Cornell waiting room Forum

[goosey]

quick update that I thought would calm some nerves in here:

I was told theyre not even through with EA applicants yet and that they plan on being done with them by the end of this month (before leaving on break) and that the first day back from break is when they will start looking at RD apps. I was told that there arent many complete apps and that mine will prob be in the handful of apps that get decisions on that first day back--I missed the EA deadline by a few days.

Who did you talk to??

the lady that picked up the phone in admissions

Gotcha. I missed the part where you called admissions.

Does anyone know when there break starts?

she said tomorrow is the last day of classes, but Im sure administrative offices wont close for atleast a week or two after

[Notor]

I wish they would just complete my app, they are the last of all my schools that haven't given me a completion.

[Burger in a can]

I wish they would just complete my app, they are the last of all my schools that haven't given me a completion.

+1

[ontologyfail]

quick update that I thought would calm some nerves in here:

I was told theyre not even through with EA applicants yet and that they plan on being done with them by the end of this month (before leaving on break) and that the first day back from break is when they will start looking at RD apps.

Bleh. At least we know what to expect now.

I was told that there arent many complete apps

I hardly think that's a fair way for them to put it when the've received completed applications they simply haven't processed. Come on Cornell-

I wish they would just complete my app, they are the last of all my schools that haven't given me a completion.

+1

+2

[flcath]

So this has probably come up in the 72 pages of discussion thus far, but now that I've been held over to RD, will they reset the status checker, or is the thing useless from now on?

[dlf9210]

So from reviewing LSN profiles from last year's cycle it seems as though if you get accepted, you get a notification email after "decision" as well as an acceptance package a few days later. Can anyone confirm this? If you see "decision" but receive no email, does that mean rejected?

Also, thank you for all your posts. I have officially become addicted to this thread, as I've just read through all 72 pages

[tintin]

still at EA complete 10/1....as of 6:36 PST this morning

[robotoroboto]

this is officially becoming torture. please let decisions go through today!

[Kiersten1985]

I finally got the deferred letter today. 171/3.8

jesus

+1

[tamlyric]

still at EA complete 10/1....as of 6:36 PST this morning

It does just make you wanna smile all toothy-like doesn't it?!

[vasiok]

still at EA complete 10/1....as of 6:36 PST this morning

+1

[goosey]

quick update that I thought would calm some nerves in here:

I was told theyre not even through with EA applicants yet and that they plan on being done with them by the end of this month (before leaving on break) and that the first day back from break is when they will start looking at RD apps. I was told that there arent many complete apps and that mine will prob be in the handful of apps that get decisions on that first day back--I missed the EA deadline by a few days.

When did you send your app, exactly?

November 4th.

[Pearalegal]

Sigh. I love Cornell regardless, but I imagine all this deferral business could really frustrate/turn some people off to the school.

[MC Southstar]

Sigh. I love Cornell regardless, but I imagine all this deferral business could really frustrate/turn some people off to the school.

Maybe they're trying to weed out hypersensitive people.

[beckstar]

Sigh. I love Cornell regardless, but I imagine all this deferral business could really frustrate/turn some people off to the school.

Maybe they're trying to weed out hypersensitive people.

that's what we'd like to think. lol

[cougarlive]

I had a dream about Cornell last night... they wanted me to interview and send them updated information, including information about the Black Student Union at my undergrad. Only, I'm not Black, nor have I ever been in the Black Student Union. You can imagine the panic and consternation this caused me at 4:00 this morning.

(I guess that's what happens when you reread your app the night before reassuring yourself that they will indeed like what they see)

[vasiok]

Sigh. I love Cornell regardless, but I imagine all this deferral business could really frustrate/turn some people off to the school.

Maybe they're trying to weed out hypersensitive people.

Hoping for ultra super duper extra holistic approach...

[gossipgirl]

I had a dream about Cornell last night... they wanted me to interview and send them updated information, including information about the Black Student Union at my undergrad. Only, I'm not Black, nor have I ever been in the Black Student Union. You can imagine the panic and consternation this caused me at 4:00 this morning.

(I guess that's what happens when you reread your app the night before reassuring yourself that they will indeed like what they see)

LOL

[CyLaw]

Sigh. I love Cornell regardless, but I imagine all this deferral business could really frustrate/turn some people off to the school.

Maybe they're trying to weed out hypersensitive people.

Nope. I'm still at EA Complete.

[MC Southstar]

Seriously though. Why did they just defer a bunch of people and then sit on their asses? O_O

[vasiok]

Seriously though. Why did they just defer a bunch of people and then sit on their asses? O_O

Preparing to reject a bunch of other people?

[CyLaw]

I think they have made decisions already for a lot of us, but that they are waiting for some arbitrary date to release the first wave. If I were to make predictions, which I never do (looks around for bloody thirsty Berkeley people), the first wave is being delayed by an increase in apps, so maybe next week.

I am not including the deferral wave as the first wave only because it is so odd that I have no idea what to think of it.

[alexyoshi]

still at EA complete 10/15....as of 11:59 EST this morning

+2

[NayBoer]

A bunch of people, some of them in this thread, clearly don't consider Cornell a top choice. They are going off to Michigan or Chicago or wherever, and I don't blame a school as tiny as Cornell for deferring them. Maybe it's YP for USNWR purposes, but maybe it's also trying to admit people who will actually be likely to come.

Obviously this doesn't explain a lot of the people deferred, who are pretty square on the numbers. But the number of people for whom Cornell is not even worth banging out a quick LOCI shows that some of the deferrals were a good idea.

[Burger in a can]

A bunch of people, some of them in this thread, clearly don't consider Cornell a top choice. They are going off to Michigan or Chicago or wherever, and I don't blame a school as tiny as Cornell for deferring them. Maybe it's YP for USNWR purposes, but maybe it's also trying to admit people who will actually be likely to come.

Obviously this doesn't explain a lot of the people deferred, who are pretty square on the numbers. But the number of people for whom Cornell is not even worth banging out a quick LOCI shows that some of the deferrals were a good idea.

Ok, but why a massive wave of deferrals? Why not waitlist people? Wouldn't that be a much more efficient way to communicate their intent?