I think I submitted mine on Thursday or Friday…
I submitted mine on October 15th…LOL
@ArthurDent42 I submitted last week, so Oct 26?
Does anyone know when Cornell sends out its ED acceptance letter? Around December?
@litlhoward2468 @marchmattness13 I’m male too and applied SHA. I had strong EC’s and experiences but weak test scores. 2 years food service, 1 year retail, 2 years internship as museum curator and tour guide. 28 act (disgusting I know lol) I did however have lots of leadership positions in my EC’s and got a rec letter from my Cornell professor when I was there this summer for business. I also opted to do an interview.
@jessfanfann ED results are posted at around December 14~16ish
Thanks!
Am I the only one whose October SAT scores still haven’t been received by Cornell??
@Ja97cob No, my scores haven’t arrived either, but then again I had to take the exam on the 17th due to delays and couldn’t send my scores until last Thursday.
@ArthurDent42 Is that a problem if I just sent my scores yesterday?
@Geocach Not necessarily, as I’ve said many times before on this thread, I emailed Cornell about my delayed SAT (I took the October 3rd SAT on Oct 17th due to weather delays), telling them that the college board did not expect to have my test graded until after Nov 1st. Luckily, the college board did grade them before Nov 1st, and I was able to send my scores last Thursday. Nonetheless, when I emailed Cornell about this issue, they responded, saying that as long as any SAT scores are sent sometime around the Nov 1st deadline, before or after, I should be fine. I think the same would apply to you. Remember, as many others have said in this thread, including myself, you will get a second chance to submit anything missing from your application (except the Common app and writing supplement) mid November. Monitor your appID profile (you will get an email if you haven’t already following your submission of the common app) on the cornell website until then, making sure that everything arrives. If not, be prepared to coordinate with Cornell mid November.
@davidwaloo how do you know you don’t qualify? Did you fill out the estimator that’s on Cornell’s FA website to see if you would qualify for any? Just curious, because some students who think they won’t qualify for any aid actually do receive some. However, if you don’t qualify, you don’t need to fill out the CSS.
However, ALL students regardless of family income situation are allowed to borrow $5500 (freshmen year) in government student loans. These will be either subsidized or unsubsidized depending on your family’s EFC. The amount eligible for borrowing goes up a little each year after that sophomore-senior year. Anyway, if you plan on borrowing this, you will need to fill out the FAFSA and sign a Master Promissory Note. The money will then be part of your FA package and Cornell will directly get the money from the gov. and credit your tuition bill with the borrowed amount.
For early decision applicants: The reason why Cornell FA office states a Nov 1 deadline for getting them your 2014 tax return and all other FA stuff is because they need time to compile an aid package so you can receive it shortly after your ED admission. If you recall, ED is binding, but if the FA package with grants/loans is not sufficient enough for you to attend then this is reason to turn down ED decision. Last year, Cornell’s class of 2019 had 31 students who were admitted ED but did not enroll. I’m guessing these may have been for financial reasons.
Beginning Jan 1 2016, the FAFAS becomes available, so this needs to be filled out. Even if your parents do not have their taxes finished this early, you can always go back and update your FAFSA, so it’s in your best interest to fill this out as early as possible.
The third part to all of this is that even if you have been admitted ED, you still will need to submit your family’s taxes for 2015. This is due by Feb. 15, 2016. Cornell uses the IDOC service, so you will receive info from IDOC as to what forms they want and how to upload. Be aware: You need to follow the directions closely.
Tip: keep a good record of what you sent and when you sent it or uploaded it. I made a file folder with all of our FA deadlines, materials and such. It is much easier to refer to the file folder to make sure that things have been checked off the list and sent in. Also, keep copies of all the emails you receive from Cornell FA. For example, you will receive an email that your upload was received. Archive that or print and file it in your FA folder. Same thing for FAFSA emails. I made sure I archived all of these so I could have something to refer back to.
@ArthurDent42 Thanks a lot! I submitted my app yesterday, but have not received an email from Cornell yet. How long after did you get yours?
@davidwaloo Yes i’ve done Cornells FA calculator and the FAFSA calculator and I did not get money. My parents income is well into the top 1% so this was not surprising. I will def complete the CSS profile regardless. I will probably borrow the $5500 fro the government, does that come from FAFSA?
@davidwaloo you just need to fill out FAFSA to get the government $5500.
@davidwaloo what is your parents income?
@Geocach Based on what I’ve seen in this thread, it can be anywhere from a day (like me) to some not even getting their emailed appID’s yet…
I haven’t received my appID and I’m freaking out! this is totally normal though, right?
I received mine in 4 days so those that submitted near the deadline, just give it a few more days. They have hundreds and thousands of apps that got submitted at around the same time so they might be slow with the id stuff
Does anyone else feel super nervous about their application?