MIT? Stanford? Or Cornell?

College Search & Lists
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<p>Early Action: MIT
Single Choice Early Action: Stanford
Early Decision: Cornell</p>

<p>Which would you do for engineering given these rates?</p>

<p>MIT EA: 3% admit, mad deferral rate
Stanford SCEA: 3% admit, mad reject rate
Cornell ED: 45% admit, can’t weigh FA packages</p>

<p>MIT RD: 2.5% admit
Stanford RD: 2.5% admit
Cornell RD: 30% admit</p>

<p>ED Cornell, if I get in, puts me in a narrow FA position, and I’ll always wonder if I could have gotten into S or M.</p>

<p>FA is needed at each school.</p>

<p>Don’t look at any of my stats; instead, use these given rates as law.</p>

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<p>How did you get those acceptance rates?</p>

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<p>Stanford’s regular acceptance rate is not 2.5%</p>

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<p>MIT and Stanford have an admission rate of less than 3%?</p>

<p>Not even med schools acceptances are that low.</p>

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<p>FA at Cornell is horrible</p>

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<p>don’t know where the heck you got that crappy data from</p>

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<p>Guys, those Stanford/MIT rates are my personal opinion of my chances at the very worst.</p>

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<p>Which would be better for Earlying to?</p>

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<p>“FA at Cornell is horrible”</p>

<p>Every financial aid package I’ve ever seen at Cornell has been equal to if not better than its peer schools. </p>

<p>My gf even got a large scholarship on top of aid at another top school, yet Cornell was still the cheapest with their FA package.</p>

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<p>If you need FA, it is very risky to apply ED. You simply will not be able to shop for aid packages, and you will have limited ability to negotiate.</p>

<p>You could safely apply to all your schools before you hear about ED, and negotiate your package at Cornell if you get in. Then, if you cannot get enough aid, you can get out of your ED commitment and still have your other apps in. However, it is messy, and you might have a problem if Cornell says its offer is enough and you are should not honorably back out of ED.</p>

<p>If you are competitive for ED at Cornell, then there are plenty of other places that will have you, and you might get merit money at some (not of course S or M).</p>

<p>If you really think your admission chances at S or M are in the low single digits, then it is sort of pointless to apply early. Use your early advantage, if you want, at some place that 1. might really admit you and 2. would give you a good aid package. (Not to say that the packages at S, M, or C will be bad, but they will not have merit money)</p>