<p>@Talaria</p>
<p>It would be miraculous if I got accepted now, considering I graduated in 1979!!!</p>
<p>^ Laughing out loud as I sit and read! 
I continue to admire your spirit zephyr!</p>
<p>This video by two recent Cornell grads expresses the “awesomeness” to which we refer:</p>
<p>[This</a> is … Cornell](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/23897683][b]This”>http://vimeo.com/23897683)</p>
<p>LOLz abound. I was agreeing to showing love for Cornell on this forum as per your request. </p>
<p>@ Downeaster Dad, how did your d make out with admissions this year? I remember seeing she had early success in the process. Hope it worked out well for her.</p>
<p>Saugus, ive been accepted at uchicago but rejected by cornell. hope this makes you feel better too…</p>
<p>I know you were talaria – just trying to lighten things up a bit here.</p>
<p>And you’re probably right about OP – it’s hard when things don’t go the way you expected them to.</p>
<p>please don’t come to cornell. i don’t want people like you here.</p>
<p>btw i got rejected from every ivy except cornell and upenn (waitlisted). do you see me complaining and bashing cornell? no. i love cornell, and i’m sure that if any admissions officer saw what you wrote, they would rescind their offer in a second.</p>
<p>btw, you don’t SOUND like an elitist jerk, you ARE an elitist jerk.</p>
<p>@zephyr15 and you have. Thanks for the smile. I think OP has left the forum so our work is done.</p>
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I’m still here, just lurking now and checking other forums for other opinions.</p>
<p>Not so much elitist as a paranoid tool who completely defines himself by others’ opinions. Not even others in real life, but ccers who take themselves way too seriously. I strongly urge high school students to focus on their studies than to lurk around too much on these forums - that’s what it does to you
By the way, get off your lazy ass and do your own research.</p>
<p>What an ugly, annoying personality. </p>
<p>I don’t care what your numbers are. If that’s the way you think, I would never admit you. Apparently, plenty of colleges agreed with me.</p>
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Then why did Cornell think differently in that case?</p>
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<p>Anyway, I already said I’d gotten over it, so I don’t see what you’re contributing.</p>
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<p>Perhaps they made a mistake-- this can, and does, happen to each and every admissions committee. Or, maybe they figured that despite being overly full of yourself that you showed promise, and that you’d evolve and mature at college. If the latter is the case … well, I hope they were right.</p>
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<p>I don’t always agree with Cornell’s admissions decisions :)</p>
<p>BTW: How are your 10 other Cornell threads working out? Getting the answers you seek?</p>
<p>That’s not the problem. It’s just that the OP is inherently wretched and it’s showing now because he failed the only thing that his life was designed for. I’ve never seen such an obnoxious poster even among the worst trolls in cornell - probably because this one is actually serious. Can’t imagine that such people exist and that such people can ever, ever become valedictorians.</p>
<p>Alright look. Yes, its ****ing disheartening to see that you got rejected from all these ivies, when you worked your ass off making you the best god damn candidate.</p>
<p>The truth is, the ivy league choices is a crapshoot. You can do everything, and still get rejected. Why? Because its not as objective as you think it is. </p>
<p>It is a political game. Each school wants to DIVERSIFY their student body. Trust me, if they only wanted the smartest, most active kids, they could easily fill their whole college in a heartbeat. But they dont.</p>
<p>You fit into the highest tier. However, there are hundreds of other kids who fit into the highest tier as well. And for every 10 they accept, they have to let 1 go. You, like many others, are unlucky. And be happy that you at least got into top tier schools; what if all your good schools had that mentality? </p>
<p>Look. Yea, Cornell isn’t as good as Princeton or Yale. But its good. Its still an Ivy, it still has a great education system. And you didn’t waste anything by doing all that and not getting into your dream school. You developed a work ethic that will stay with you for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>Go to Cornell, enjoy yourself, become the lawyer or whatever you want to be. Life is unfair, but its those who deal with it that move on with life.</p>
<p>^ Actually collegs build classes by picking the right individuals. Someone mentioned essays- they, any supp questions, and LoRs help define who you are. Most top kids fail to present themselves in an interesting and balanced way- fail to be compelling. They think, as evidenced here on CC, that stats trump all. Not so. </p>
<p>My impression is that many look at the wrong things, when they call Cornell the lowest Ivy. It is still a state school/Ivy hybrid. Many of the programs- but not OP’s- are easier to get into. Many state kids get some advantage. One shouldn’t let the overall admission rate blind you to the competitiveness- and superiority- of the rigorous programs.</p>
<p>It is critical to look at your program, the profs in your arena, the breadth and depth of classes offered, research and internship opps, etc. Course catalogs are online.</p>
<p>College admissions is a crapshoot. That’s all you need to know. As a fellow Cornell acceptee, you should be happy. Cornell excels in so many areas and has so much to offer. Definitely worth a visit!</p>
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<p>Dyson is not the sole avenue into business, IB, etc. at Cornell. The economics major is housed in CAS at Cornell, and it is excellent, and it draws from business programs at Cornell’s other colleges – including AEM (Dyson):</p>
<p>[Undergrad</a> Economics Major at Cornell](<a href=“http://economics.cornell.edu/undergrad/undergrad.html]Undergrad”>http://economics.cornell.edu/undergrad/undergrad.html)</p>
<p>On the other hand, I agree with you that it might be best for Cornell if OP chooses to stay on the west coast.</p>
<p>Saugus,</p>
<p>A student who is accepted to a top school is complaining about how bad the school is in the “highest ranks of schools among US universities”? </p>
<p>Very simple - if you hate it so much, don’t go. It will leave you in your state school. How wonderful! </p>
<p>I will warn you, though, if you go there you will find yourself from ‘the most intelligent in my school’ to ‘an average guy in Cornell’. If you can’t take it, don’t go. My beautiful, IQ156, high achieving D isn’t the top anymore once she is in Cornell Engineering -but she enjoys the level of intelligence and the challenges there. So it is a right school for her. You’ll have to determine if it is right for you.</p>