I think it’s the stress
No need to be petty, guys. Move on
Not spamming with my accomplishments lol…just posting about Cornell and my experience with the school. The spam is you guys ratting on my capitalization haha. Go find something better to do than hate on accepted students. There are some people who actually come here to learn and share info about the university. @lizzy1234 sorry for my inconsistency, next time I’ll make sure to capitalize ALL of my “i”s when posting on this thread. JuSt fOr YoU.
tiger mom vibes
oh my god i’m dead “tiger mom vibes” lmao
So what percentage of the freshman class have already been accepted via this letter?
i think we all might need to take it down a notch
Lmaoooo what is this
@pedagogy So true. I think the approach of Ivy Day is making everyone a little sensitive 
@erstwhile Idek but I haven’t ever seen millenials beef online this long w out referencing a single a meme, I’d expect at least one “no u” by now
@Burke1 not sure if exact stats on this are out there somewhere, but the vast majority of accepted applicants never receive a likely letter. Cornell accepts thousands of students each year, so i don’t think a lack of this letter would be a cause for concern, really.
@Islands62 haha, no kidding!!
@ProllyBrokeSoon actually there was a meme reference on post #824, the mocking spongebob meme hahaha
wooow I need a life… decision season is killing all of us
I wasn’t sure if that reference was on purpose or not @erstwhile
@happysnappy what a sad world we live in that Jews (2 percent of population) aren’t considered a minority worthy of diversity consideration.
@HERCULES_HERCULES but they could make decisions March 15th and dispose of likely letters!
@GatormarriedNole , I read somewhere that the whole “holistic review process” started at Ivies because they wanted to admit less Jews. At that time (forgot exact time, but around middle of 1900s) Jews had really high GPA and SAT scores and Ivy league schools were filled with them. Clever school officials created the holistic review and finally got the number of Jews down. Now Asians are the new Jews …
@GatormarriedNole I think they determine minority status based on the percentage of that population at the university. So while the Jewish population is small globally, they make up 21% of the campus population. Just like how the Hispanic population globally is quite large and is growing nationally, but they are still considered minority status because of their lack of representation at Cornell
Ah, found the article:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ivy-leagues-history-of-discriminating-against-jews-2014-12
and the book:
https://www.amazon.com/The-Chosen-Admission-Exclusion-Princeton/dp/061877355X?tag=bisafetynet2-20
@bogeyorpar I always heard it was to compete in the humanities and give the schools political edge. They were accepting basically the same student over and over and they all had the same background and it stunted their humanitarian research breakthroughs because they were lacking representation from other groups with varying perspectives. I heard they began the holistic review process to accept more students with strong personalities and social strengths so that they could gain political prowess and advance the school name. Though I wouldnt be surprised if racism towards Jewish people had some part to do with it. Racism unfortunately is not a new concept…