<p>My friend got into Cornell, NYU, Penn State / Schreyer Honors College, Fordham, George Washington, ect. But got waitlisted at American?</p>
<p>***?</p>
<p>LOL thats funny, of all schools American wait-listed him/her. Well they got into cornell, enough said, they should attend Cornell, its a no brainer</p>
<p>Oh, and UPenn.</p>
<p>With the stats he/she must of had to get into the other schools, AU probably thought that it was unlikely he would attend, even if admitted.</p>
<p>right, this is a clear case of Tufts syndrome</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted at five top-30 schools and American. In an Olympic-quality display of Double-Reverse-Tufts-Syndrome, she chose American and rejected the Top-30s.</p>
<p>USN&WR has done none of us any good with these bogus rankings, you know.</p>
<p>Hello5:</p>
<p>Why would AU think the student wouldn’t attend. So many statistics have been quoted by posters over the past year, of how prospective AU students have such high grade averages and such high SAT scores. Have you changed your mind now???</p>
<p>wierdd. so i got waitlisted too and i just got an email from american reminding me to respond to the waitlist offer. (i was just ignoring it & hoping that they got the message that i don’t care) then at the end of the email it says “Also, don’t forget to join AULink, our social networking site for admitted freshmen.” huh?</p>
<p>How does anyone know that this friend submitted the same application to American as to the others?</p>
<p>We don’t have to “post” statistics on AU applicants, admittees, and attenders, because AU does that, in very great depth, for us.</p>
<p>So I checked. The median entering SAT score (cr + m) at Cornell was 1380 for 2009. At that score, roughly 19% of average Cornell students would have been rejected by AU last year (before the major increase in applications). But half of Cornell students were below 1380, and hence a much larger percentage of them might have been rejected outright at AU.</p>
<p>Uh Mini:
You forgot that ED kids didn’t have to submit SATs thus distorting the figures.(: Just my opinion.</p>
<p>At AU that is.(:</p>
<p>I didn’t forget ANYTHING. For the 2009 year, they DID have to submit SATs. </p>
<p>This year, even more Cornell acceptees would have been rejected outright.</p>
<p>Cornell used to have a big ag school so that will lower sat scores as well. Still part of the ‘ivy league’ but aggies none-the-less.</p>
<p>I’ve visited Cornell in the winer. NO WAY would I ever tell anyone to attend there. Too cold icy and wet. :)</p>
<p>I do not think it is possible for any of us to know why a student was rejected from one school while being accepted at so many others. If it were me, I would re-read my application and make sure I did not leave a whole paragraph about why UPenn is my dream school in the middle of my why AU essay.
I think we have to assume that the admissions staff is looking for strong students who are a good fit and who are truly interested in the school. The large merit awards and University Honors offered to top students are great tools for attracting these top students, especially those who have not applied for financial aid.</p>
<p>Why is it necessary to ponder whether a mythical Cornell applicant might have been rejected outright by AU?</p>
<p>Mini:
If your figures are true why does my my daughter know kids with 400’s SATs and who are failing classes? She told me in the advanced art class, where she was placed, the artwork was horrid and lacking any sign of effort or training. There were many seniors in it. She thought the school were doing a disservice to these students by not being honest about their poor work. Now, she has to take a beginning art class next semester, because of their rules or downright laziness, whereas she was the the most advanced in the senior class. Her teacher said it many times. She did manage this time to get into the beginning class which is very below her level of training. It is a prereq. for many of the upper classes.</p>
<p>They AREN’T MY FIGURES. You can look them up yourself, if you know how to read a table.</p>
<p>The only conclusion I can come to is that your daughter lies to you on a regular basis. She knows it is a good way to keep your attention while she’s away from home. Sad.</p>
<p>Why wouldn’t your daughter know kids who got 400s for their SATS? There is a reason why they call the 1300 SATS an AVERAGE, meaning while some students got perfect scores, some students also got 400 level scores on the SAT. Don’t base opinions on individual experiences, please.</p>