<p>from what I noticed, it seems like ED people with about 1450ish SAT scores were accepted..(although SAT wouldn't have been the only factor)...I am a senior applying RD to cornell and I was wondering do you think it would be significantly tougher to get in cornell with RD than ED? Would you say the average SAT score for those who are accepted in RD would abe about 50+ higher than the ED? or would be even higher? </p>
<p>Congrats for those who got in ED!!! And good luck to those who got deferred..you guys def have a good chance of getting accepted in RD so dont give up your hope..^^</p>
<p>For the class of 2008, Cornell accepted about 40% of ED applicants. They accepted about 27% of RD applicants. The number they accept RD has fallen over the past few years (it used to be 31%). I'm sure they are looking for the same things for RD as in ED. I got in with a 1410, and I know other got in with their SAT score in the 1300s. It would only be tougher to get in RD because they accept less people than in ED.</p>
<p>Honestly though, don't worry about the SAT scores. Having higher scores doesn't mean automatic accpetance. I don't know exactly what got me in, but it well could have been the essays. If Cornell thinks you are a good mach for them, they'll take you--not if you have high SATs.</p>
<p>The only reason ED is easier to get into, is because there are less applicants, not because the applicants are less qualified. The average sat for cornell university as a whole is in the upper 1300's i think. So to assume that you would need about a 1500 to get in RD is unrealistic, and that would put the average for cornell around 1480, about 100 points higher than the actual average, so I think you could get a 1400, 50 points left and still get in, I think you could get a 1300 and still get in. The bottom line is that if you are qualified Cornell will accept you ED or RD. Like solublefish said, SAT scores aren't everything, I think my essays/recs/ec's got me in and I had a 1450. Some other posts I read said that an SAT score of about the average will get you get near the door at a university, but the rest of the application is what unlocks the door to that university. Don't worry about SAT's too much, worry about essays and who writes your recs, they say a lot more.</p>