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Source, please. It’s something easy to claim but difficult to prove.</p>
<p>Cornell CAS and Eng. admitted 17.7% of applicants last year. Vanderbilt admitted 17.9%. The difference is negligible, particularly when one remembers that 20% of those Vanderbilt students are in Peabody (education) and Blair (music). Test scores at Vanderbilt are higher, but I accept the likelihood that test scores for Cornell arts/sciences and engineering are on par with Vanderbilt’s. In short, the two seem completely identical in terms of selectivity. </p>
<p>Apply ED to the university you like more – attempting to game the system when two schools are so close in selectivity but radically different in most other respects is absolutely idiotic. It is worth noting, however, that students typically forfeit their legacy advantage if they do not apply ED.</p>