<p>It's a little confused for me to see this List</a> of Cornell University admissions rates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . 20 % is a shockingly high rate.</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>10char</p>
<p>And the amount of grammatical and spelling mistakes in your post is shockingly higher…</p>
<p>No derogatory meaning at all</p>
<p>lol Well, thanks for bringing the well known stats to our attention.</p>
<p><em>facepalm</em></p>
<p>For a school its size, the number of applicants is low.</p>
<p>It has a number of programs, some much more selective than others.</p>
<p>Magic.</p>
<p>Honestly, just pick your reason.</p>
<p>I think I should start a thread titled:
“why do prefrosh care so much about admission statistics?”
That would be a far more helpful discussion. Honestly guys, I’m going to graduate soon, and trust me when I say this… IT DOESNT MATTER! When you actually get to school you realize your petty views on the world in general will look foolish. You will look back on your prestige whoring and feel embarassed. Seriously. What matters in the end is the QUALITY of education you receive. When you prefrosh go to your schools and mature a little, then you can maybe talk about statistics and such. Prefrosh are so annoying…</p>
<p>To the OP: I understand you were being sincere in your post. If it sounds like I’m annoyed, it’s because I am. Sorry if this seems rude, but I didn’t want to start a new thread about how annoying the thousands of other posts defaming Cornell is every summer by immature high school students.</p>
<p>^----that, hahaha.</p>
<p>Oh no…20%. </p>
<p>Just kidding, OP, but yeah, it doesn’t matter. Don’t worry about statistics, focus on you.</p>
<p>The better question is: why does it matter?</p>
<p>LOL.
ivy = athletic group of schools.</p>
<p>/edit:
oops, phrased that weirdly. lemme try again.
ivy league just refers to a group of schools competing in the same athletic thingie or something? i don’t pay attention to sports at all so i’m not sure what it’s called.</p>
<p>Athletic conference, is what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>People want to feel special about getting into a selective school. Just wait until you start looking for a job or applying to professional schools. No will care about “admissions rates” then, you’ll just be happy to be moving onto the next step. Can’t you be happy that you’re going to a highly selective school that should give you a great education and a diplome you can be proud of?</p>
<p>I’m sorry, afraidtoapply, that everyone is being so harsh. BTW, guys, the lack of grammar is due to ESL, not stupidity. Have a heart.</p>
<p>Cornell is a massive university, the biggest I believe, and it isn’t near as famous as Harvard. Regardless, 20% is still a low acceptance rate, especially if you’re one of the eight out of every ten applicants that is rejected. So they not only don’t garner as many applications, they have to accept more students.</p>
<p>Well, people are getting jaded with this topic. This is the 3rd thread on the first page talking about Cornell as the “Easiest Ivy to get into” and it’s “high” admissions rates.</p>
<p>There are only so many people who even bother applying to top schools. Cornell happens to be very large compared to other Ivies, and therefore accepts more people. Consider Harvard. It gets about as many applicants as Cornell does (~30,000), but it has about half as many spots to fill. By this fact alone you might expect Cornell’s acceptance rate to be at least twice as high as Harvard’s. (I realize this argument has its flaws, but it illustrates the general principle.) </p>
<p>Another reason is that Cornell, though still a highly regarded school, does not enjoy as much prestige as do some of the other Ivy league schools. Cornell has a lower yield rate than some of the other Ivies, and as a result, must admit more applicants to fill its freshman class. </p>
<p>It is also worth noting that Cornell has some very specific programs, such as those offered through the school of Hotel Management, Human Ecology, and Art, Architecture, and Planning. These disciplines naturally don’t attract as large a body of students as do traditional colleges. </p>
<p>Acceptance rates are also deceptive. Cornell seems to have a reputation for emphasizing essays, extracurricular involvement, and academic fit over test scores. These factors are especially important when applying to Cornell’s more specialized undergraduate colleges. Some colleges, such as Engineering, are also known to have very self-selected applicant pools. Competition to get in is still more fierce than one might initially guess from the overall acceptance rate.</p>
<p>It’s high so as to deter people like you from applying. Good riddance.</p>
<p>Nicely put, TchaikovskyPiano.</p>
<p>I understand: the cliched topics of CC get very tiresome. However, unkind is unkind regardless.</p>
<p>Claps for TchaikovskyPiano</p>
<p>Actually, not to nitpick, but the admissions rate for the Class of 2013 was 19%. I don’t see how you think this admissions rate is “high” especially considering that other Ivies and Ivy caliber schools have acceptance rates about equal to this percentage.</p>
<p>Penn has an acceptance rate of 17% yet people on CC still relentlessly worship it. Come on, is two percentage points really all that big of a difference? There is virtually no difference between an acceptance rate of 19% and one of 17%. What does Penn offer that is so much greater than what Cornell offers? Yes they have Wharton, but beyond that they do not have anything that is much greater than what Cornell offers.</p>
<p>The same story with Duke. Duke has an admissions rate of 17% but people on CC bow down to it and worship it as well, yet it has an admissions rate about equal to that of Cornell’s. What gives?</p>
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<p>Give me a break. You cannot expect us to treat some idiot with humility and grace when he insinuates that our school is bad because of its acceptance rate.</p>