Dartmouth & Cornell

bluebayou
Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:25:09 +0000

But I’m still puzzled at Cornell’s dramatically low acceptance rate of Western residents, compared to other Ivies.



Have you taken AP Stats? Do you understand the fact that matriculants on campus does not necessarily equate with “acceptance” rate? Heck, for all we know, Cornell could accept a higher proportion of California residents, but they go elsewhere bcos Cornell’s finaid is not as good as Dartmouth’s… Moreover, Cornell’s total stats are swayed by the fact that its Contract colleges take more New Yorkers (they are partially supported by NY State), whereas CAS does not.

That being said, Cornell ED is an “easier” admit than Dartmouth, but not by a whole lot if applying to CAS.

fwiw: IMO, you would be foolish to apply ED to a college that you have never seen.