Dartmouth & Cornell

YeloPen
Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:32:14 +0000

You’re approaching this incorrectly.

First of all, you can’t conclude from those stats that it’ll be easier for you, as a Californian, to get into Dartmouth. There are so many confounding variables involved that it’s impossible for you to make that conclusion, such as # of total CA applicants, credentials of CA applicants relative to other states, etc. Oh and not to mention the fact that the stats you’re giving are for ALL WESTERN applicants, not just CA.

Second of all, this isn’t how ED works. You’re supposed to apply ED to the school you love the most, not the one that’ll be easiest for you to get into because then you’ll be stuck there. Dartmouth and Cornell are DRASTICALLY different in almost every aspect except for the Ivy tag, so do some research and pick which one you LIKE better. It seems as if you’re only after the Ivy tag and you want to be guaranteed that through ED, and that’s definitely not the way to go.