<p>I was rejected from Northwestern last week. I knew Northwestern could have gone either way, but since the acceptance rate is practically the same as Cornell's, it's making me feel very negative about my Cornell decision on Thursday. Academically, I am a competitive candidate (I have a high SAT score and SAT II scores). Not the valedictorian, but still top 5%. I thought my essays and ECs were good, but I am starting to doubt myself. I was offered an interview for Northwestern but decided not to take it because it was far away. Also, I am from NY, and I know out of state acceptance rates are usually lower than in state ones. Could these have been factors in my rejection? Maybe my supplement essay was sub-par...it WAS the last one I did. I did take the interview for Cornell, and it went very well. I also got into the honors program at Northeastern, which I've read is pretty competitive (only 10% of accepted students are considered). I did have a bit of a bad freshman year with two Bs (one of them a low B), which affected my class rank and GPA (I could have been 3rd out of about 200 but, instead, I'm 9th). Do I still have a shot at Cornell?</p>
<p>Deftones, yes, the interview would probably be important. I’ve heard NU cares about interest. Don’t worry–I got rejected by NU (never visited or had any contact), but accepted to Washington University in St. Louis, which has the same acceptance rate and slightly higher average SAT scores according to College Board. Cornell’s SAT score range is lower than both WashU and Northwestern, so you might not be too accurate if you compare your rejection from NU with Cornell. Stronger SAT scores usually mean stronger applicants in many cases. A B could hurt, but I’m sure the rest of your application could make up for it! Don’t worry too much. I wish you the best of luck!</p>
<p>If it makes you feel better, I was rejected from Northwestern and got a likely from Cornell. They are different schools looking for different things in their applicants. Stats are part of it but fit is also a huge factor in decisions so a rejection from Northwestern is really no indication of what your decision will be for other schools.</p>
<p>Also, Northwestern is really big on ED and that probably makes the RD round a bit more competitive than it seems.</p>
<p>Thanks, guys…that made me feel a lot better. I guess I should probably stop freaking out. There’s really nothing I can do at this point, so I’ll just have to wait and see…</p>
<p>Another example of how random admissions can be: I was waitlisted by Northwestern but got into MIT. Although I’m also not very optimistic about my chances with Cornell; I’m a woman in engineering who didn’t receive a likely… Meh.</p>
<p>@Natalion I can’t imagine they send out all that many likely letters to applicants so I wouldn’t worry too much!</p>
<p>Unfortunately we can’t really tell you what Cornell is looking for in an applicant. </p>
<p>(deftones are pretty sweet)</p>
<p>I just need…</p>
<p>UW GPA
W GPA
Max possible gpa at your school
each sat score
each act score
psat if you have it
national merit status (probably best to predict)
number of ap exams offerred by school
gender, race, state, citizenship,
if you received community assistance
class rank and class size
high school type</p>
<p>List me your schools and how much you want them (first choice list, second choices…nth choices, safeties). I can calculate your chances of getting into one of a specific pool of schools.</p>
<p>Also, promise to report to me where you eventually get in.</p>
<p>Put in all this work, and I won’t disappoint you.</p>
<p>@Philovitist yeah yeah I know…this wasn’t meant to be a chance thread. It was more of a “hey, can people tell me stories of being rejected to X but still getting into Y?” post</p>
<p>Uh, well, bad freshman year grades basically don’t matter, and neither does GPA. They look at your soph, junior, and senior year grades and if those are good, then you are good.</p>
<p>Having your options narrowed can definitely be a bit intimidating, but you have to remember that your application’s consideration is based on the whims of an individual. And individuals can be, and generally are, really capricious and, well, different.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s anything that can be said that will reassure you and make all of your anxieties go away. Only a decision can do that. Just prepare yourself and move forward. Do let thr things you can’t control worry you.</p>
<p>Uh, well, bad freshman year grades basically don’t matter, and neither does GPA. They look at your soph, junior, and senior year grades and if those are good, then you are good.</p>
<p>Having your options narrowed can definitely be a bit intimidating, but you have to remember that your application’s consideration is based on the whims of an individual. And individuals can be, and generally are, really capricious and, well, different.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s anything that can be said that will reassure you and make all of your anxieties go away. Only a decision can do that. Just prepare yourself and move forward. Don’t let thr things you can’t control worry you.</p>
<p>Waitlisted from WashU, but likely from Cornell. Try not to worry about it too much.</p>
<p>Sent from my SGH-T959V using CC</p>
<p>Wow, how are you able to predict? That was very nice of you to offer help.</p>
<p>I’m not even sure if it’s accurate, yet. >.></p>
<p>I got rejected from Weinberg CAS last year and now attend Cornell CAS. Honestly, that’s still the one decision which puzzles me even today. I don’t know why I wasn’t at least waitlisted. Not that Northwestern isn’t selective, but it has a much more reasonable rate than many other top schools.</p>
<p>Also rejected by NU couple days before, but I was accepted by WashU, making me less worried about the ivy results.
PS the fact that a lot of people received likely letters from Cornell made me a little pessimistic about this coming Thursday.</p>
<p>Thank you all. I am feeling much better. About the likely letters, the way I see it is that the people at College Confidential are a very self-selective group of applicants: they are generally the ones that care the most and are the strongest applicants to this upper-level schools, so it may seem like a lot of likely letter got sent out because of the strength of the pool of applicants on CC. I don’t think Cornell sends out likely letters to most of its applicants</p>
<p>You’re very right. The users here are typically the top of the applicant pool, don’t compare yourself to them.</p>
<p>I don’t understand how getting rejected by a school can upset people this way. There are plenty of worse things that can happen in life. Relax and enjoy your senior year. If you get in, great. If you don’t, don’t sweat it and so be it. There are many schools where you can receive a good education.</p>