Cornell c/o 18 Applicants Forum

[zhongxiaozhui]

Looks like it's payday at Cornell. 172/3.4x results in $45k. Not amazing, not terrible. Guess I'll have to see how my fleet of waitlists turns out.

congrats guys! did you send your tax returns in, or did the scholarship come without that?

You need to mail/fax financial aid office your tax returns and financial information sheet(which is on Cornell website).

[queerqueg]

Looks like it's payday at Cornell. 172/3.4x results in $45k. Not amazing, not terrible. Guess I'll have to see how my fleet of waitlists turns out.

congrats guys! did you send your tax returns in, or did the scholarship come without that?

You need to mail/fax financial aid office your tax returns and financial information sheet(which is on Cornell website).

But not in order to receive a scholarship offer (re tax returns).

[usn26]

Looks like it's payday at Cornell. 172/3.4x results in $45k. Not amazing, not terrible. Guess I'll have to see how my fleet of waitlists turns out.

Per year, or total?

[zhongxiaozhui]

Looks like it's payday at Cornell. 172/3.4x results in $45k. Not amazing, not terrible. Guess I'll have to see how my fleet of waitlists turns out.

congrats guys! did you send your tax returns in, or did the scholarship come without that?

You need to mail/fax financial aid office your tax returns and financial information sheet(which is on Cornell website).

But not in order to receive a scholarship offer (re tax returns).

From Cornell website, you still need to turn in tax return for scholarship consideration. See http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admiss ... or_aid.cfm

[Shelbinole]

I got my offer without sending my tax returns, they just said I have to send them in at some point before the money is dispersed!

[queerqueg]

Got my scholarship offer w/o tax returns submitted as did many others here. can't explain that [bill_o_reilly.jpg]

[rationalhound]

Looks like it's payday at Cornell. 172/3.4x results in $45k. Not amazing, not terrible. Guess I'll have to see how my fleet of waitlists turns out.

congrats guys! did you send your tax returns in, or did the scholarship come without that?

Thanks man. Love the avatar. I used my 2013 returns, I'll have to send in my 2014 returns at some point, which gives me some extra motivation to do them.

[radio1nowhere]

Yeah, I also got an offer without submitting tax returns. It's my understanding that Cornell uses FAFSA and needaccess to calculate need-based aid, and only uses the tax returns to verify that information. The scholarship committee may appreciate it if you submit the tax stuff prior to their award, but it's certainly not necessary.

[commandercup]

Looks like it's payday at Cornell. 172/3.4x results in $45k. Not amazing, not terrible. Guess I'll have to see how my fleet of waitlists turns out.

I got the same at 3.5x/171. After getting $60k from UMich, I'm disappointed.

[BangShootBang]

Submitted app early Dec, completed early Jan, no movement since then. I'm above 75% GPA and under 25% LSAT so I'm not expecting the fastest response but I've heard back from everyone else thus far. I'm assuming I'm a pocket WL (WL where they don't tell you that you're on it).

Anyone else in a similar boat?

Same here! Trying to wait patiently! let me know if anything changes for you!

[rationalhound]

Looks like it's payday at Cornell. 172/3.4x results in $45k. Not amazing, not terrible. Guess I'll have to see how my fleet of waitlists turns out.

I got the same at 3.5x/171. After getting $60k from UMich, I'm disappointed.

Congrats on the mich money. I got waitlisted - probably gonna withdraw. This cycle has been absolutely brutal for splitters.

[smiles123]

^but it seems reverse splitters have hit the jackpot at Cornell this year based on LSN

[rationalhound]

^but it seems reverse splitters have hit the jackpot at Cornell this year based on LSN

Yeah. Schools have apparently accepted that their LSAT's are gonna drop, so they're taking as many high GPA's as possible to preserve their rankings.

[tkim88]

Been complete since 1/17 with no response thus far...

[rationalhound]

Per year, or total?

Total, so 15k a year. About 25% a year. The perfect middle ground where it's not a no-brainier to reject or accept automatically.

[vegaskid123]

Just finished the video interview and let me tell you, it went horrible... I was confused a bit by the formatting so I completely missed answering one of the four questions. I also felt like I was rambling the entire time when answering questions. Nerves definitely got the best of me. I hope there's someone out there who had just as embarrassing of an experience as I did so that I'm not alone in this struggle lol.

I've also heard people saying that these interviews are more for YP than anything else and that they do not review them that thoroughly. I really hope this is the case, but I guess that's just wishful thinking right now.

[downbeat14]

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[smiles123]

^Wow, that was a nice analysis. I was considering the 166, 3.9x group to be reverse splitters. But you are right, the high LSAT/high GPA combo has definitely been receiving big $$$ this year.

[storpappa]

^but it seems reverse splitters have hit the jackpot at Cornell this year based on LSN

Yeah. Schools have apparently accepted that their LSAT's are gonna drop, so they're taking as many high GPA's as possible to preserve their rankings.

Apparently? Does that match the actual numbers people have been sharing on here and LSN?


EDIT after reading this great detailed walk through the numbers.

Really??? Looks to me like Cornell has been giving money out to high LSATs very aggressively this year. Check out some hard data:

I've read it here many times, we have a lot of data and the tools to gather it and analyze it thanks to some very helpful people. No need to guess or believe marketing materials at face value.

[downbeat14]

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[hellerskeller]

I think I outperformed my numbers. 3.7x/169, 135k. What do you guys think

[Lavitz]

I think I outperformed my numbers. 3.7x/169, 135k. What do you guys think

That's about what I would expect for your numbers.

[rationalhound]

Also speculating myself a little in that last bit, but am I missing something here? The only thing I can see is a small grouping of 166/3.95+'s in the 120K range [maybe all out median tank insurance policy?], but seems anomalous when compared to the larger set.

TLDR; you cray? check LSN brohemian! [ http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... =brohemian ]

Upon further review, I was wrong and you are right. I was focusing on the 166/3.9 people, not looking at whole data set.

[ek5dn]

movement! UR2 today (3/20)

ETA: Skimming through parts of this thread, I see that most people (all?) get to UR4 before an interview request/decision..is that the case for all applicants? I feel like this late in the cycle, they might have less date changes?

[morningstar]

movement! UR2 today (3/20)

ETA: Skimming through parts of this thread, I see that most people (all?) get to UR4 before an interview request/decision..is that the case for all applicants? I feel like this late in the cycle, they might have less date changes?

Just saw my UR2 this morning and came in here to ask the exact same thing, so thanks!