<p>NerdInDenial88:
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i was rejected from brown while one of my classmates was not only accepted but also got PLME
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<p>Addition: I swear NerdInDenial88 and I are NOT the same person :p</p>
<p>If they are truly unqualified, they will crack under the pressure here. One out of 5 people here will not graduate in four years. From the semesters I've spent at Cornell, I sometimes question how some of the students here got accepted. URM status doesn't adequately explain it because there are other reasons. I, for example, have a friend who was a NM finalist who was asked to take a semester off from Cornell because of bad grades.</p>
<p>Yeah Paleridden,
I think it is completely understandable that you are upset about this. I think anybody would feel that way.</p>
<p>And what College<em>Here</em>I_Come! said - ditto.</p>
<p>Affirmative Action in regard to college is a way to help make up the difference created by the "Affirmative Action" that whites, the dominant group, have received in every aspect of life since before the slave trade. (My english teacher would love this post.)</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the help. I truly appreciate it.
The fact is that I'm friends with the person that got in but I can't help but feel jealous. I guess that's just the way human behavior works.
And for all of those who took the time to dedicate enlongated paragraphs about my immaturity and stupidity, I am deeply touched. I'm glad your immaturity bows down to mine.</p>
<p>And btw I'm quite sure that everyone who's so against me on this board would have similar feelings if they were in my situation.</p>
<p>I feel similarly about a different school, but same circumstances. It's tough.</p>
<p>I understand Kayrlis. Colleges have a way to get to you.</p>
<p>funny story...im not going to cornell, but i just found out recently I wasn't.<br>
When I was doing applications I simply filled out the forms, if there were 7 lines to fill in awards/extracurriclars/cocurriculars, I used only those 7 slots even though i definitely could "brag" about myself more, I never onced used the additional info slot. I put in my test scores which were good, but nothing amazing. like omg type stuff. sent in my teacher recs sat back and waited. I got into the best schools of anyone at my school while people with better scores than me, included perhaps our best student was rejected or waitlisted at 6/7 schools he applied to. The truth is nobody knows why I got into Cornell, or the other schools I applied to. Maybe the admissions could tell that I was just a kid who did well in school and took some test, and didn't spend all night trying to figure out how i could get into here or there, filled out an app and was content to wait. or maybe it was my essay? who knows. I all I know is that you'll never figure it out and you can never say you were more qualified an applicant as somebody else because you don't know what they are looking for.</p>
<p>paleridden the adcoms didn't necessarily compare you to this other kid. you act like there was one spot for the two of you and they chose the other kid, but in fact you were part of a huge app pool. When not compared side by side, maybe the other kid's app sounded better than yours, regardless of whether you find that plausible or not.</p>
<p>Maybe they use some kind of dartboard method...or coins...</p>
<p>paleridden, im also sorry if i seemed a bit harsh earlier. best of luck to you and wherever you decide to attend, i'm sure you will make the best of it. i know how you feel - i felt the same way around early decision time when i saw other posts on this board (i was deferred) and even regarding other schools, but then i realized everything that i spewed out earlier, haha</p>
<p>Wow I really liked the threads about how Cornell looks for the people with true character and such. It made me really excited to go to Cornell. I am in the same situation with being the kid to go to the best college in my school. Many people are suprised by this, but on the other hand many more expected it. The people who know me as a person are the ones who for instance were rooting me on and expected the best. The people who only know that a kid smarter than me got into a lesser college than me and don't know me well are suprised. Some people get great grades but then spend their time hacking computers and doing nothing to better society. I am very appreciative that Cornell saw something special in me. I am very dedicated to bettering society and I will take my open minded views from the small town life to Cornell!! I can't wait!!!</p>
<p>Figgy, I'm glad that you got in. I believe that Adcoms should not only look at the grades because there's more to a person than that. However I do not see what colleges see in some people because I can't see it in them (but why should my opinion matter?)
And that's not always true about what you said about those who get better grades. It does not mean anything. Some people do hack computers while others do, in fact, better society.
Anywho-Congrats on your acceptance!</p>
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Some people get great grades but then spend their time hacking computers and doing nothing to better society
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<p>in the end, let me be dead truthful, the society is ruled not by nice people...we all want it that way, but it isn't...all successful guys are ruthless, and the world is a place of bestial and no-holds-barred competition.</p>
<p>I didn't want to make another post. Could someone answer this question for me-
Can someone be waitlisted at Cornell for this year but be offered a secure transfer for somophore year?</p>
<p>No + characters</p>
<p>I think you can be offered GT after Waitlist, Alcoholic</p>
<p>What's a GT then?</p>
<p>you have a guranteed spot in the sophomore class at Cornell if you maintain a minimum GPA wherever u go as a freshman.</p>