<p>If we're students at Cornell, can we ask to see our admissions file in the admissions office?</p>
<p>Also, how and where would one do this if in arts & sciences?</p>
<p>I don't know if you can do that....do schools even keep the file on record?? Besides...when you ask a teacher in high school to write you a recommendation you have to waive your right to ever see the letter....looking at your admissions file would be a breach of that waiver.</p>
<p>Well, technically under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), you are given a choice of whether to waive your right to access this information, provided the schools actually keep them.</p>
<p>If Cornell keeps this information, and if you did not check on your forms that you waived access to it, it is possible that you could see them.</p>
<p>Ahhh....thanks for the info. It's been a few years since I went through the college app process so I don't remember all the details of the waivers and whatnot...</p>
<p>muertea...if you want to look at your file...the best place to inquire would probably be someone in the A&S admissions department.</p>
<p>I heard from a Cornell admissions counselor that waiving your right is more beneficial.</p>
<p>what....</p>
<p>well I heard that they don't keep your files, so it doesn't matter.</p>
<p>yeah...I can't imagine if they'd save the files...there are so many!!!</p>