Good luck all RD applicants!

[majoreco]

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why wouldn’t 4 year schools be an option for families that make less than $40,000? Wouldn’t that student get a full financial aid package to cover the Coa like at Cornell?

Let’s be real here. Very rarely will someone with ivy league stats ever attend a community college. However, in many cases students with upper level state school stats do attend. Around say a 2100 on the SAT, top 10% of their class, unhooked and some moderate extracurriculars. This student probably wouldn’t get into a top 20 school, but would get into most schools in their state with partial scholarships. This is an example of a “top 10%” community college student.</p>

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Oh. I was reading too quickly. Actually, on second thought, I would revise my statement to the top <.1% of cc students. The top students here are monsters, and I highly doubt you’d find anyone of that caliber at any community college. Your top 10% at cc = top 20% at 4 year universities statement I’m less sure of. I’m in no position to judge that.

This is probably true. But let’s not forget that the top 20% of people at Cornell REALLY is the top 20% of the already self selected top 10% of high school students to begin with. So if there are 100 people in high school total in the nation, and 10 people get into Cornell, only 2 of them would considered “top 20% students.” Not to mention that this assumes that there is an even distribution among students at Cornell. </p>

<p>I’m willing to bet that the top 20% of students at any ivy league school are much smarter than the other 80%. The top students are Cornell are probably geniuses.</p>