phone call?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>so today i recieved a phone call from a current cornell student from the college i applied to who said she was part of some sort of organization (i couldnt hear properly in the beginning, i'm guessing it was some sort of admissions volunteer help sorta thing) and asked if i had any questions. so i asked a few questions and then she asked that she was just wondering why i liked cornell, so i told her, and then she asked how my senior year was going, etc.</p>

<p>do they do this often? i totally was not expecting the call, I saw Cornell on my caller id and freaked out for a sec cause I thought they were missing application materials or something, haha</p>

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<p>thats an interviewer
probably from CAAAN
and she just filled out a report about you. good luck! =)</p>

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<p>but i already had an alumni interview... :/</p>

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<p>It was not a CAAAN contact. This was mostly a student ambassador from the college you applied to just simply calling to ask if you have any remaining questions about Cornell. </p>

<p>I highly doubt they'd write a report about the contact. Eeesh....I wish posters would thoroughly read what they are responding to (not you, OP..the other poster).</p>

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<p>i got the call too, lasted about 10 minutes. No way it was an interview...maybe hinting something though</p>

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<p>Which colleges did you apply to?</p>

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<p>thanks dewdrop, it did seem like a student ambassador type thing...do you know if it means anything or it's just something they try to do for as many applicants as possible?</p>

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<p>yeah, definitely didnt seem like an interview, just a way to ask questions to a current student...what college did you apply to? (I'm a HumEc applicant)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I applied ED to HumEc and I got the same call back in November. It was a pretty short conversation (mostly about premed at cornell). I got in btw.</p>

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<p>HumEc Ambassadors call as many applicants as they can during the admissions cycle to answer questions.</p>

<p>Both HumEc and CALS also call accepted students after decisions are released...so you might get two phone calls!</p>

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<p>if we get accepted as transfer, will they also call? just wondering.</p>

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<p>I also applied ED to HumEc and I got a very similar call too. It was about a 20-25 minute conversation and seemed interview-ish but not quite.
I got deferred.</p>

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<p>engineering</p>

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<p>um dewdrop,</p>

<p>Thank you very much I did thoroughly read the post... the "etc" made it sound as if other questions were asked, and those are the types of questions my interviewer asked me. So my input was a valid assumption, and I would perfer if you give your two cents and leave it at that instead of accusing other posters who probably have the same qualifications and insider info on admissions as you do.</p>

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so today i recieved a phone call from a current cornell student from the college i applied to

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<p>If you had read this you would have known there was no way this could be a CAAAN contact. </p>

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thats an interviewer probably from CAAAN and she just filled out a report about you. good luck! =)

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<p>This was an incorrect statement and I pointed it out...I'll admit that I could have done it in a more polite manner.</p>

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other posters who probably have the same qualifications and insider info on admissions as you do.

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<p>Are you currently a Cornell student or a Cornell alum? As a Cornell alumna (one who was very involved with the admissions office of my college at Cornell) and current CAAAN interviewer, I consider myself rather knowledgeable about Cornell's admission process and am therefore qualified to give my two cents and expand upon that when I know that a poster presents inaccurate information....I just need to learn to be a little nicer at times.</p>