<p>Hey, did anybody else get waitlisted at CALS? What can I do to improve my chances of getting in?
Here's what I had for my "stats"
Student Council, NHS officer, 200+ service hours at cancer hospital for children, 3 sport varsity athlete (all star in 2), National Merit Commended Student, 4-year choir member (officer senior year), 98 average (number 10 in class at all boys prep school) and 1430 SATs
Any input?</p>
<p>goddd damnnn how did u get waitlisted? my stats are much lower. i got waitlisted at CALS, too. just email em and say u still wanna go if taken off the waitlist.</p>
<p>i was waitlisted for CALS too. but there is only slim chance to get in.</p>
<p>O well, are you guys New York residents too? I guess it's just luck of the draw, I think I'm Villanova bound.</p>
<p>citius</p>
<p>You deserved an acceptance letter. I'm guessing that the majors you picked for CALS were some of the most selective. It may be a blessing in disguise though.</p>
<p>hmm yea maybe i picked bio engineering. is that competitive? or did i just suck? hehe</p>
<p>Why do you say there is only a slim chance of getting off the waitlist. Another thread says Cornell accepts quite a few people off of the waitlist. Is it different for CALS? I got waitlisted also.</p>
<p>what other schools did you get into?</p>
<p>I always thought that waitlist is crap shot. Sometimes a college might not even use the waitlist. That is what happened to JHU last year. But the year before JHU accepted 160 from the waitlist. It different every year, it's so unpredictable. So that is why I think it is a slim chance.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, for those waitlisted at Cornell, can you post other colleges you guys have been accepted to?</p>
<p>Michigan-Ann Arbor, Villanova, John Carroll, Xavier, Niagara, and Pitt.</p>
<p>Michigan, Vanderbilt and Univ of Missouri (Honors College)</p>
<p>I read somewhere on this website that CALS is the only Cornell college that admits based on the applicant's intended major. So that should affect the waitlist chances if it is department specific.</p>
<p>Anyone know if engineering accepts a lot of people off the waitlist compared to the other schools. I've heard of a lot of people getting into MIT and waitlisted at Cornell, that would probably eliminate some people off the waitlist.</p>
<p>I applied for Biology, that could have some effect.</p>
<p>snajean, could you please clarify what you said above? So, does that mean CALS biological science has higher chance?</p>
<p>i bleive that CALS, and Human Ecology accept a greater % of the waitlist then CAS... if u show great interest, a guaranteed transfer is also a possibility</p>
<p>theonlyone,</p>
<p>I have read on this site that Biology within CALS is a very competitive major to be admitted in since a lot of pre-meds choose that. There are other ways to major in Biology at Cornell, CAS for example, but if you are an instate student at CALS your tuition is lowered by $13,000. And CALS did not require the SAT II, so that could make it a more desirable way to apply to Cornell and avoid the cost and stress of another test. Additionally, there are other majors in CALS which are highly competitive, AEM for example. I doubt you can change your major while you are on the waitlist. Don't regret not applying to CAS because they have an even lower admit rate than CALS. The difference with CAS is that a student is admitted to the college and not a specific major.</p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal just had an article this week (I think Tues or Wed)which reported that this year colleges have increased numbers of students on waitlists. As colleges see their applications swell, they are more anxious to over admit since who will enroll from their list of admittees is highly unpredictable. Apparantly this is being driven by students applying to an average of 6-8 colleges.</p>
<p>Hope this information helps in some way.</p>
<p>has n e one heard from CALS? and ... do u get a phone call or what?</p>
<p>anyone know various majors/their selectivity at CALS?</p>
<p>I know that Biological Sciences at CALS is really one of the most competitive majors in the school.</p>