<p>im a bit jealous of ppl who can think about housing before getting accepted 
lol</p>
<p>well brandnew is accepted, so sheās allowed lol. iām just saying i know what i want if i get to go hehe</p>
<p>Ironic, where did u read that its 40 to 50 for CAS. Hope thatās the case this year. Btw, I sent you the essays. :)</p>
<p>Valvsu- I read somewhere in their site that the office wonāt be able to confirm what were the LOR a student sends. It said that they donāt keep track of that. So just relax, if you faxed them, they got them. 
I was going to apply to Amherst also. But I figured might as well apply to Vassar instead since I preferred that LAC much more anyways. Besides both have slim to no transfers, so if I would take a chance might as well apply to one I will be actually excited if I get accepted (which I am sure I wonāt)</p>
<p>Hopefully, the giving out transfer housing on Dec 1st, means that they will start sending decisions in a week. :S bittersweet feeling. Excited cuz I want to know already, nervous for fear of rejection. </p>
<p>Az- I send you the essays also.</p>
<p>East- Same thing.</p>
<p>Yeah, any stats on how many CALS kids applied/get accepted for spring? Haha. I know total is around like, 250ish?</p>
<p>haha I know a guy in Baker Tower who plays the guitar way too much. Heās kind of a dick. Wellā¦idk, sort of. </p>
<p>Housing on December 1st?! How perfect would that be? Weāve gotta find out soonā¦Iāve gotta get my midterms in (yes, east, the submission to be reviewed happens before midterm grades. If they absolutely need your midterm grades and for some reason you didnāt send them, youāll get an ASAP notice, probably email.) </p>
<p>Iām gonna throw a dart at November 15th as when weāll find out. Letās make guesses </p>
<p>Iād really love to live in Cook, Bethe, or I guess Flora Rose since itās the newest! (it also might be the one with the most free space.)</p>
<p>I also think the transfer committee is working on reserving an entire one of the west campus houses for future transfers (probably to be put into effect next fall.) I think that would be excellent, transfers could almost be guaranteed an excellent house to live in and theyād all be together!</p>
<p>@BrandNew: Why donāt you start picking out what posters to put in your room already? jk, haha. But Iām sure itās crossed your mind ;D</p>
<p>Guys, I cannot sleep right now. In Puerto Rico, a gasoline refinery exploded at midnight. The fire is huge. Peopleās windows and doors were shattered. Its a really crazy situations :S</p>
<p>no way?! Thatās intense! Damn those Puerto Rican refineries. (ps havenāt seen you on here in awhile?)</p>
<p>On a lighter note,</p>
<p>I was going to apply to Amherst with Cornell, but I kind of shunned Amherst and just fell in love with Cornell. The app is due for Amherst November 1st and Iām kind of thinking maybe I should do it really quickly. However, I just feel Cornell is in a whole different league (not an Ivy League joke)</p>
<p>Can anyone offer some insight in comparing the two?</p>
<p>Well, it depends on what youāre looking for. Academically, Amherst is part of the five colleges, so you can take classes at at Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Mass. However, they donāt have anything close to ILR, Human Ecology, or most of the majors in CALS. Of course, you can take classes at the other schools but that will certainly be a hassle. Remember to consider bus and class schedule mismatches. However, youāre probably most interested in the social aspects of the school. Amherst isnāt nearly as diverse as Cornell because of the lack of transfer students and the diversity that the contract colleges naturally bring. Amherst is preppier than Cornell but this is due to a smaller population at Amherst. Many people from Amherst hail from around Boston. Also, unlike Cornell, Amherst is very lacking in the greek department. There are also many fewer opportunities at Amherst such as research, clubs, etc because itās smaller. I would strongly suggest that you look at universities instead of lacs because there will be more overlap with them. However, one reason you might be looking at Amherst is because Amherst meets full need for transfer students like Cornell. If thatās the case I would suggest you look at the link below. It has a list of full need met/no loan colleges. Before warned that not all schools on this list, such as Grinnell, meet full need for transfers but many schools such as Swarthmore, Haverford, the University of Chicago and Emory (meets full need with low loans) do. Swarthmore, by the way, is well known for being accommodating to transfers and has accepted people from community colleges. I hope this helps. The link is below. Let me know if you have any other questions and good luck on Cornell. </p>
<p>[FinAid</a> | Answering Your Questions | No Loans for Low Income Students](<a href=āhttp://www.finaid.org/questions/noloansforlowincome.phtml]FinAidā>http://www.finaid.org/questions/noloansforlowincome.phtml)</p>
<p>Hans Bethe has gooood food, and really good coffee (to be specific). I think the rooms are decent too, from what I remember seeing.</p>
<p>Iām going to say first week of November, because thatās when I want to hear back =D.</p>
<p>I probably should have mentioned this before but Iāll just say it now since everyone is freaking out. During the interview, I asked Ian a couple of questions about Cornell, ILR and the admissions process. When specifically asked about housing, he told me that thereās no need to worry since thereās actually more rooms available in the spring than there are during fall due to a low number of applicants as well as things like studying abroad and a couple of folks graduating. </p>
<p>Cornell is one of the best schools in the world and thus draws people from China, Russia and all sorts of foreign nations, not to mention all regions of the US. They know that its necessary to have adequate housing for all of the students who live nowhere near Ithaca. Come to think of it, from my understanding, Ithaca is pretty much just dedicated to Cornell. I mean, the school has its own zip code. A couple of the people who I work with said theyāve been to Ithaca and they could tell that the city is pretty much an extension of the university.</p>
<p>haha wateradept, jokes on you because i dont hang posters! haha i actually hang cd covers/inserts (yes, i STILL buy Cdsā¦)</p>
<p>BUTTT to your credit, i DO have ONE poster (my autographed Ace Enders Poster) that will be tagging along in my journey north.</p>
<p>:P</p>
<p>Jemma, I donāt think I got your email unless something is just wrong with my phone ATM.</p>
<p>And smh @ losers still buying CDs. Its all about illegally downloading now. Welcome to the year 2000. J/k</p>
<p>I have a spider-man poster of the cover of issue #122 that Iāve been saving until I transfer.</p>
<p>and east, youre right, Ithaca is a huge college town for Cornell, which makes me feel bad for Ithacaās OWN college (Ithaca College). i wonder if IC feels like that forgotten child that lives under the stairsā¦ ;]</p>
<p>The only reason I even know about Ithaca College is because it was featured in the movie āRoad Tripā (well, sort of, I think they called it Ithaca University, but it was based off of Ithaca college.) I believe they have good graduate programs though.</p>
<p>"Your materials have been received. Your application has been forwarded to the admissions staff for review. "</p>
<p>Oh snaps. </p>
<p>And the trepidation ensues.</p>
<p>east89 same here!:</p>
<p>āYour materials have been received. Your application has been forwarded to the admissions staff for review.ā</p>
<p>Based on the last spring thread many individuals heard back during first two weeks of December. So I am hoping we hear back in the first two weeks of November</p>
<p>Hopefully itāll be good news. Whenās your interview?</p>
<p>I have not scheduled one yet. I am swamped with work right now. I am thinking of doing it during transfer week over the phone. But I am thinking if they are going to give out offers within the first week, wouldnāt it be advantageous for me to schedule one before November? What do you think?</p>
<p>I thought I was late since I scheduled my interview after I had already submitted my application, so I definitely think that you should set one up within the next week, if possible. I have no clue when theyāre actually going to review these apps but it may be a huge detriment to your chances if they look over your materials before youāve spoken to Ian.</p>
<p>I donāt think itās nearly as time consuming as you think. In total, my interview took 18 minutes (I just looked on my phone to check the time) and most of that was because I gave a really long answer regarding why I believed ILR was right for me. Originally, I was actually planning on conducting my interview over the phone while I was at work, but luckily Ian was called into a meeting during that day and it was no longer feasible. I then had to reschedule for another day and my Chinese and Japanese history class happened to be canceled on that date so I got the chance to wake up a bit earlier and just conduct the interview that morning.</p>
<p>East- I sent the email again. =) Yeih!!! FINALLY! :D</p>
<p>Riley- I pop in once in while The situation over here is chaotic. Aperrantly, the FBI is investigating for a possible attack. They say that they believe that the explosion was intentional and not a system failure as believed earlier. People are speculating that the attack could have been by people who are crying for revolution after the government lay off 20,000 public employees :S Nothing this magnitude has ever happened to PR.</p>
<p><em>Crossing fingers for early notification of decisions</em></p>
<p>east89 check your inbox.</p>