Schools to apply to like Cornell?

Bklyn2Cornell
Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:13:27 +0000

No, actually, i thrive in competition at my HS now with about 100 people with averages over 95. My HS is one of the best in the nation, by the way. I took off competitive schools because i dont see the point in wasting time, energy, and money in applying to schools like the trio, AWS, since they are extremely competitive and extremely small compared to Cornell. Many people have told me that my chances in Cornell are VERY GOOD. So i dont see Cornell as VERY competitive for me. Even my college counselor told me that. Columbia/UPenn i drew out for various factors, not just competitiveness, though the competition for Columbia is HIGH! Please believe me when i tell you that, its so high, that in my HS, only TWO PEOPLE make it every year to Columbia. There are so many people at my school with higher averages and SAT’s like 95+ and 1400+ that there would be no point.

Therefore, i’d rather invest my time, energy, and money in good schools like U of R, Brandeis, Cornell, Boston U, and NYU where my chances are higher.

Lets get something straight about admissions, I have seen many seniors at school and the whole admissions game is so disgusting to me. I know a guy who knows someone who works in admissions at Columbia and he got in. Thats ridiculous! Also, i think we should all announce the fact that all the Ivies are just pathetic in their strong focus on SAT scores, ESPECIALLY at Columbia.

I think people need to wake up and breathe some life into them to realize that what will guide you in life as not only a successful student, but a successful person is individuality, uniqueness, motivation, and aspiration not a 3.8 hour test that doesnt test anything but how well you use process of elimination. It just makes me very angry, sorry.

So thats why i hate Columbia. Plus their retention rate is much lower than Cornells which is about 96% i believe, VERY HIGH.