<p>If we have not received a likely letter for CAS, does that mean we are being rejected or waitlisted?</p>
<p>OH DEAR GOD.</p>
<p>no. no no no. this is what cc does to you. NO.</p>
<p>you know when you start asking questions like that that it's time to take an extended vacation from CC. </p>
<p>and the answer to your question is no, of course not :)</p>
<p>CC really makes the whole waiting process more nerve-cracking... I mean there are so many likely letters posted. (what a voluntary-response bias)</p>
<p>What's so special about international students. Why have they received likely letters? Are they more special than US citizens because most of them pay full price?</p>
<p>HAHA I think this website definitly does make me more crazy!!!! But I am addicted and can't help checking it every hour or so.... I definitly didn't receive a likely letter and applied to Cornell as a BIG REACH to see what happens... good luck everyone... 2 more weeks!!!!!</p>
<p>aot2007: On what basis can you be so confident? What are these other applicants supposed to think? It's one thing for the school to woe the URM or the highly recruited athlete but when others get the letters and you don't, how can you not react in a negative. Can you give proof that, let's say 10% of the applicant pool gets the letters?</p>
<p>^^^ Last year's applicant pool...?</p>
<p>Good idea: Give me the numbers that show how many applicants received some "likely" notice and were accepted and how many did not and were accepted. Then I'll adjust my feelings accordingly.</p>
<p>Dulce> They receive it because they are at the top of the applicant pile not because they are paying full price. Cornell is need blind which means the fin aid office is separate from the admissions office. </p>
<p>As for people who haven't received likelies> Check out the archives. The likelys are just a small percentage of the people who eventually get accepted. No need to think negatively just before official decisions come out anyways.</p>
<p>In addition how about if you don't even get the information about online decisions on March 29? How reassuring is that?</p>
<p>Fact of the matter is that you can either choose to become paranoid and depressed or you can try and think positively. I really do think that this likely letter business is insane as it adds to the anxiety for seniors. However, you need to realize that there really isn't anything you can control about admissions anymore. What is done is done and hopefully you did your best. </p>
<p>Heck they probably haven't sent you that email because they are too busy fixing up that fat envelope for you :).</p>
<p>Thanks for the "fat envelope" vision! Probably, too it takes longer to make sure they put enough zeros for the grant part of the aid package. But in all seriousness....of course we know there's nothing that can be done now. That doesn't make it any easier to think about it. Just being realistic. HE is a pretty small group and probably not to hard to contact many an applicant that was admitted.</p>
<p>Yeah but it would still be REALLY nice to get a letter.</p>
<p>That way I could already make my plane reservation to go visit Cornell! :)</p>
<p>likely letters are a yield tool....that is all........the majority of accepted students DO NOT get likely letters....</p>
<p>I agree with the above poster, wholeheartedly.</p>
<p>im international, i applied to HE and have not received a likely email or letter. CC makes me paranoid. For those of you in a similar situation just be positive.</p>
<p>lol I can't believe that dulce thinks that most internationals pay full price who got likely letters. I certainly can't and neither can the other international who I know at Cornell. Also, Cornell is need blind, and the goverment is willing to contribute some money for US citizens but NOT for internationals.</p>
<p>I don't even believe that the ones who got likely letters are the best applicants. Just wait and see.</p>
<p>There's probably less than 40 people saying they received likely letters on that thread. Cornell accepts thousands of applicants each year. You do the math. Most of the people getting letters appear to be female engineers or URM's or probably have some sort of hook that would lead Cornell to go out of their way to attract.</p>