<p>Yes, staying hopeful here, too. My son does have an unusual major, and it may play out in his favor (plus, he’s a legacy). Chandler, your stats are fantastic. I’m very surprised you weren’t accepted in the first round. </p>
<p>On a positive note, now the deferred EDers can compare financial aid offers from other schools and compare offers.</p>
<p>Yeah, my major is HBHS, so it’s not as unusual as DEA. Thanks 
It was probably due to my HumEc essay, which I think while written well, didn’t convey a perfect fit.
Do you think I have a chance at some other Ivies/Williams?</p>
<p>Very true, at least we’ll know where we get in!
(Hopefully Cornell)</p>
<p>^^^Did either of you apply for aid? I know that Cornell is need-blind, but maybe the contract colleges have to be a little more concerned about the numbers because in-state students pay less?</p>
<p>I did apply for aid… ugh</p>
<p>I don’t see a lot of CALS deferrals on this board. Does anyone know whether a CALS deferral is serious or polite?</p>
<p>AFAIK, CALS deferrals generally lead to GT more-so than acceptance.</p>
<p>Do HumEc deferrals lead to more GT’s or more acceptances?</p>
<p>^I dont think they have as many as CALS. The val. of my class applied RD to Hum. Ec and was given a GT, so they def. do give out Gt’s.</p>
<p>I don’t really understand the GT system. Why doesn’t Cornell just accept the students for the freshman year instead of giving a GT? What other schools give out GTs?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/137913-guaranteed-transfer.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/137913-guaranteed-transfer.html</a></p>
<p>interesting…</p>
<p>I don’t really understand that thread though…</p>
<p>Neither do I.</p>
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<p>Not enough space on campus. Unfortunately there are too many good students that Cornell wants to educate, and not everybody can fit.</p>
<p>i don’t know if i completely understand the thread either. I just found gomestar’s posts to be interesting.</p>
<p>^ I read like 2 of her posts, and I don’t like the idea of Cornell completely privatizing! part of HumEc’s appeal for me is the decreased tuition…yeah $20K a year (tuition only) is a sweet deal compared to most top privates. I’m paying $38K a year at NYU just for tuition and have other costs on top of that.</p>
<p>Yeah, NYS residents are overrepresented at Cornell - turns out we’re also overrepresented at most top schools! It’s cause a lot more of us go to college…what can I say, we’re a smart state…if you don’t like running into NYS residents, go move to Alaska or something…I’m from LI and just about everyone from my public HS went on to college, tons to top colleges/ivies. Cornell is a really popular choice here, regarded higher than other ivies like penn/brown/dartmouth. I never ever heard of Cornell being looked down on as a “lesser ivy” until I found this site.</p>
<p>how do the ILR deferees fare, generally? (in terms of the number of ppl getting accepted or getting GT)</p>
<p>how about CALS deferees? esp for the AEM program?</p>
<p>Decision: International - Accepted CAS Psychology</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]Stats:
[<em>]SAT: 2220 690CR 770M 760W (Highest Combined)
[</em>]SAT IIs: 740 Math IIC, 700 French with Listening
[<em>]GPA: 3.9
[</em>]Rank: 1/37
[<em>]Other stats: *our school doesn’t offer AP courses</em> AP Calculus 4, AP French Language 4 (all self-study)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper (won Gold Medal from Columbia University/CSPA by scoring 959 points out of possible 1000)
[</em>]Flute 1st Chair in Chamber Orchestra
[<em>]Founder, Flute 1st Chair in Flute Choir
[</em>]Flute player in local Youth Wind Ensemble
[<em>]Varsity Tennis, Soccer
[</em>]Writing Center Tutor
[<em>]Math Center Tutor
[</em>]Intership at Washington Post
[li]Stanford EPGY Expository Writing</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Won several awards from music competitions every year
[</em>]Won scholarship from school for all 4 years
[<em>]Wellesley Book Award
[</em>]National Honor Society
[li]High Honor, Honor Roll</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: my commonapp one was about my school newspaper. My supplement was about how my family’s traveling abroad during my childhood shaped my love for languages.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I got them from Math and French teachers. haven’t read them, but I’m very close with the French teacher so I’m guessing great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: great
[</em>]Hook (if any): Korean international student speaking 4 languages fluently (Korean, English, French, Japanese). Jumped from French 1 to French 4, then 5, finishing the language in 3 years. As a senior, I’m taking Japanese 3. </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: high school in Washington, originally from Seoul
[</em>]School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
[*]General Comments: Congratulations to all of you! For some reason, it took me a while to register so I’m posting this now… I STILL can’t believe that I got in- i go into Cornell website at midnight and scream in joy. lol can’t wait to see all of you next fall!</p>
<p>I just received the results from the CAAAN EDers in my district… of eight kids who applied, SIX were rejected, one was accepted, and one was deferred.</p>
<p>Utter carnage. This stands in contrast to last year when we got in eight of eight ED.</p>
<p>Hi CayugaRed. I am the mom of bijou3owl and she was deferred to Cals. You and others chanced her and thought she had a great shot. While she is upset at being deferred, it seems that a lot of VERY qualified applicants were outright rejected. Where is your district and were all these students also very qualified? I am wondering if you have a feel for if she has a chance for at least a guaranteed transfer.</p>