<p>hahaha towerpumpin you crack me up</p>
<p>cornell did switch to common app. That is in part responsible for the increase. The rest is people who heard I was applying and were excited at the chance to go to school with me :p</p>
<p>But yes, I think its due in part to the common app being not that difficult to fill out. The lack of interest will appear in many of the applicants essays. ED deferrals may actually have a better chance in that regard.</p>
<p>This year was, apparently, the first year for exclusive use of the common app - with a Cornell supplement.</p>
<p>Princeton - which also switched to the common app this year, also had a big (19%) increase in apps. Yale had a big (12-13%?) increase when they switched to the common app for the Class of 2007.</p>
<p>But probably not much of a better chance compared to past years' ED deferrals...</p>
<p>well wont COrnell admit atleast 3000 than the usual 5000 so that even if there are a lot of accepted people not going, theyll still have a huge class.</p>
<p>well no....b/c if the yield rate is too high, then they have too many kids going and have to get rid of/kill dozens of freshmen</p>
<p>For some of the reasons others have stated, I'd expect to see Cornell "go lean" on RD admissions for the Class of 2009 - admitting perhaps 4,800 rather than 5,000 - since there uncertainties about the "intentions" of the extra applicants, and use a larger than usual waitlist to fill out the class. </p>
<p>Thus they might assume a 52% yield starting out. The waitlisted admits can be cherry-picked for "diversity" reasons, and their willingness to enroll if admitted can be cautiously ascertained in advance.</p>
<p>Why would they "go lean", relatively speaking? Obviously they're going to let in a lower percentage of applicants but I don't see your logic in saying that they will admit less students and use the waitlist? Wouldn't it be kind of redundant to say let's put more people on the waitlist and then admit them rather than to just admit them in the first place? I'm confused... :confused:</p>
<p>They can see how many RD students choose to matriculate, then fill the remailing spots with waitlisters who they know will come if admitted. They are uncertain what the yield will be because of the new common app admissions. Thats what Byerly is saying I think.</p>
<p>Right. With an anticipated overall 50% yield, (closer to a 40% yield RD) you have to admit more than two hundred people for every 100 slots, and you can never be certain which ones will say "yes" and which ones will say "no thanks" and in what percentages. </p>
<p>If you guess too low, you have more kids than beds - a disaster that Cornell suffered a few years ago. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if you admit conservatively from the RD pool, you can always fill any vacancies from the waitlist. The waitlistees not only come in at a satisfying 100% yield rate, but they allow you to fine-tune your class - not only to get the precise number needed, but to make sure you have enough males/females, potential engineering majors, musicians, artists, blacks, residents of Idaho, etc etc. after you get a look at who accepted on April 1.</p>
<p>deceitful treacherous adcoms... that is until(if) I get accepted</p>
<p>For 2006, 3,003 enrolled, but 124 of them came from the WL; then for 2007 they overcompensated (underestimating eventual yield) and 153 more people enrolled. They only took 4 from the WL. For 2008, the number enrolling dropped back to 3,093 - but I'm not how many of them came from the waitlist.</p>
<p>The higher your "normal" yield, the less guess-work there is about how many admits will enroll, and the less need you have for a waitlist.</p>
<p>Ahhh, I see. That stinks. :( But thanks for the info!!!!!!</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many international students applied?</p>