Cornell (SUNY Ithaca) (2022-2023)

[marsh musk]

i applied to Dyson so

they require a resume submission

[plain chasm]

No

[vernal raven]

no i dont think theyll even begin looking at apps for a while

probably just do sorting first

[marsh musk]

I feel like if you can craft a resume that gives more depth than your activities section then it may be worth

[steep cliff]

do you guys have any resume templates?

[marsh musk]

honestly it took me like

[gray falcon]

do u rlly need a resume

[marsh musk]

an hour to find a good one and it ended up still being hard to work with because i did it on google docs instead of microsoft word

No

[vernal raven]

probably not

[gray falcon]

most of mine is just on the app alr

[marsh musk]

pretty sure its a completely optional part

[gray falcon]

ok just making sure

[marsh musk]

wait

[vernal raven]

most AO's say that a highschoolers resume is usually very bad lol

[marsh musk]

you not applying to Dyson though right

[gray falcon]

nah

[vernal raven]

and most ppl just restate whats on the rest of their app

[marsh musk]

then u should b good

[marsh musk]

yh cause

a resume is supposed to have all ur experience

[gray falcon]

my resume would just be redundant info

probably annoys them to see it

[marsh musk]

and high schoolers just have a bunch of clubs and an internship or two

and allat stuff is already in ur app

[vernal raven]

well some super cracked kids can actually make use of it by including stuff they didnt have space for

[marsh musk]

yea see like

I literally dont even have enough things to do at my school

to do that

[plain chasm]

alright i’ll submit today then

I definitely don’t have enough awards for a resume to be non-repetitive 😭

[steep cliff]

I'm proficient in some modeling software that i could probably put in, that i couldn't for the activities section

[marsh musk]

My resume literally has the same stuff as my activities section and a few more awards

[steep cliff]

do elementary chess awards count?

[marsh musk]

only difference is my activites get more depth

[plain chasm]

same

[gray falcon]

nah just hs stuff im pretty sure

[steep cliff]

ok

how about a piano award for a recital

[marsh musk]

remember if u guys get like more awards or anything

impactful

like national awards or something

u can always send colleges an update letter and add them im pretty sure

[plain chasm]

not unless it was at like carnegie hall

[steep cliff]

i have nothing💀

[plain chasm]

I have 9x piano awards which i put on CA

and probably more non-national

[steep cliff]

dang nice

[marsh musk]

damn

[plain chasm]

aaaaa to submit tonight or to not submit tonight

[drowsy glen]

just submitted a rant for the engineering essay lord have mercy

but im done

[velvet gull]

submitted

[plain chasm]

alright imma submit my app and work on essay later

hold the $80 or whatever against me if i don’t get my sup in

[steep cliff]

can i add working for my parents as a profession on the resume?

[drowsy glen]

yeah

like as a family business

• i think that gets marked in the context section too

[plain chasm]

app submitted

[drowsy glen]

WWW

[humble meteor]

does resume length matter? i have a 1 page resume with some stuff cut out, and a 4 page ut austin expanded resume that is pretty in depth on stuff not on my common app

is the 1 page still more professional looking and stuff

[thick abyss]

Yes

4 is way too long

[humble meteor]

k

i asked a ut ao and they said expanded means u can write as much as u want so i j have a 4 page resume sitting here for no other use 😭

[vernal raven]

they say that but theyre gonna hate u if u make them read that

remember AO's are ppl too :p

[humble meteor]

yep welp too late now

some kids ik sent in like 7 pages though i cant be on the worst side

[drowsy glen]

if it makes you feel better i spent way too many lines explaining robotics and turned my 2 page resume into 3 LMAO

• ik some people at my school turn like 3 ecs they spend no time on into like half a page each so ???

assuming you arent writing nonsense ig it'd just be annoying having to skim so much but it's not fluff at least

[humble meteor]

yeah tbf i increased spacing and everything on the 4 pages just to make it more readable so it snot really too much content imo

prob cant hurt me all g ut austin is a weird school, ill just turn in 1 page for cornell though

[steep cliff]

guy do you know what degrees are given for summer coarse

[pseudo steeple]

Cornell submitted

[crimson vortex]

submitted w/ exactly 650 words

slayed!

[pseudo steeple]

fr

[steep cliff]

do you guys add gpa for resume?

[pearl siren]

Yes

[untold marsh]

uhm why does it say deadline has passed when i'm CST ..... it's still 11:15pm here

is that just a common app thing or do i need to submit all my apps before 10:59pm CST

[inner cliff]

common app runs on eastern time

dw

as long as you get it in by 12am ur time

[untold marsh]

ah ok ty

[inner cliff]

np good luck 🙂

[steep cliff]

how about relevant course work?

[misty bane]

wait for highest math

its will have been completed by graduation right?

so if im about to take differential equation next sem

i put differential equation for highest right?

[drowsy glen]

yes

[pearl siren]

I did because I'm intl and it wasn't very clearly listed elsewhere lol

[steep cliff]

what would relevant course work be considered? like french, math, art, english?

[marsh musk]

either way you should be good apparently theyre taking apps til jan 16th

[pearl siren]

I listed the subtopics within math, phys etc because math comes under a very broad 'math and stat' course for me which covers calc and stuff

[steep cliff]

Wait so can I submit my whole application later, or just the supps?

[plain coral]

Just supps

First part needs to be submitted

[steep cliff]

are you sure Shawn says: If the application and fee/fee waiver are submitted by the deadline, it is fine for other required application materials to be submitted or arrive shortly thereafter. We also understand that some required application materials may be further delayed in reaching us this year.

[steep cliff]

also he said this: Should students have any issues submitting the application and application fee (or fee waiver/waiver request) by the deadline, know that we understand that this can happen, and we have always allowed a few days of grace around the January 2 Regular Decision admissions application deadline.

[tawny prism]

no

app can be submitted later as well

[plain coral]

Oh rlly ?

[plain coral]

I mustve only read this part

[errant pilot]

ffs I submitted in a hurry made a typo in my common app essay

[vernal raven]

they wont gaf abt one typo

[errant pilot]

the whole sentence doesn't make sence

its like

In 9th grade I transferred to a different school after finishing "

i mean to delete after finishing

but forgot

[steep cliff]

ok I'm gonna go with Cornell accepting the CA app later, and if not💀

[vernal raven]

nah theyll realize it was a typo and wont care too much

[errant pilot]

hope so

my personla statement was kiknda garbage

but supplement was good

do unis care more abt the main essay or their supplements usually?

[plain chasm]

the personal essay provides insight for their supplements

at least that’s how i’ve been using it

[limpid ocean]

lesgo

we love the 3% acp rate

guys

if i alr submitted my essay to dyson

for*

can i submit another version and say that its ther revised version?

cuz i want to add a few things

[valid matrix]

well i dont think CA supps are revisable, if you REALLY need to include it, maybe add them in supp material on portal,

[limpid ocean]

hmmm

is it a red flag for them if i add in sth lol?

[thick abyss]

I wouldn’t

That’s like submitting an English paper after the deadline

[drowsy glen]

bro i fucked up

found out you need 2 math teacher reqs for the engineering college

after submitting

and at best i only have my programming teacher??

am i screwed

[thick abyss]

Who was ur other person

[uncut mauve]

^

[drowsy glen]

History teacher from last year

I also have a counselor req but like

???

[thick abyss]

“Two (2) Teacher Recommendations. At least one of the two teacher recommendations must be from a math teacher. You are strongly encouraged to submit a math teacher recommendation from a pre-calculus or calculus teacher who has taught you in grade 11 or 12 (or equivalent years). The second recommendation may be from a teacher instructing a subject of your choice. If you are an international or ESL student, we strongly encourage that the second recommendation be from a teacher who can directly address your English proficiency. We suggest giving your teachers at least one month to write the letters, and be sure they know you and your work well.”

Says only one has to be math! @drowsy glen

[drowsy glen]

OH YMGOFTHSNKYOU

[thick abyss]

LMAO OFC

[drowsy glen]

Jesus fucking christ

[thick abyss]

Two math teachers would be…absurd

[drowsy glen]

Bro i was like

I dont have a math teacher this year???

Unless they want the bitchass calc prof i had last semester who ddint grade shit like brooo

But

Its not that

Thank you

So much bro jfc

[thick abyss]

Dude ofc

Take a breath you’ll be just fine

[viral crest]

WHAT

is this for a specific school

im so screwed

[plain chasm]

💀 two years of math recs sounds unreasonable, and even so, as long as you include one I don’t think they’d care because how are they going to attest to a higher level than ur currently taking?

[uncut mauve]

💀 I have 3 math recs

[plain chasm]

😳

you only submitted math??

🗿

[uncut mauve]

yea

[plain chasm]

HUH

[thick abyss]

Engineering

[viral crest]

oh ok

[thick abyss]

3???? Bro

[plain chasm]

😭 Im using a math & an english + research

[thick abyss]

I used a math and an English

[uncut mauve]

I'm pretty bad at humanities and not rlly a fan of my schools' science teachers + they don't rlly know me well

[viral crest]

im doing cs and econ bruh

[plain chasm]

mb i said it wrong

[viral crest]

matches w my majors

[thick abyss]

But 3 math teachers??? Bro

1. How do u love 3 math teachers

2. Why did you use 3 instead of like 2

[uncut mauve]

2 from school, 1 from summer program

ig that answers ur second question as well lol

[thick abyss]

Ah Lmao

What’s ur intended major again

[uncut mauve]

maths

[thick abyss]

OH LMAO

Okay good

[uncut mauve]

lol it would b real awkward if i had 3 maths letters and i wanted to do humanities or smth

😂

[plain chasm]

lmao

okay that makes sense tbh

i’m submitting a rec from summer stuff too but i usually just submit that through the portal

[uncut mauve]

i also took double math 2 years in hs so the more time rlly helped teachers know me

[thick abyss]

Jesus Christ man

Power to you

[austere pendant]

can i submit

like

fin-aid docs

now

or is it too late

cause the deadline was yest

i'm j wondering now

[plain chasm]

the deadline is jan 16

[austere pendant]

for int it was jan 2nd

[marsh musk]

Fin-aid deadline is usually different then the app deadline

google when it’s due

[marsh musk]

I’d suggest you still turn it in

As soon as possible

They still may consider it

[austere pendant]

just submitted it

12 hours late :/

but it is what it is

i thought the deadline would be diff as well ig not

[plain coral]

I believe it was extended

Oh

Unless they said finaid was needed

[humble meteor]

does cornell need css?

[plain chasm]

you can submit fee waivers until jan 16

so i would think it’s extended

[vernal raven]

Yes

[dusk prairie]

I'm submitting on friday

I can't take the stress of it anymore

[zealous vine]

where does it say jan 16 as the deadline? i’m still seeing jan 2 on the website

[uncut mauve]

check pins

[spring surge]

anyone applying to the school of human ecology?

[limpid ocean]

is it a good idea if I resubmit a different essay where I talk abt another school and introduced the essay as "an alternate school that I'm passionate about" ?

[plain coral]

a school other than cornell ?

im feeling like thats not a great idea

[limber kestrel]

u mean like a school within cornell?

like COE and CALS?

[plain coral]

oh

that makes more sense

but still i dont think its the best idea

u should full send one school, not imply youre gonna trnsfer if u dont enjoy it; they admit based on school

[limpid ocean]

yeye

[limpid ocean]

ah okok

[sour summit]

how do i submit ap testing to cornell if i accidentally forgot to include it on common app (school i applied to is test blind so i turned off self reporting)

or do they not care about those tests either

[noble ivy]

i have the same question except for ib

^ i forgot to include it in the testing section

[viral crest]

CORNELLLL

[wicked saddle]

i did not submit any ap scores to dyson

i rly dont think they care

[limber kestrel]

call/email cornell

ask if you can upload application corrections to the portal

(that's what i did for harvard (diff correction tho), idk if cornell allows that too)

i have the cornell portal rn, and this is all it says:

"Please use this form to upload and submit supplemental information to your application. Supplemental information does not include required* application materials.

We will only accept supplemental material here. All other required application materials must be sent in via the application you used to apply or by mail. Supported file types are: PDF files, Word documents, and jpeg files (.pdf, .doc, .docx, .jpg, .jpeg)."

AP scores aren't required, but they might help ur profile (a bit)

so yea i think it's worth reaching out to see what ur options are

dw tho, ap scores aren't a major part of you application

[limpid ocean]

ig u can just send them your transcrip or ask your counselor to do it

[errant pilot]

I already sent transcript in common app do I have to fill out SRAR

[limpid ocean]

wait what

theres one for cornell?

[drowsy glen]

no

??

nothing about it on the portal

[limpid ocean]

ye

same

nothing is on the portal?

[errant pilot]

oh nvm wrong chat mybad

[steep cliff]

Wait I submitted my CA, and in the portal it says that the deadline for supplemental material is feb 15. What does that mean?

[rare kettle]

Really?

[wicked saddle]

did anyone even get their cornell portal

[errant pilot]

yes i di

did

[broken sierra]

no

[unborn ivy]

Cornell

[plain coral]

Cornell (SUNY Ithaca)

😇

[uncut mauve]

Cornell

: )

[feral wren]

State university of new york ithaca

[wicked saddle]

technically the truth though ngl

[limber harbor]

me when cornell asks for fin aid docs i gave them 3 months ago

[plain chasm]

did cornell actually extend until feb 10

[uncut mauve]

bruh wait wut

[wicked saddle]

did anyone apply to the milstein program?

[tawny prism]

jan 16th

idk why that persons says feb 10th

[humble meteor]

whens css due?

[uncut mauve]

I just checked it b/c on the off chance it actually happens, I'll just add Chinese for my humanity side

[wicked saddle]

didnt we have have to mention our reasons and stuff in the essay?! that’s what i did

😭

[uncut mauve]

there's an essay for it? 💀

oops

[wicked saddle]

the 650 one

[uncut mauve]

i just used that as a general why cornell

[steep cliff]

Is that architecture

[steep cliff]

The portals said feb 15 no?

[wicked saddle]

its the science-humanities mix one

idk the website is really vague :(

[wheat shadow]

yeah it said jan 16th in pins but common app for some reason started saying feb 10th for me lol

[tawny prism]

huh mine doesn’t say that

[tawny prism]

did you submit the application part but not the writing supp?

[steep cliff]

Mine says that

[steep cliff]

I did that

[tawny prism]

oh interesting

[plain chasm]

oh huh

lemme check mine

[plain chasm]

i did the same as you

[steep cliff]

I kinda wish I had more time for the CA app tho

[plain chasm]

same thing

mine was extended til feb 10

idk i guess if you did CA but not writing sup they gave you longer?

[steep cliff]

Did anyone not submit, I want to know if I could’ve had more time

[tawny prism]

should i email

[viral crest]

wtf

yall will cornell reject me because i didnt sign up for the CAAAN thing

[steep cliff]

What’s CAAAN

[chrome ember]

alumni interview i think

[chrome ember]

don't think so

[viral crest]

its not really an interview apparently

[chrome ember]

everything i've heard says its truly optional

[viral crest]

more like an info session?

[chrome ember]

yea

[steep cliff]

Yeah it is, AAP is the only school with a mandatory interview

[tawny prism]

y’all got me stressing i send the CA part rn just in case

[plain chasm]

it’s optional but a report is sent to AOs about whether u had the interview or not

[viral crest]

bruh

[wheat shadow]

whoops yeah i submitted common app but not supplement 😬

[versed hamlet]

wait does the cornell supplement depend on which college you choose? i was just looking cuz deadline got extended

[limber kestrel]

yea

to an extent

for example

for LSA, its a single 650 word essay

for COE, it's two 250 word essays

[versed hamlet]

oh woah

but the deadline extension is only for the supplement right

[plain chasm]

to feb 10 yes

but for apps in general jan 16 is the latest u can submit

[tulip barn]

Feb 10 is crazy

How r they gonna sort through it all

[wicked saddle]

february 10th??

imagine what these people are gonna be writing 💀

that's almost too generous

[limber harbor]

im betting money its a system glitch

[thick abyss]

Link?

That seems unfair

[thick abyss]

No fucking way

[plain chasm]

idk why or how

[limber harbor]

note how it says "granted"

[plain chasm]

it’s not just me

[limber harbor]

its 100% a bug

[plain chasm]

i didn’t ask for it either

[wicked saddle]

i agree

[limber harbor]

they pushed it to every1 by accident

[plain chasm]

probably

[thick abyss]

How are they not better at this

[limber harbor]

but

[thick abyss]

First duke now them

[limber harbor]

they can't take it back

too many kids will cry to them

so it'll prolly stick

[wicked saddle]

like imagine a whole month 💀 gonna have the whole world applying with godly essays

[plain chasm]

they might’ve had to do that to let people submit still

[thick abyss]

I’m not sure

[plain chasm]

for real

[thick abyss]

Logistics might be hard

[plain chasm]

chat gpt that shit 27000 times

[thick abyss]

Maybe it was planned

To lower acceptance rate even more

[plain chasm]

maybe

[wicked saddle]

trash move

they were already at 5%

[thick abyss]

cornell?

Overall is like 9

[wicked saddle]

yeah, last year was 5 or 6% iirc

[plain chasm]

how tf are they going to have time to review all the applications that come in until feb 10

[thick abyss]

Ok I need to rant for a second here

[plain chasm]

i understand an extra week or two, it’s whatever

[thick abyss]

This seems insanely unfair even if it’s a mistake

[plain chasm]

but a whole goddamn month is unreasonable

[thick abyss]

All the kids who got it in early are the ones that get screwed

Not even early

The ones on TIME

and they probably can’t take it back all the way

[wicked saddle]

that's what i don't like about unnecessary extensions

unless you abs need it

you shouldn't get one 💀

[thick abyss]

I think giving kids to the 16th was already a lot

[tawny prism]

the 16th felt nice and fair and reasonable

[thick abyss]

But now another 2-3 weeks

Jesus

[tawny prism]

feb 10th is insane

who even wants to be writing essays in february bruh

[wicked saddle]

i feel like that has to have some contextual impact on our apps then

[thick abyss]

Let’s think this through

[tawny prism]

should be feb 1 at the absolute absolute latest

[thick abyss]

What r their possible responses?

[plain chasm]

the latest application deadline i know of that’s not rolling is umich at feb 1

[tawny prism]

mine doesn’t say anything about that extension tho i’m still submitting latest 16th

[plain chasm]

why is cornell turning into a rolling college bro

[wicked saddle]

a month is a massive difference, even in the eyes of AOs

there should probably be some benefit I'd hope

[thick abyss]

1. Takes it back like oops and discards applications that came in late
2. Takes it back but lets applications that came in before they turned it back slide
3. Grants a smaller extension
4. Grants the full extension

What’s most likely guys?

[thick abyss]

Rly?

[wicked saddle]

i'm feeling 1

they also said 16th on their site so

[plain chasm]

I think 2

[thick abyss]

maybe someone else should check that hasn’t submitted writing yet

[plain chasm]

because i think someone will complain by the 16th

that it’s unfair

[tawny prism]

it’s cause i hadn’t submitted the CA part

[thick abyss]

I’m feeling 2 as well

[wheat shadow]

yeah this is what i see on my common app so

[tawny prism]

everyone who submitted the CA part before got the extension message

i submitted today hopefully it’s all good

[thick abyss]

Where did feb 10 even come from???

[plain chasm]

i think atp it might be intentional

[thick abyss]

It’s so random it feels planned

[plain chasm]

but a waiting game is never a good one

if you wait to submit your writing sup until feb 10, your file could’ve already been read and decided on

[tawny prism]

yeah i don’t think it’s unintentional. cornell gives extensions all the time literally every cycle i doubt they’d mess up their system this much

[wicked saddle]

this is the funny part

literal auto reject

[thick abyss]

EXACTLY

An entire team would have to approve it

[plain chasm]

like i don’t think you’ll have any issue by submitting before jan 16 but feb…

that’s getting close

[wicked saddle]

idc these extensions are getting on ym nerves atp

[thick abyss]

Plz rant

[wicked saddle]

every reach is suddenly doing them the year i apply like be fr

[thick abyss]

I have 27 min before I can fog my brain with Ginny and Georgia

[thick abyss]

I think they feel bad for us??? But maybe like lessen fees then NOT this

[wicked saddle]

now we're gonna have 20000 more kids in the pool lol

[thick abyss]

I wonder how many kids will actually notice tho

[tawny prism]

tbh kids that aren’t super invested in the process like us probably won’t even notice

[plain chasm]

hot take but if you’re waiting that long to submit you probably wouldn’t have a good application in the first place

[tawny prism]

like yale extended but didn’t send an email@or anything i just happened to find it on the website lmao

[wicked saddle]

they did?

lol

[tawny prism]

so i doubt that led to a huge increase

[plain chasm]

wtf

[tawny prism]

maybe like 1k more apps max

[plain chasm]

yale extended til when?

[thick abyss]

True

But even like 100 kids make a diff

[plain chasm]

that’s reasonable

[thick abyss]

That’s two days tho

This is over a MONTH

[plain chasm]

columbia did 2 days too

[thick abyss]

(More time than between ED decisions and RD deadline)

[plain chasm]

idk why they’re giving so many extensions this yr

[tawny prism]

yeah ik i’m not comparing the lengths of the extensions i’m saying usually these extensions are not that easy to find unless you kinda dig

[plain chasm]

was this the same last year?

like what

[wicked saddle]

my college counselor has 0 clue about any of this

everytime i bring it up, it's news to him like wtf 💀

[thick abyss]

GUYS

LOOK AT THIS

PAST PRECEDENT

[plain chasm]

tf

[wicked saddle]

mmm.

[plain chasm]

what is cornell on

[tepid wagon]

Applying on time better count as demonstrated interest 😤

[plain chasm]

prestige juice

[wicked saddle]

fr because i got all my stuff in on time

no extensions needed !

[limber harbor]

they're pumping apps for-profit style

[plain chasm]

that makes me super worried tho

how are they going to go about considering apps this year

[limber harbor]

don't expect a good result if u turn in late bc in this case they'll 100% look in order of receipt

[plain chasm]

if they’re on their for profit arc

[limber harbor]

and more than likely

[plain chasm]

after jan 16

[limber harbor]

99% of apps submitted past today won't be seen

[thick abyss]

Will it hurt us regular kids onTime? Bc more comp obv

[limber harbor]

doubt

[limber harbor]

they don't have the capacity for it

[plain chasm]

I mean, I definitely think they’ll honor their jan 16th extension

[limber harbor]

and won't be hiring willy nilly to cover

[thick abyss]

They have to

[limber harbor]

acc yea past jan 16

j16 to f10 apps will prolly not be considered overall

[plain chasm]

after jan 16, i believe that they’ll be actually reviewing

[thick abyss]

can they reject you without seeing your app tho? I feel like that is somewhat illegal

Maybe not illegal

[plain coral]

no but they can say theyve already accepted enough

[limber harbor]

^

[plain chasm]

if you submit one part of your application they can mark it incomplete

[thick abyss]

Ahhh

[plain chasm]

and that’s grounds for a rejection

[thick abyss]

Yeah what if this is just a plot lmao

[plain chasm]

it is a plot

[limber harbor]

they just want to pump acceptance rates

thats it

[thick abyss]

Ploy

[thick abyss]

This is so fucked up

[plain chasm]

i mean every college does

they see their competitors going sub 3%

[thick abyss]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen it done in this regard tho

[plain chasm]

they want in on the juice

[thick abyss]

To this extent

[plain chasm]

give me some of that harvard juice 🥤

[limber harbor]

ehh

[plain chasm]

on my sub 3% shit

[limber harbor]

this is j the first time we're noticing

its v common

esp those "priority apps"

[thick abyss]

Fair

[wicked saddle]

it's becoming like those ultra competitive tech schools in India

[thick abyss]

I’m just shocked

[wicked saddle]

sub 1% 💀

[thick abyss]

Ik Tulane is doing it to

[plain chasm]

ok but with TOP COLLEGES

[thick abyss]

Told all good rd kids to apply ed2

But an IVY

[plain chasm]

i understand wooster ed2 “we just extended your deadline!”

[thick abyss]

They shouldn’t be this self conscious

[plain chasm]

like whatever wooster

[wicked saddle]

Tulane and UChicago are doing copious amounts of yield pumping

I'm not here for it

[limber harbor]

they're the 2nd lowest ranked ivy

were the lowest for a while

[drowsy glen]

they gotta make people forget about the nets under the bridge somehow

idk

[limber harbor]

and remember

ivies offer NOTHING

literally NOTHING

outside of prestige

they need it

[plain chasm]

“we’ll give you an extra month so you don’t come to our campus depressed”

[limber harbor]

they have their own ways

[thick abyss]

What’s uchi doing

[drowsy glen]

nah bc i was stressed as hell getting my app done before the deadline then i hear abt all of this

[thick abyss]

Cornell offers a lot tbh

[thick abyss]

Yeah; it’s a hella turn off

[drowsy glen]

mfs better boost pre jan 3 apps w/ demonstrated interest like goddamn

like do you really need your acceptance rate to be like 8 instead of 10

is it even 10

[plain chasm]

nah pre jan 16 will all be considered the same

[thick abyss]

Ig money stuff

But I’m sorry

[limber harbor]

yes

[wicked saddle]

They accept at least 50% of their class ED, people estimate as much as like 75% (idk how true that is, probabl seculation)

[limber harbor]

they want to climb rankings

[thick abyss]

The fact that they do this instead of fees tells me everything

[wicked saddle]

that explains the stupidly low RD and EA rates

[drowsy glen]

pain

[limber harbor]

we don't know the rates anymore

uchi doesn't release cds

which makes a lot of sense when u consider the rumor

[wicked saddle]

yeah

they project 4% by the end of the app season

[drowsy glen]

HUH

uchicago????

[wicked saddle]

yes

[drowsy glen]

goddamn

fuck us education why are these the goals that schools have

[thick abyss]

I can’t imagine what this will be like a few years from now

[limber harbor]

people really need to transition away from acceptance rate

[drowsy glen]

actually so unintuitive and counterproductive

[limber harbor]

and towards raw size

because you can't and won't fake size

[wicked saddle]

idk but it's particularly crazy because if i'm right, there's lkike 500 spots left

[thick abyss]

Acceptance rate is so beyond stupid

[wicked saddle]

they accepted 7% of 15k EA/EDI

[limber harbor]

...

[wicked saddle]

their class is 1500

= bloodbath

[limber harbor]

their entire freshman class?

[wicked saddle]

yeah

[thick abyss]

Goddamn

[limber harbor]

jesus christ what

[thick abyss]

I’m very glad to be leaving chicago next year

[limber harbor]

a t20 shouldn't be allowed to be that small

like literally institutions of "that quality" need to be expanding, not maintaining or contracting

[drowsy glen]

"but our small class sizes" "our tight knit community"

[wicked saddle]

my dreams were initially smashed by my EA deferral, but now i'm seeing what they are tbh

[limber harbor]

u can keep it that way

[thick abyss]

Hard to do so in their location Lowkey

[limber harbor]

crazy thing called hire more professors

[wicked saddle]

like i couldn't have gotten in if i didn't do ED

[limber harbor]

ton of phd grads who can't get a job

[limber harbor]

true but like

atp you move to the state school method

create a new campus

[thick abyss]

They’re surrounded by historical sites

I agree

New campus

[drowsy glen]

"but money that doesnt go to the president so they can give administration bonuses as students complain probably"

[wicked saddle]

they should've mimicked northwestern in that regard

they have 2 near the chicago area iirc

[thick abyss]

Northwestern is a v good example

[wicked saddle]

so it's possible

[thick abyss]

Uiuc is not

[limber harbor]

UCs are a good example too since the education across the top 6 is very very similar

covers a ton of land too

[thick abyss]

True true

[limber harbor]

we j have riverside santa cruz and merced tearing our name down

need to make them actual good schools

[thick abyss]

And their application was not extended nor too expensive

[limber harbor]

^

and our acceptance rates are goofy too

but thats bc 130k ppl apply

[drowsy glen]

i dont think oos students care about riverside or anything though (bc who tf knows abt them)

[limber harbor]

bc every1 understands how good it is

[drowsy glen]

at least in my school

[thick abyss]

Ucla,ucsb and Berkeley are only ones I know

[drowsy glen]

its just the competitive or cheating mfs applying to berkeley and the 7 kids who missed their turn home and ended up on the east coast applying to ucla

[limber harbor]

if u wanna go off of the "who tf knows abt them" you don't know more than 5 schools outside of the T30

[thick abyss]

, bc I’m not a cali fan

[limber harbor]

everyone in my school expects themselves to get into one t20 or a UC and any school they don't know they think is ass

they said T50 is the equiv of CC

then they realize

[drowsy glen]

ik which lowkey like makes me hella confused w/ top schools at this point

[limber harbor]

its not ata ll realistic

[wicked saddle]

lowkey i feel like admissions for ivies will take a hit in the next few years, when test optional ends
and these people submitting their tests knocked the 25th-75th extremely high for all unis involved

like cornell was 1400 before pandemic

[limber harbor]

thats why they all did TO

[thick abyss]

Absolutely agree

[wicked saddle]

now they're like 1490 (25th percentile)

[limber harbor]

it hard beenfitted them

[thick abyss]

I’m shocked they’re so lenient about tests

Money good yes

But kids r bombing

[drowsy glen]

like theres being a prestige whore but even with the amount of time ive wasted on colleges i couldnt tell you jack shit abt half of them

[limber harbor]

If you want to abandon testing in any way

Test Blind is the only way

you can't go halfway

[steep cliff]

its not its happened before

[limber harbor]

and even then im hard against it

[thick abyss]

I think it should be test required honestly

[limber harbor]

Tests should be required

[wicked saddle]

yeah, our school is doing horrendous on standardized testing

[limber harbor]

but imo

Fuck essays

[thick abyss]

Proof?

[drowsy glen]

"b-but we want to admit people not robots" man idek

[limber harbor]

they should be abolished bc they hurt literally every1 who doesn't have hours upon hours of time and esp hurt people who are weaker socially but amazing in every other way

[limber harbor]

please do an interview or similar then

[thick abyss]

I think gpa/test scores>ec’s>essays>lor

[limber harbor]

don't make peopel succk up

[drowsy glen]

LITERALLY THIS IS WHAT I DONT GET

[limber harbor]

i agree except swap essays and LOR

[drowsy glen]

"we dont want a class of robots" INTERVIEWS

[thick abyss]

I think some essays r rly good

[limber harbor]

its so easy to fake yourself in an essay

[drowsy glen]

like i'll install zoom idc

[thick abyss]

Some r rly rly bad

[limber harbor]

creating a fake persona is impossible w an interview or video essay

[thick abyss]

True true

[limber harbor]

your manerisms and personality actually come out then

and imo

[thick abyss]

I rly like video essays

[limber harbor]

video essay > interview

bc you take out the social anxiety aspect

[drowsy glen]

i dont disagree but the amount of variability just makes it feel like an english class where you dont know if the teacher is a bitch or not and they take forever to grade

[limber harbor]

and it shouldn't be weighted hard at all

[thick abyss]

I think gpa/test scores>ec’s>lor>essays>interviews

[limber harbor]

should be an insanely insignificant factor

[steep cliff]

has anyone emailed cornell?

[thick abyss]

Interviews are great but sm interviewers aren’t the best from experience

[limber harbor]

that just helps them see what personalities MAY fit and what wont

[limber harbor]

yea

[wicked saddle]

i like interviews tbh, i usually feel great connections with my interviewer and like conversating with them in general

[limber harbor]

my penn interviewer was terrible

[wicked saddle]

it's comfortable for me

[thick abyss]

Me too man

An hr late

[drowsy glen]

D:

[tiny willow]

were your interviews in person?

[limber harbor]

yea

[thick abyss]

And barely asked anything

[limber harbor]

my boss for my old internship was amazing at interviewing

[thick abyss]

All online for me

You know what

[limber harbor]

really dug into more personal aspects to get to know me and asked the right questions and was sociable

[thick abyss]

I did like the resume for cornell

[limber harbor]

my penn interviewer was cold and really awk

[thick abyss]

Felt more real and actually helpful

[limber harbor]

like i brought up my business as one of the main reasons for applying M&T

so i unplug my keyboard and im lik

yea so this is actually one of the products i designed and sold

hold it up

she has the most sarcastic "oh wow."

like at least try to make the convo work

[thick abyss]

LMAO

Idk ig

I think colleges know that their process isn’t the best

And i get that they are a business

[limber harbor]

i hate it so much

[thick abyss]

But idk

[limber harbor]

bc i feel like if essays were taken out my chances would be so much higher

[thick abyss]

a business needs to attract customers

[drowsy glen]

business w/ bad product and hella marketing

[limber harbor]

and esp if Test required was enforced

but they're not a business

they're non-profits

they want to be a business?

great pay taxes?

[drowsy glen]

? the test req or the universities

[thick abyss]

LMAO

[thick abyss]

Both

Collegeboard is a nonprofit too

[drowsy glen]

i mean

[limber harbor]

oh you don't want to? okay do normal applications

[drowsy glen]

"""nonprofit""" look at the board members incomes

[limber harbor]

oh dw ik abt non-profit corruption

[thick abyss]

Our parents had it SO much easier

[wicked saddle]

honestly, i feel like i'll look at these schools in ~2 years and laugh at the absolute monstrosity that's their acceptance rate
BBL but for universities trying to go big 🎇

[thick abyss]

Also they collide

Collude

[drowsy glen]

like the level of coin chasing they do is honestly insane

[limber harbor]

yh

[thick abyss]

They’re acting as a cartel effectively

[limber harbor]

nah my dad was fucked

the iranian equiv of the SAT was the only determining factor for getting into a uni

which meant a fraction of a point was the difference between a T10 and T50

[thick abyss]

“Our parents” as in college apps in 80s-90s

[limber harbor]

he got into cornell too 😭

but couldn't get a visa to pu

so he went to my favorite uni

civil aviation technology college

[drowsy glen]

i just mean w/ unis how while yes its effectively a business w/exorbitant costs for a degree and you get the name and networking and """superior education""" with it, it just feels more and more empty at this point

[limber harbor]

im gonna be honest

atp i don't think you should go to a uni if you want an education

you go for the resources, experience, and networking

things you can't get from certifications and OTJ training

[drowsy glen]

thats where my issue is like

as much as looking at higher education is like

depressing af

i like actually want to go to college and learn shit bc i both such ASS at motivating myself to learn but also i lowkey have 0 progress in like

actually figuring out wtf i want to study aside from theoretical cs which is board as hell

so im just like

[limber harbor]

yeah

[drowsy glen]

you have faculty who study this shit and like a 15 minute conversation would genuinely be the best thing that ever happens to me if you accept me

[limber harbor]

me personally im going to Uni for the social experience and networking

[drowsy glen]

but i feel like everything else within the degree could probably be found on youtube

at least at an undergrad level

[limber harbor]

im doing CS+Biz/Fin and its smt i really dont need to go to a good uni for

[thick abyss]

That’s why I’m taking full ride at Villanova if I get it honestly

[limber harbor]

but networking is key to having a job that can afford me a nice cali lifestyle

so i gotta go

[limber harbor]

valid

[drowsy glen]

yeah D: the power of networking is highkey scary

like wow you can have a convo and that really alters your options for the future that much? and it actually does

[limber harbor]

i mean like 99% of everything I've achieved came from some form of networking

[plain chasm]

is this a trend at penn; everyone i’ve heard so far has had stiff interviewers there

[limber harbor]

hell what we're doing rn is networking

[limber harbor]

might be

which makes me happy i got rejected lowk

[drowsy glen]

i will remember you when i dont form a company and need employees!!11

lol

[limber harbor]

i really don't want to go to a "let me get my degree and leave" uni

💀

[drowsy glen]

BRO i swear i dont get who applies to upenn

[uncut mauve]

yea, my interviewer was also super stiff

[limber harbor]

i mean i can grab the dm that led to me selling 400k worth of shit

1s

[uncut mauve]

but maybe I'm just bad at interviews

[plain chasm]

doubt it tbh it might just be penn

my only interview so far was harvard and we connected so well

[uncut mauve]

my rice interview person was chill tho, but they were a senior so ...

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[plain chasm]

my interviewer was so interesting

[drowsy glen]

the whole school just comes off as trust fund bitches but from the east coast or the most sly mfs who are amazing at hiding it

or both

[thick abyss]

Yup

Scary trend

[drowsy glen]

with the 7 people who are actually genuine and will become jaded to hell and back

[limber harbor]

this is why im applying to so many publics and state schools

lowk being at a school where the culture is focused on social life is way better long term for your mental health and sanity

also so maybe you find a partner and arent terminally on tinder

[plain chasm]

idk about that

[thick abyss]

I’m glad that I applied to hostel hospitality for that

[plain chasm]

“what about research 🤓”

[limber harbor]

by state school i mean like umich and UCs

[thick abyss]

At least I won’t be as depressed

[limber harbor]

not so much ball state

[plain chasm]

LMAO

[limber harbor]

yeye

the good state schools

[thick abyss]

Umich is annoying tho

[plain chasm]

“UCs are my safety 🥸”

[limber harbor]

UCLA got fiya party life

[thick abyss]

I don’t want a deferral 😭

[limber harbor]

and still a fiya school

[drowsy glen]

lmao i kinda had this reasoning going in but i just applied to the uni near me bc everyone gets in there

[limber harbor]

i would know living 10m away and having my sister go there

[drowsy glen]

but i would actually hate being this close to home so i just regret it now LMAO

[limber harbor]

i lowk had the opp going in

[uncut mauve]

same

[plain chasm]

same

[limber harbor]

i was like yea i want to learn let me set my career then have fun

but then I took on 9AP/CCs in a sem + SAT/ACT + 30 College Apps + an internship + running a company + leaving hs a year early

and i was like

yk what

maybe i don't need to be focused so much

[drowsy glen]

you hate yourself

[plain chasm]

my parents fluctuate between “you better get into a good ivy” to “why don’t you go to uofa it’s pretty cool” to “you can be a math teacher from a degree at our cc”

[drowsy glen]

oh my god

[plain chasm]

like 💀

[thick abyss]

9 full year AP’s in a semester???

[uncut mauve]

LOL SAME

[thick abyss]

Jesus

[limber harbor]

it's insane how well i endedup doing

[limber harbor]

nah nah nah

[drowsy glen]

i mean big w leaving hs a year early but THAT MUCH lord youre built diff

[limber harbor]

6 full year aps in a year

[plain chasm]

it’s like AGHH i DONT WANT TO STAY IN MY STATE ANYMORE

[limber harbor]

1 5 unit CC course a sem and 2 3 unit cc courses per sem

[thick abyss]

Ah gotcha I’m doing that rn

[drowsy glen]

like the diff depends on the teacher

[plain chasm]

sheesh

[thick abyss]

Also I hate to start another debate

[drowsy glen]

are any of these math classes by chance

the cc ones

[limber harbor]

nah

[thick abyss]

But I also think that gpa is not that great of a measure

[drowsy glen]

oh okok

[uncut mauve]

o, I don't mind being in my state, I just don't know how I'm supposed to interact with them when talking about college stuff 😂

[limber harbor]

one is Sysadmin, one chinese, and one english 12/ethnic studies

[thick abyss]

it’s SO inflated now a days

[plain chasm]

i’m only taking discrete and physics w/ calc dual next sem + IBDP and AP physics

[drowsy glen]

did you make that reddit post

[thick abyss]

And EVERY teacher is so diff

[drowsy glen]

THIS

[thick abyss]

I don’t post nah

[drowsy glen]

BRO

[thick abyss]

What did they say

[limber harbor]

i agree but its also the only thing we can do to get HS context

[uncut mauve]

and then u got my school deflating GPAs for some damn reason

💀

[drowsy glen]

ap cogo at my school is such a fucking joke like i dont want to come off as that annoying mf who thinks theyre better than everyone

[thick abyss]

Absolutely. I just wish it wasn’t this way

[plain chasm]

MY SCHOOL IS SO DEFLATED TOO

especially IB program

[thick abyss]

I think it’s great for overall trends

[plain chasm]

😭

[drowsy glen]

but these mfs DO NOT WATCH THE NEWS i SWEAR they are COMPLETELY UNAWARE of like ANY geopolitics

[plain chasm]

oml it’s awful

[limber harbor]

whats cogo

[plain chasm]

there’s a total of 3 people with a 4.0 uw

[thick abyss]

But Ik cornell risks to rescind you for a B- second semester senior year

[drowsy glen]

comparative government

[limber harbor]

o

[uncut mauve]

👀

[limber harbor]

wth

[uncut mauve]

wtf

[drowsy glen]

its like

[thick abyss]

Yuh

[drowsy glen]

history lite of 6 countries

lowkey a nice class

[thick abyss]

Some kid last year had to talk to the committee

[uncut mauve]

tfw the class average is a b-/c

[drowsy glen]

but not when your classmates ARE FUCKIGN STUPID

[uncut mauve]

😭

[drowsy glen]

LORD

[thick abyss]

He was ok but like that’s insane

A B isn’t supposed to be BAD

[drowsy glen]

that class is actually making me hate the senior class like actually holy shit

[plain chasm]

i mean if u go from 4.0 uw to getting Bs they’re going to be alert

i’ve heard that having a perfect gpa puts you even more at risk for these things

[thick abyss]

True

They only got 2 B’s tho senior year

Which isn’t that insane to me

[uncut mauve]

wut if u go from a ~3.85 to a C b/c AP Physics C is stupidly hard at my school

[limber harbor]

if ivies didn't operate w hooks i'd say its fair and if they really want the cream of the crop it makes sense

BUT if you're gonna accept rich, legacy, and athletes? no. you're standards are already muddied and you shouldn't be doing this

[thick abyss]

Oh also

The guy’s B-

Calc bc

[plain chasm]

OHHHH

[limber harbor]

lmao

[plain chasm]

okay i get it

[drowsy glen]

fair

[limber harbor]

the avg for bc is a C- in my HS

[thick abyss]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cornell/comments/w9teah/prefrosh_got_a_letter_of_concern_over_a_b_and_b/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

[limber harbor]

and we have three seperate math tracks

so only the smartest take it

[plain chasm]

we don’t even have bc at my school

[drowsy glen]

the calc teacher at my school just does not give a shit about hte rules and his class is just

[plain chasm]

we barely have ab

[drowsy glen]

wow

[limber harbor]

our teacher operates on a 90/10 assessment/assignment grade split

no retakes btw

and no hw

[plain chasm]

i take ib math and then dual enroll for my other math

[limber harbor]

so that 10 is basically 0

[drowsy glen]

HUH

im so sorry

oh my god

[limber harbor]

friend had an F for half the sem

[thick abyss]

I thought 80/20 was bad

[limber harbor]

j barely got it to a C-

he's smart as fuck too

i got lucky and had an A the whole time but i was not the norm

[drowsy glen]

average calc bc teacher (satan) D:

[limber harbor]

no

he is such a nice dude and he teaches so well

[drowsy glen]

wait what

bro

[limber harbor]

he just is way too invested in us learning

[plain chasm]

my calc 2 teacher was the best calc teacher to ever exist

[limber harbor]

and he thinks this is the way

[drowsy glen]

thats actually so cruel though how are you gonna teach super well but have those policies in place

[plain chasm]

i had the same calc teacher from calc 1-calc 3/multi

[thick abyss]

Woahhh

[plain chasm]

yeah small cc

[drowsy glen]

brooo

[thick abyss]

My English teacher is the same

[drowsy glen]

that is so nice

[thick abyss]

You can’t get above a B+ on an essay

And they’re 80-85% of grade

[plain chasm]

i loved her and honestly should’ve used her as a LOR but i never spoke much in class

[drowsy glen]

the calc 2 teacher i had is just ??? like he didnt grade shit until the class was about to end :/

[limber harbor]

my sysadmin course made the final 65% of our final grade

[plain chasm]

and she was swarmed by ppl asking her for recs so i didn’t :(

[limber harbor]

for a cc course

thats going on my permanent transcript...

[plain chasm]

oml

[drowsy glen]

bro

[plain chasm]

that’s awful tf

[limber harbor]

i have to pray to god the final doesn't cuck me

[drowsy glen]

hope you do better than your peers and they do some final grade fuckery

[limber harbor]

he didn't lmao

[drowsy glen]

wtf?

[limber harbor]

i got a 88 on the final

[thick abyss]

Does he curve

[limber harbor]

grade went from 98 to 90.04

nope

[plain chasm]

I failed every HL essay mock i took last year except for one and most people failed the entire year

[drowsy glen]

BRO

[plain chasm]

it was awful

[drowsy glen]

w..?? that would be so fucking scary htough

[limber harbor]

it was

i had a heart attack opening canvas

[plain chasm]

i went from getting 65s on those to an 100 and haven’t looked back since

[limber harbor]

and to top it all fucking off

my AP Lang teacher told us tdy

yo btw my favorite class

[thick abyss]

Woah

[limber harbor]

u have to show up on this random day during spring break and take a full length mock ap

mandatory

[thick abyss]

Do y’all have canvas

I have the most HORRIFYING story from lang last year

[plain chasm]

i do for some of my dual enrollments

[drowsy glen]

bane of my existance

[thick abyss]

Just wait

[plain chasm]

i’m enrolled at my flagship and a cc

[thick abyss]

This is gonna be long

[uncut mauve]

yes

[thick abyss]

Okay so my ap lang teacher used canvas last year, and apparently teachers can track how many times you view their page.
I, a very stressed out junior, went on the page over 12,000 times. That was 11,000 more than the lowest student.
At the end of this year he made an ENTIRE kahoot about how we used canvas/our average grades/everything

I had a heart attack that day

[plain chasm]

it’s 1:21am and i just realized i have physics hw due tomorrow .____.

[drowsy glen]

THEY CAN SEE THAT

WHA THE FUCK

[drowsy glen]

go go go and good luck

[plain chasm]

HUH

[drowsy glen]

WHY can they see this though like thats actually awful what the fuck

[uncut mauve]

: (

should've told me like a year earlier

[limber harbor]

lmfao what

[uncut mauve]

then I would've made a bot to go on my teacher's page like every 5 seconds

[thick abyss]

Yup

They see

I don’t have pic of it saying how many times but trust me it said

[thick abyss]

!!!

[drowsy glen]

reason number 234896 for me to hate canvas

[uncut mauve]

why?

[drowsy glen]

its a constant reminder of school and i very much do not like hs

lmao

[uncut mauve]

ah i c

[thick abyss]

“apparently I have checked canvas 10,781 times more than neela”

Found it from a text

[steep cliff]

has anyone emailed Cornell admissons?

[drowsy glen]

no?

email about what though

[thick abyss]

60 fucking times a day

[plain chasm]

me but schoology

[steep cliff]

about this February 10th predicament

[thick abyss]

SCHOOLGY

I hate

[thick abyss]

You can man

No one here has

[steep cliff]

should I??

[thick abyss]

I don’t think it’ll help

[steep cliff]

Dear Cornell,

[thick abyss]

But you want to so up to you

They already know for sure

[drowsy glen]

i dont really see why? like assuming someone has the link it seems to just be a "hey you have extra time, xoxo give us your money" so idk why youd confirm??

[steep cliff]

if its a glitch?

[plain chasm]

Dear cornell,

can i wait until 11:59pm feb 10th to submit my application?

thank,

[thick abyss]

It’s definitely not

[steep cliff]

yeah its not