<p>I see many people placing it under their matches and was just wondering what the Cornellers (?) thought.</p>
<p>no way dude. They were so merciless this year for transfer admission. They specifically targeted people that thought of Cornell as their “Ivy safety.” And rejected most of them. Cornell is very good at knocking off people who don’t really want to go there. People who just flash their 2400 SAT and 4.0 Unweighted gpas from amazing private school this or number one public school that with no desire or goals other than showing off are promptly given a sound rejection. </p>
<p>The bottom line is Cornell wants to see that you care. You aren’t just another number. Therefore no one can honestly say that they are a match at cornell. Ask the Rice 4.0 and the UChicago 3.6 who got rejected this year if they thought Cornell was their safe match. I bet they did.</p>
<p>They are extremely wrong and may just find out their mistake come admissions time. </p>
<p>Hubris killed the applicant.</p>
<p>I don’t think a “safe” match…maybe a math-strong match is possible.</p>
<p>Still doubtful. At best a school such as that of Cornell’s caliber and selectivity can only be a slight match to a low reach for almost anyone.</p>
<p>A match pretty much means you are going to be accepted somewhere/there is a very strong possibility. Saying someone is a match is a pretty rare thing…</p>
<p>have you checked the results threads? kids with 3.6’s and 2000 SAT scores get into cornell.</p>
<p>someone with brahm’s stats is pretty much a match everywhere, yet he still got rejected at some schools. i think people use the term “match” on CC more loosely than Figgy does…sure, there’s always the possibility of rejection, but it won’t be likely in some people’s cases.</p>
<p>Sorry if I sounded kinda critical. I’m just trying to help people realize that being overly-confident can be extremely unhealthy, especially if one doesn’t get into the place they think is a match and they will easily get in and attend…they could look at themselves horribly. Just be modest enough to know that you are good enough for everything, but life can be tough so there are no gaurantees. Best of luck to everyone applying and may everything end up being a “match” in the end.</p>
<p>“have you checked the results threads? kids with 3.6’s and 2000 SAT scores get into cornell.”</p>
<p>and kids with waaaay higher scores get rejected.</p>
<p>I agree with gomestar, Cornell doesnt let anyone come in.</p>
<p>plus, you DO have to kinda correlate which school the applicant applies to as well.</p>
<p>a 2000 SAT holder is gonna have a tough time trying to get into Engineering while schools like Architecture might consider other factors (such as portfolio?) much much more important than an SAT.</p>
<p>Another note:</p>
<p>I don’t know if Cornell does take into account an applicant’s desire to attend the school because I never even visited…</p>
<p>I did however, include an engineering faculty member’s work in my essay and compared it to how it specifically related to my career aspirations at the time</p>
<p>My dad worked with a guy who had gone to undergrad at Cornell, his statement when I asked him about admissions:
“Easy to get into, tough to get out of”
He said once you’re in, you work hard and sometimes its tough to handle. So the people that are applying just because they think it would be cool to go to an Ivy are going to be screwed.</p>
<p>^ Yeah… because at Cornell, a 3.6 GPA is phenomenal while at Harvard it may be typical :p</p>
<p>That’s totally the case.</p>
<p>i just need to re-work the cliche statement … “the easiest ivy to get into, the hardest to get out of”</p>
<p>Another thing though, it’s really tough to generalize about admissions from these little “profiles” here on CC. At Cornell, essays are valued quite a bit and they can make or break an applicant, especially in the specialized schools. I can tell you from my work with admissions that if your essays blow, you will not get into ILR no matter what your scores are. If you don’t show desire and passions for the subject you will also not get in. ILR believes that the school would benefit much more from passionate students rather than just those who have high test scores. This doesn’t mean that ILR students don’t have typically high test scores (average SAT is around 2100), but it goes to show that there is much much more that goes on beyond just the SAT that we here on CC can’t really see from the list of stats people often post.</p>
<p>Being a match for a highly selective college does not mean the college is a “match” on our college list. When you start getting into acceptance rates of about 30% with many of the applicants matches according to school statistics, it means that many kids are being rejected that are matches for that school. A school in that category is not a “match school” for anyone. I have seen kids with top stats and great ECs denied at Cornell. I have also seen kids with mid 1300’s get accepted. It depends what the applicant has that Cornell wants that year. My definition of a match is a school where most (and you can pick your own range for that percentage) kids with your stats are accepted. You should get into most of your match schools, all of your safety schools , and the reach schools are crapshoots depending on the selectivity of those schools.</p>
<p>honestly, i thought so too. when i was applying i was all “cornell is a sure thing, no need to worry about that. harvard on the other hand…”</p>
<p>i’ve seen 7 kids this year alone get into harvard and not cornell. i swear. and i know more who got into the yales, princetons, dukes, stanfords and not cornell. it’s a university that really REALLY can see which applicant a) wants to go to cornell for cornell, not for the name or Ivy stamp…and b) the kids who are a GOOD MATCH for cornell specifically.</p>
<p>i did feel that cornell admissions this year were strange, a lot of people were disappointed and ended up attending another Ivy or someplace as good. tips to people applying next year, go ED - they pull heavily from that pool, RD was HARD this year.</p>