<p>I checked off the box that said "I would like to be considered for EOP/HEOP* and I looked at the income requirements and my family makes too much. Also, I think your grades have to be fairly low, and mine are too high. Apparently if you apply ED as HEOP/EOP, it's an automatic deferral and your app. is decided by the HEOP committee in RD. Since I prob. won't qualify, should I just call admissions tomorrow and explain the situation and ask them to forward my application to the CALS admissions committee rather than HEOP/EOP?</p>
<p>I think it would be best to try to be considered for EOP/HEOP, but if you are positive that you wont qualify, then you can call.
I'm not sure, but i heard your chances of getting admitted are much higher if you choose that option, so maybe it would be in your best interest to wait it out.</p>
<p>that's for NY residents only correct?</p>
<p>correct...</p>
<p>hmmmm... i'll def. have to call tomorrow</p>
<p>WAIT. If you check that box off, it's automatic deferral??? Says who?? O_O ( I checked it off...though I think I do qualify for the program...)</p>
<p>dont lie grantortue. I just called, and checking off the box does not mean automatic deferral.</p>
<p>and btw, your grades don't have to be low to qualify for HEOP/ COSEP/ EOP. I went to class with tons of people who had really high grades and ACT/SAT scores who were in it this past summer.</p>
<p>This created a huge scare for me because I too checked off the box not really knowing what this was about. I called them and they said that if you dont qualify for the program nothing will happen it does not mean in any way that you will get rejected or deffered. Only the finanacial aid office sees that and admissions has nothing to do with the HEOP! Thank god!</p>
<p>Oh thank God! You made my day!</p>
<p>I didnt lie, I saw it in a previous post!</p>
<p>Trust me that made my day to. I have to admit you scared me with that post.</p>
<p>"and btw, your grades don't have to be low to qualify for HEOP/ COSEP/ EOP. I went to class with tons of people who had really high"</p>
<p>Your right, grades don't "have to be low," academics definitely do play a big role in HEOP/EOP/COSEP decisions. Read the eligibility requirements below.</p>
<p>Eligibility and Applying</p>
<p>Eligibility Requirements
To be considered for EOP/HEOP, applicant must:</p>
<ol>
<li>Be high school graduate or possess a State-approved high school equivalency diploma.</li>
<li>Be a New York State resident or permanent resident alien residing in New York State.</li>
<li>Meet the academic criteria for the college the student has applied to and demonstrate a potential for successful completion of a bachelor’s degree.</li>
<li>Be inadmissible under regular admission.</li>
<li>Meet the economic guidelines (listed below) determined by the New York State Education Department.</li>
</ol>
<p>Cornell</a> University Office of Minority Educational Affairs</p>
<p>Look at number four. That's definitely not talking about economic. It has to be referring to grades. After all, Cornell is need-blind, so...you get the point.</p>
<p>haha...sorry for accusing you like that grantortue. I guess I was just upset at the time cause I totally freaked out.</p>
<p>Lol, I was freaking out too, but your call made me feel better. I'm going to call tomorrow just to get a second confirmation, I think I will feel even better hearing it myself!</p>
<p>let me know what they say...double checking and getting the same answer would be comforting :D</p>