<p>Two people including myself applied to CAS in my school. My school does not have much of a history with getting kids into ivies (like one every other year). Today, the other kid that applied got a likely letter (he’s Hispanic). My stats are much higher than his (same gpa, but 200+ more points on SAT). Since we go to the same school, did my chances just get shot down? Or will my chances stay about the same because we are different demographics? Thanks in advance for answers.</p>
<p>Drummerdawg…same gpa with urm , but 200+ more points on SAT
may i ask what is your demographics?</p>
<p>White male</p>
<p>@drummerdawg- i hope things work out for you and i’m curious to read some informed replies to your post. i always sort of assumed that colleges are sophisticated enough to compare apples to apples. it sounds like white male vs urm is apples to oranges.</p>
<p>I think it up to to your essay and extra curriculum.
based on study that white need 310 point to have equal chance with urm.
It Tough … Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Princeton U link
<a href=“http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2011/12/05/is-there-a-bias-against-college-applications-from-asian-students/[/url]”>http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2011/12/05/is-there-a-bias-against-college-applications-from-asian-students/</a></p>
<p>Statistically hispanics average lower than whites on the SAT, therefore his average may have been higher in hispanic standards than yours was for white. </p>
<p>Schools don’t want to accept too many kids from the same school, and because your school rarely sends kids to Ivies it may not look too good but I wouldn’t stress over it. He is in a different demographic than you. </p>
<p>Last year my school had 3 get into Cornell, two were early and the third thought his chance was shot but he still got in. Just wait and see what happens.</p>
<p><em>sigh</em>…I really hate AA. I just hope Cornell won’t, in ronaldorodilla’s words, compare apples to oranges. Thanks for the opinions everyone, more are appreciated.</p>
<p>Bump, any other input would be great. Info regarding different demographics from the same school could be useful to other people than me as well.</p>
<p>They’re trying to create a diverse college body where each student will add value to the university. Don’t stress out about others- if Cornell really wants you, they’ll take you, regardless of how many students apply from your school.</p>
<p>if you just look at the RD response thread youll see its mostly URM’s with average scores (average/below average by cornell standards). its unfortunate but i hope everything works out for you</p>
<p>It’s hard to say if it hurts your chances. How do you compare to the other people that were accepted in previous years? Officially, Cornell doesn’t have a quota policy, but if unofficially that does happen, it’s more likely at elite private schools where perhaps dozens of students are applying.</p>