<p>hey guys first time post in this forum</p>
<p>i was wondering how one could compare the selectivity of the ILR school to the other colleges such as CALS(aem) or CAS? is it less selective? Is there anywhere I could find an acceptance rate or class admitted statistics?</p>
<p>You can view the admissions statistics for all of Cornell''s colleges at <a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/F_Undergraduate_Admissions.htm%5B/url%5D">http://dpb.cornell.edu/F_Undergraduate_Admissions.htm</a> . I think it is hard to compare them side by side as they are all looking for different things, but percentage-wise their selectivity is all similar.</p>
<p>okay so i looked at those statistics and noticed a significant drop in yield last year (from 65% to 56%). does anyone think cornell will continue accepting more students to meet the ILR class requirements of ~155. so selectivity has dropped in recent years. sorry for all the questions, i just started doing more and more research on the program and want to go there so badly. not many ppl on this forum though from the RD count thread. only 2 ppl doing ILR?</p>
<p>There are a few more posters going to ILR who got in via early decision, myself included.</p>
<p>don't go by admitted percentage or yield. The important statistics you would need to properly evaluate something liket his aren't made available by the school. As one of the admissions counselors for ILR stated: "the revealing number aren't the % who got in or what their SATs and GPAs were, but rather those who didn't get in and what their SATs and GPA's were." Admissions to ILR is heavily based on factors that stem beyond the traditional rank, gpa, SAT like in arts and sciences as admissions will look deep into EC's to see relevant activities and interests. They believe that this in essence creates a stronger freshmen class, and I would agree. </p>
<p>"so i looked at those statistics and noticed a significant drop in yield last year (from 65% to 56%)"
You're looking at this as 'less students are enrolling therefore Cornell must accept more students than they have in the past" when this actually isn't the case. There were 2 important things that happened last year:
1 - somebody new entered the diversity recruitment center and a position like this requires alot of adjustments so the particular yield among certain students was substantially lower than in the past
2 - most importantly: the calibur of students in ILR is the strongest class in its history. When you have students like those that are applying to ILR now, they are also getting into schools like Harvard - and as we know Harvard will always win the yield battle. Last year, Harvard was the #1 school that admitted ILR students chose to attend (I think they said around 13 or 15 students total - a huge number when the class is only about 150). In this case, yield ratio and student selectivity/calibur are inversely related. </p>
<p>This has been verified by the ILR admissions office. Also, the yield is still something important that ILR looks at so it'll be interesting to see how they're looking to fix it for the next year. </p>
<p>"so selectivity has dropped in recent years"
But the 'calibur' of students has risen significantly. Keep this in mind.</p>
<p>i never understand what yield percentage means in these addmision rate...can anyone explain...sorry and thank you!!!
anyways... here's one ED ILRers'11
hehe</p>
<p>The yield percentage is the percentage of those who are admitted who choose to attend.</p>
<p>i got it.....hehee...i am so dumb</p>
<p>gomestar: ^^^calibur of students, eh?</p>
<p>jk jk</p>
<p>Does anyone have ILR related suggestions to increase my chances for getting in... I was deferred ED. It's too late for me to retake my standardized tests... dont want to send recs... they already have 4 (guidance counselor, 2 teacher, 1 ilr professor).... Should I write a letter explaining its still my number one choice... I feel stuck here...</p>
<p>gomestar, thnaks for the very informative post, ur the closest thing ive seen to an adcom on this site, u know cornell admissions!!</p>
<p>ga213, so sorry to hear of your disappointment. What do you suspect were the weak links in your application?</p>
<p>ya gomestar's the man lol</p>
<p>Well I know when people get waitlisted they can write in...not sure about deferrals...</p>
<p>The weak link... I would def. say were SAT/ACT scores... to be frank, mine were so low im surprised I was not rejected. However EC's, recommendations, class rank, and courseload in high school were all strong. Has anyone been deferred then rejected in regular decision for ILR? If so, what were your stats/ information?</p>
<p>did you calll and check your EOP status...i will suggest you call them and ask...
cause i heard some of case ppl who applied ED and EOP they get deffered and then accepted through H/EOP in the RD...
so i think wait dont give up and plus check your EOP status and show them you are really interest... my counselor said call and let them know you too...hehee
Good Luck</p>
<p>ga213, what are you stats? I got deferred early from ILR last year, and then waitlisted, but I got lucky and they took me off the waitlist. I had a 2170 SAT and ~91.xx GPA.</p>
<p>tun, here are my stats.</p>
<p>GPA 93.xx (upward trend)
Rank top 10% 19/ 320ish</p>
<p>now the killer is my standardized tests... 26 ACT (converts to 1200 ish? on SAT I think) Cornell also has my SAT scores which have a composite score of 1760 after I retook it... but wont look at them because I never took the math subject test(ILR requires it)... only spanish and US History </p>
<p>Recommendations were very strong</p>
<p>What did you do when you were deferred? I am thinking about writing a short letter explaining it is still my number one choice. </p>
<p>Rach719, I still have to check my EOP status. I tried before the holiday and the person explained that they were understaffed and the person who has access to the records would be in after the holidays... So I'll try next week. Thanks for the GL! hope to see you next year on campus :)</p>
<p>I didn't do anything, which is why I was a bit suprised that I got in at all. That's kinda the opposite of what you want to hear when you get deferred but it just worked out that way for me. EOP will definitely help you when it comes to that SAT score. I'm not sure how they look at GPA though, it might hurt.</p>
<p>ga213, i think you should take the subject test Math since they required...
try to figure it out if it is still possible for you to take it!!!!
same here hope to see you in campus...plus hope that we can go to the PSP together heheee</p>
<p>Okay, does ILR make decisions on a rolling basis? If so, will it hurt that they received my app today?</p>