicants.</p>

<p>@prj
Though your profile was excellent, you are male, orm, no direct hooks, played along to stereotypes. Unfortunate, but this year has been pretty tough, especially since you are applying to cas/engineering.</p>

<p>pr, ivys and MIT, Duke, Stanford, etc are always a crap shoot. Northwestern is a top school and often selected over many other top schools by applicants. you should be proud of your acceptances. yes you will see some who got in with higher and lower scores, gpas, ecs, at all the top schools, whatever, but that makes no difference for you. You should have sent in that ACT 34.
maybe you can call admissions and ask them about their guaranteed transfer program; it is usually in the original decision, but maybe they will take another look.
and Berkeley is also a very respected school. you will see many threads here about people debating between berkeley and cornell - and while they are usually ca residents, it is still a great option for you if you like the pacific rim of the US and the much more temperate weather…
good luck to you</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>School applied to: College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 750 on CR, 720 on Writing, 710 on Math
ACT: 32
SAT II: 710 on Math I, 670 on Math II, 750 French, 660 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/275
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (3), US History (3), Calc AB (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP: US Gov, Stats, Bio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Extracurriculars: Mock Trial, NHS, Model UN, Amnesty Intl.
Volunteer/Community service: Service under NHS, less than 50 hours.
Summer Activities: Travel
Essays: Common app essay seen by english teacher and parents. Supplement only seen by parents.
Teacher Recommendation: Saw one, brilliant EEC. Didn’t see the other.
Counselor Rec: waived right
Additional Rec:
Interview: fantastic
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: North African
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urm
Reflection
Strengths: race, ACT, extracurriculars, rank
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It was my top choice and I think it showed in my essays.
Apply apply apply apply apply. That’s all I can say.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted by College of Engineering as RCPRS (Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34.25 (36S, 36M, 32 R, 33E, 12E)
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Chem, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t do unweighted. 4.0 UW senior year
-Took most challenging curriculum out of 538 students
-Heavy Upward Trend
-Will graduate with 11 APs
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/538 at end of junior year (Top 3.7%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4,4,5,5,5,5,3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language, Multivariable Calculus, Quantitative Analysis II (Adavnced junior college chem course, extremely demanding- 10 hours of class a week)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing much…AP Scholar with distinction? AIME Qualifier?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-300+ Hours of research, 3 diff research projects at 2 diff universities, School Sci fair 1st place earth sci, 2nd place chem, State sci fair qualifier, finalist at state sci fair (top 100 out of 15000 in state)
-6 years science quiz bowl- B Team Captain (11), A Team Captain (12), state champs 3X, top 10 finish each year, big time commitment, part of 9 person school chem olympiad team- we got 1st out of 32 teams at state
-6 years math team, League Champs 3X, States/New Englands qualifier 2X, ARML CT Team qualifier, Top Scorer out of 52 students, A Team X2, Euler Award/3rd Highest scoring junior in league…yeah, I’m not too shabby at math.
-5 years Table tennis, BIG part of my app, talked to Cornell president of table tennis (will be on A team for nationals), 2000+ hours spent during high school, nationally ranked, many multistate/state awards won, Founder + Pres of Table tennis club at school
-12 years chess, 20+ trophies, VP/Co-Captain of chess team in school, District Champion for 10th, 11th and 12th grade</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: NONE! I turned 16 senior year :frowning:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours community service, volunteer at many competitions (Mathcounts local + state proctor + countdown committee member), Key Club, help out at local fairs and cultural events, taught chess to kids at local library and did science fair experiments with them, chosen as High School Campus Leader<br>
[<em>] Summer Activities: Table Tennis. 'Nuff said.
[</em>] Essays: Cornell Engineering essay- 10/10 (One of my best essays I’ve ever written…the topic was perfect for me)
Common App essay- 8-9/10, talked about how success is a paradox and how inanimate objects, a paddle and a ball, helped me to realize that, more philosophical in nature. I liked it
[li] Teacher Recommendation: [/li]Calc BC Teacher (known for 6 years): Strong
AP Chem Teacher (known for 4 years): Very strong, top 1% kind of stuff, talked about my research</p>

<p>I read both of them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Known for 4 years- strong personal connection, I was actually surprised he wrote such a creative recommendation for me. His first line compared me to Forrest Gump, lol.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: She was really nice, and her daughters were so cute haha! It definitely helped confirm my choice in applying to Cornell Engineering. I felt like we had a lot to talk about. Definitely one of my better interviews<br>[/li][/ul]Other</p>

<p>[ul][<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Pretty competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: High.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope! Unless you include the fact that I sent Cornell three 20 page research papers + abstracts I wrote, lol…or unless you include the fact that I skipped a grade.[/li][/ul]
Reflection</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Essays, Recs, Scores, Junior/Senior Year Grades, Course Rigor
[</em>] Weaknesses: Weak Freshman/sophomore year grades
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Nice fit?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected Duke (BME), Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Penn. Waitlisted Chicago, WashU, Columbia (SEAS). Accepted UConn Honors, UCLA, UCSD, Georgia Tech (BME), Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Berkeley (CoC), RPI, Cornell (CoE, RCPRS)
[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>Well, it hasn’t been an easy path, but I guess it finally came to an end. If I have anyone to thank for my success, it would be CC. Thanks to all of you for your advice and help through out the years. I will make sure to stay active to contribute back to the community. Congratulations to everyone who got in. You deserve it! Everyone who got rejected or wait listed, keep your head high and keep moving on.</p>

<p>Hmm…never thought I would get into an Ivy as a 16 year old, but I guess hardwork does pay off. Also, even if I didn’t get accepted into any of my top choices, I wouldn’t have really cared that much since I spent my high school years doing what I love the most outside of school. Anyway, I’m happy.</p>

<p>does anyone know which schools are the “public” colleges? and the ones that are “private”?</p>

<p>The contract colleges are: Human Ecology, Agriculture and Life Sciences, and ILR.
The private colleges are: Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Hotel, and AAP.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted by College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (CR: 700, M: 680, W: 750)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: Literature - 750; Math - 730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1 out of 54
[</em>] AP: N/A
[<em>] IB: N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: I basically took all the hardest classes available at my dinky little school: Advanced Painting/Drawing, Honors (Dual Credit) Biology, Honors (Dual Credit) Government, Honors (Dual Credit) Literature, Calculus, Statistics, Advanced Journalism
[<em>] Major Awards: Four articles nationally recognized by MyHSJ.org by American Society of Newspaper Editors; one article commended by Voice of Democracy of Foreign War Veterans; Presidential Service Award. The other awards are the usual school-related awards for grades and scholastic aptitude and such.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Founder and President of Health Occupational Students of America chapter, Copy Editor, Photographer, Reporter, and Cartoonist of School Newspaper, Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Delegate, Future Business Leaders of America Reporter and Photographer, Quiz Bowl Co-Captain, Knowledge Masters, Artery Club, National Honor Society, Three-Act Play (earned letter award twice), One-Act Play, Knowledge Masters, Peer Tutor, Destination ImagiNation, History Club, NASA Space Settlement Design Competition, Book Club, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Golf, Teens Against Tobacco Use, Basketball Manager.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, self-employed photography business.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Roughly 400 hours of volunteer work - Hospital Work, Red Cross, School/Extracurricular related work, tutoring, camp counselor, Humane Society, etc. Earned Bronze Award after earning first 100 hours, then later the Presidential Service award, followed by NHS Award for having accumulated the most hours.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteer work and photography work; traveled to Spain for a school trip; took classes at local community college; Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Seminar
[</em>] Essays: Pretty solid, wrote about how being a muslim in all white-christian South Dakota was tough. My supplement was kind of cheesy, but apparently it worked.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: One was outstanding, the other was pretty solid.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Again, pretty solid.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: SO BAD! It was a total trainwreck - my interviewer had just graduated, was a total jerk and thought he was god’s gift to women. Also, he unzipped his fleece’s collar to expose this disgusting carpet of chest hair that I kept staring at throughout the interview. Oh, and he pretty much reamed me with questions, like a rapid fire round in Jeopardy or something. Anyways, it was BAD.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): South Dakota
[</em>] School Type: Very small public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Pakistani/Irani/Kashmiri
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: Both my parents are doctors so…
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I guess South Dakota is an URM? My ethnicity is not, however.[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: My essays, my well-roundedness, recommendations, class rank, and GPA.
[</em>] Weaknesses: My test scores could have been higher, and my interview was definitely a fail, and my school did not offer very tough classes.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My well-roundedness and being a South Dakota applicant
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted - University of Chicago, Boston College Honors Program, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Honors Program & Presidential Scholarship, Boston University University Scholar and half-tutition off scholarship, Tufts, Brandeis, NYU, William & Mary, Creighton; Wait-listed: Dartmouth, Northwestern U, WashU, UPenn; Rejected - Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Duke, Brown, Columbia. [/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: I’ll admit I was extremely disheartened by the turn out, as my interviews with all of the Ivies (except Cornell) all went so astounding - each interviewer said they would do their best to get me into their school. Moreover, I thought Cornell would be the last place I would ever go! However, in the end, it came down to me deciding between UChicago and Cornell, and for some reason, Cornell grew on me and now I’m so excited to go! I agreed to be put on the wait-lists for Dartmouth and UPenn, but I’m not getting my hopes up. My Dartmouth interviwer (who loved me!) has already contacted the admissions office, and I never interviwed with UPenn, but we’ll see what happens. For now, I’ve already cashed a deposit for being a part of Cornell’s class of 2015 and I’m pretty excited. GO BIG RED!</p>

<p>no offense but why are the stats mediocre compared to those of other ivies… i mean so many people with less than 2000 get in… maybe its cuz of the state schools?</p>

<p>As I’m going through this thread, I find that there 2200+ SAT scorers are rejects and kids under 2000 seem to be getting more acceptances… So weird. My scores sucked pretty bad too though, as I only took each test in one once, so I can’t judge too much.</p>

<p>Thanks for your input your collegeboundin12! It was also reassuring, as I was beginning to feel a bit disheartened that Cornell was living up to its stereotype of being extremely easy to get into. </p>

<p>Regardless, congratulations to all who gained admission! It is an Ivy League nonetheless, and it is something to be proud of. (:</p>

<p>It’s not extremely easy to get into if it rejects so many of its 2200+ applicants. All that shows is that it’s looking for something other than perfect SAT scores, and possibly that its hard to get into for applicants who don’t demonstrate a good fit at Cornell, regardless of their scores. Schools that are easy to get into would accept all of the higher scorers along with the lower scorers, but the higher scorers wouldn’t necessarily attend the school.</p>

<p>You honestly used the term “extremely easy to get into” when referring to a top 20 college… It is posts like this that make me doubt the sanity of CC.</p>

<p>I used the term “extremely easy to get into” comparatively - I was taking other top 20 schools’ acceptance stats into consideration.</p>

<p>Regardless, I apologize if I offended any of you. As I said in an earlier post, Cornell IS something to be proud of, and I’m sure I’ll be meeting 12302874954327 people way more intelligent that I am when I attend. So, no need to get your panties in a bunch.</p>