Has Cornell posted how many ED applicants it got how many were accepted / deferred/ rejected. Just wondering about the stats. I live on long island and Cornell is fairly popular and I don’t know anyone who got in, only deferrals and rejections.
Also a follow up, I was wondering if anyone knows how common a deferral is and what it really means. Like is it Cornells way of saying " hey we like you but we wanna see more" or are they just being nice and not rejecting right away? ( i got deferred, and I’m really scared that they already know they’re going to reject me but just trying to fool me and give me false hope)
I relate @hamsamcam17
wondering that too.
@raraora lol, I totally understand the kind of architectural education experience you want. Personally, I’m totally cool with both traditional and modern approach to architecture. In fact, I am very interested in learning both (not likely to have the opportunity tho). What initially pulled me into architecture is the more traditional aspect.
Also, does anyone know what to do with the supplemental documents? What should we submit?
@hamsamcam17 Deferral is definitely not a polite rejection. Think about it. What benefit would Cornell get from deferring you if they knew they would ultimately reject you? They’ll still have your application in the system for RD, and keeping you in there just wastes more time & money if you’re ultimately a definite reject. That’s not to say that your chances of admission are higher than RD applicants though; basically, they want to see the strength of the RD pool and will then decide whether to admit you.
yea that does make sense. @gmanhax do you know the % of applicants that get deferred? if you don’t know, do you at least know if its super common or not?
We do not have insight as to why a particular student is deferred. There are some schools that defer more than others. Cornell generally doesn’t defer as many students. Here are few reasons why a student may be deferred, 1) Legacy courtesy deferral - instead of rejecting a legacy out right, adcom may do deferral to lessen the sting, 2) Adcom wants another semester grade before making a decision, this is especially the case if a student has lower GPA but with upward trend, 3) Applicant is borderline, and adcom want to see how strong the RD pool is before making a final decision.
It doesn’t matter what the reason is, deferred students should focus on other RD applications now and move on emotionally. There are a lot of great schools out there. Come April you will have a lot more options than admitted EDers with only one option. I posted earlier on what you can do after the deferral. I have known quite a few students who got admitted after being deferred.
On the issue of deferral percentages:
A year ago for Cornell: 27.4 percent were admitted and 23.6 percent were deferred to regular decision. This is actually a somewhat low deferral rate - many other ivies defer about 60% of ED applicants. Overall, this has gotta mean that being deferred at Cornell leaves you with some reasonable optimism. I don’t know the percentage of deferrals who ultimately get accepted. Also, Cornell applicants apply directly to specific programs, each with very different acceptance rates and deferral percentages,
I agree that at Cornell the deferral practices may vary by college.
When my son was considering colleges we attended a Cornell CAS information session where the adcom said that CAS does not like to defer ED applicants.
@monydad should have applied to CAS 
I know that deferral is disappointing, and prolongs the agony.
But in the end you can all do great, no matter where you ultimately match. Maybe better.
Sometimes the school is doing you a favor. They want you to look at other schools where you match better. I’ve actually seen this on CC.
This process, and the decision of some bureaucrats meeting their own institutional needs and criteria with imperfect information, truly does not define you, or dictate your future.
Don’t sweat it. If you haven’t already, redouble your efforts to finds some other schools where you think you might thrive. That’s all.
Is there a groupMe or any other type of chat for the class of 2021?
@Mangoman19 yup there is, follow @cornell2021 on instagram and DM them and someone will add you.
This is from Cornell’s official Engineering website (Q&A section):
[This is very specific to the College of Engineering]
What happens if my Early Decision application was deferred to Regular Decision?
A small number of students who are not admitted during the Early Decision period are deferred to Regular Decision. Deferrals to Regular Decision are only granted to a small number of students who are in serious contention for a spot in the class.
I wish this also applies to AAP
@RUHTRA999 @jionrubia @raraora I haven’t yet seen anyone get rejected from AAP this cycle. Have you guys? If no, then they’ve probably deferred all the non-accepted folks.
It’s really difficult to get info about AAP, so if anyone here has any data, please let me know 
Hey is there a thread for cornell deferred students? I was wondering if there were any tips for people like me such as whether to send emails out to admissions
Maybe I (or anyone of us) should go ahead and create one if we can make sure that there is no thread for deferred kids?
@vcq7890 @RUHTRA999 Someone made a deferral thread here: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1943853-cornell-2021-ed-deferral-support-group.html