<p>@GN0714- regarding your idea that Cornell’s 17.9% acceptance rate somehow “isn’t competitive enough these days…”:</p>
<p>First of all, that rate means that well more than 8 out of 10 applicants must unfortunately be turned away. It is too bad that many who may be qualified for Cornell can’t get in. Secondly, take the example of Princeton and Cooper Union. Cooper’s acceptance rate was more selective than Princeton’s this year. Do you really think that Princetonians are lamenting this fact? There is much, much more to a great and well-rounded school than marginal differences in selectivity. Cornell is a diverse university with amazing depth and breadth in the variety majors it provides, and virtually all those majors are provided at a high level of academic quality – that is one of Cornell’s key strengths.</p>