@armian Congrats!!! So happy for you!
@whatisyourquest Likely letter is gold in regular round elite college admissions these days, only the top 10% of RD admits get them.
Congrats @armian!! So thrilled for you! Keep us posted as the other decisions come in.
@armian HAHA CONGRATS MAN!!! I was the first commenter I believe and I just checked back today to see that you got a likely letter from Columbia! I was rejected there ED, but I am so excited for you! See!? I told you good things were yet to come and you would just need to hold on a lil bit longer haha. This is amazing!
I haven’t heard back from any schools yet so I guess i"m waiting the 17 more days it’ll take for Ivy Day haha.
Let me know all of the schools you get accepted to haha, I’m really interested in hearing from you again.
I think this was a great lesson for all of us involved in this thread! Don’t doubt yourself!
@armian, Congrats on the Columbia letter. Curious to know if you also got into GA Tech yesterday?
Congrats! What part of the country are you from? It will be a great experience to live in Manhattan.
@armian - congratulations. Columbia is much more selective than Cornell.
My daughter got a likely and Rabi Scholar from Columbia and was rejected by WashU - admissions is a somewhat arbitrary process once you go beyond the gatekeeper qualifications (GPA, SAT etc.) and they boil down to how interesting you are from the perspective of the application reader (essays primarily). A rejection is not a reflection on you as much as it is an indication that with the inexact science of admissions good people get rejected without significantly impacting the composition of the incoming class because there more smart people applying than the school can accept.
The other issue you run into occasionally (not saying Cornell does this but it is highly likely WashU does) is they reject people that they believe are unlikely to accept an offer of admission because that lowers their “acceptance rate” number as well as increases the “matriculation rate” number. Both impact US News rankings.
@got2surf ^ they are protecting their yield!
As has been noted by the OP and others, this student applied ED. Cornell was not protecting their yield.
@blprof I was not saying that Cornell did it. I was pointing to the comment above mine (#105) and giving a name “yield protection” to what @got2surf was describing in her last paragraph…
“The other issue you run into occasionally (not saying Cornell does this but it is highly likely WashU does) is they reject people that they believe are unlikely to accept an offer of admission because that lowers their “acceptance rate” number as well as increases the “matriculation rate” number. Both impact US News ranking” - THAT IS CALLED YIELD PROTECTION.
DUH - I know that ED results in 100% yield or close to depending on if someone pulls out for FA reasons.
@LvMyKids2, the explanation was cool. The all-caps yelling, particularly the “DUH”, was not. Just sayin’.
Wow @armian - you are quite an accomplished young man. I have no doubt that you will be successful in any academic environment. These rejections are tough. My own son is awaiting his RD from Cornell, and lost quite a bit of confidence after getting rejected EA from UVA. I felt is pain as a mother and can feel yours through your words. But don’t fret. You, like my son, will have great options coming your way. I hope Columbia comes through.
Please let us know where you end up.
Good luck to you!
@blprof Anytime a parent cannot stomach their child’s rejection from a school…THAT IS CALLED YIELD PROTECTION.
^^^Not when the applicant applied ED. Yield protection is not relevant to ED applicants.
@brantly it was sarcasm.
Got it!
I think the question is why do you want to go to a school that doesn’t want you (barring it has some unique program)
When the girl / guy doesn’t want you, don’t sit around wondering why, go find someone who does want you.
OP may have moved on.
You were rejected because Cornell has an abundance of qualified applicants and a shortage of available spots. Don’t worry, you have impressive stats and will probably get in somewhere else.
You are great, but Ivy leagues discriminate against Asian males.
@QQQBoutique tru dat 