<p>^ that number (50%) is the number of applicants to the summer college program that were admitted to the summer college program, not the number of summer college students that were admitted freshman year. Your logic fails :( </p>
<p>It does not help you much if anything for the reasons mentioned above.</p>
<p>Tboonepickens -- Do you have the numbers to prove that his percentage (50) is, in fact, incorrect? I would be interested to know what the actual number is, because, of course, you're all-knowing and your logic would indeed never fail.</p>
<p>To be fair, the burden of proof is on j_brandan since he was the one that brought up the statistic.</p>
<p>norcalguy -- Agreed, but his (Tboonepickens') pomposity is annoying.</p>
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As far as the costs, you can apply for financial aid, but you'll get it only if you really need it. And it was floating around that about half of those that applied got accepted.
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<p>I believe that j_brandan was referencing this post above. by dococtopi. This post references the applicants that were accepted to CUSC, not to Cornell freshman year.</p>
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About 20% of public that applies to cornell gets in, about 50% of summer college students that apply get in. The numbers speak for themselves...so yes it is a leg up...
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<p>I too, disagree. My son's Summer College roomie was a third gen Cornellian: both parents attended as did grandad, and supposedly great-great grand-dad used to hang with Ezra. The kid attended Summer College twice and did well gradewise. He was deferred ED and rejected RD.</p>
<p>Don't forget that the vast majority of Summer College alums come from wealthy families who typically fare extremely well in the admissions game. Thus, the Summer College crowd is aytpical of the RD pool. Also, given its instate tuition, Cornell likely recieves thousands of apps from New Yorkers who are playing the lottery, even though they have an extremely low chance of admission. (That's no different than many low-state California kids throwing an app at Cal or UCLA; as they lottery ad says: Ya' gotta play to win!.)</p>
<p>OTOH, the one facet that Summer College really can help you with is the 'Why Cornell' essay. After spending 3-6 weeks on campus, such an essay should be relatively easy to write (and excellent).</p>
<p>Stupid. Entitled. Lazy. Egregiously arrogant. </p>
<p>The student to whom you're referring must be at least one of the above or have some other noticeble, major flaw to have been rejected. Seriously. But I see your point and you make it well. The one point on which I have a conflict with it is your assertion that "the Summer College crowd is atypical of the RD pool." I think it's more or less 50-50. I know many kids who applied (and got accepted) during the ED round. In fact, roughly 1/4 of the kids on the Facebook group for Cornell 2013 I know or are 'mutual friends' of kids I knew from CUSC, so I agree that many kids do apply ED. However, I and many others I know (at least 20-25, and that's just who I know personally from my program) applied in the RD round.</p>
<p>NY:</p>
<p>I agree that he musta had some flaw in his app package, but the terms you use would not fit. I met him a couple of times, and did lunch; he seemed like a nice, normal kid to me.</p>
<p>Last summer my husband and I spent $8,000 for our daughter to attend Cornell Summer College for 6 weeks. She took 2 classes and received As in both classes. She applied to Cornell ED. Hubby (her dad) has his PhD from Cornell. Darling daughter attends an "elite public" high school. She was denied.</p>
<p>I am not saying its a bad thing, I'm just saying that when an Adcom member looks at CUSC on your app, hes not going to say, "holy cow, we gotta get this kid in here before he gets accepted to harvard". It very well SHOULD help you improve your why cornell essay. But DO NOT DO IT if you are looking for a leg up in admissions, because the price/increased chances ratio is pretty slim if it even exists.</p>
<p>Just a money grab on Cornell's part. If you can pay you can play. Not at all exclusive...there were nearly 800 kids last summer. Summer athletic camp for junior high students there at the same time overrunning all facilities and dining hall. Unbearably hot and humid living conditions. Bunch of rich kids just there to get away from parents and party. We had a nightmare experience w. Cornell and they did refund us because they failed to read the application and placed a kid who showed 5 yrs of a foreign language on her application and wrote her essay about being excited to study advanced readings in, what they should have known, was a course for beginners BUT what was described in their listings as in Intensive course in advanced reading literature IN that language. Shameful money grab.</p>
<p>How helpful is the financial aid package for summer college?</p>
<p>^ it isn't.</p>
<p>Even with financial aid, you can expect to pay at least half of over 8,000 buckaroos. </p>
<p>.....the red squiggly line doesn't come up under "buckaroo".....Apparently, that's a real thing.</p>