Official Cornell ED 2017 Results

oldfort
Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:54:52 +0000

I posted up stream before results came out, so I am going to repeat what I said before.

For people with very competitive stats and got deferred or rejected, show your application and essays to some adults to see if there was anything you could improve on. I would also see if there was some weakness with your LORs.

For applicants who got deferred and still want to pursue your opportunity at Cornell, I would put another packet together - additional essay, LOR, awards, updated transcript. Send the packet in end of Jan or beginning of Feb. If your GC is willing, have him/her call Cornell to see what was missing from your application so you could address it in your packet.

Above all, keep up your senior grades. They will help with your RDs, and maybe even with wait list. No one wants to think about wait list, but it is a real possibility for many students.

My older daughter was deferred from her dream school and ultimately rejected. She was also WL at two schools because they thought they were her back up schools. So I understand the range of emotion here. Allow few days to feel disappointed then move forward with what you need to get done in the next few weeks. I am confident most of you will end up at a place you will be happy at. Next year this time you will be worrying about your first semester grades.