Cornell c/o 2020 Applicants (2016-2017) Forum

[Mikey]

Stats

LSAT: 164/167/168
GPA: 3.62/3.73/3.82

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[MAPP]

Anyone who applied after the September lsat get an interview invite yet?

[joeytribbiani]

Stats

LSAT: 164/167/168
GPA: 3.62/3.73/3.82

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Wow, incredibly consistent. Looks like I am still just as much of a splitter as I was based on 2015 numbers!

[NotAGolfer]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

[Keilz]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

LOL WHAT are you an applicant? Do you follow them anywhere?

[texteach]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

SAME HERE!

I'm going to hope this is a good sign...

[Why???]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

SAME HERE!

I'm going to hope this is a good sign...

Followed me as well

[nslaw123]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

+1

[NotAGolfer]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

LOL WHAT are you an applicant? Do you follow them anywhere?

Applicant. Did not follow the Admissions account until today (after they followed me). Given the fact that other TLSers are seeing the same thing, they must make a habit out of following potential applicants.

[Why???]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

LOL WHAT are you an applicant? Do you follow them anywhere?

Applicant. Did not follow the Admissions account until today (after they followed me). Given the fact that other TLSers are seeing the same thing, they must make a habit out of following potential applicants.

Guessing its to make sure there is nothing super offensive or anything on people's social media

[proteinshake]

submitted the app today!

[taxman14]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

LOL WHAT are you an applicant? Do you follow them anywhere?

Applicant. Did not follow the Admissions account until today (after they followed me). Given the fact that other TLSers are seeing the same thing, they must make a habit out of following potential applicants.

Guessing its to make sure there is nothing super offensive or anything on people's social media

Glad I don't have a twatter haha

[proteinshake]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

LOL WHAT are you an applicant? Do you follow them anywhere?

Applicant. Did not follow the Admissions account until today (after they followed me). Given the fact that other TLSers are seeing the same thing, they must make a habit out of following potential applicants.

Guessing its to make sure there is nothing super offensive or anything on people's social media

Glad I don't have a twatter haha

yeah they tried following me too but my account is on private. I wouldn't worry about it, they follow over 1,000 people. they probably just follow others to try an gain more followers themselves.

[taxman14]

Cornell Admissions just followed me on Twitter anyone else? Don't know what to make of it...

LOL WHAT are you an applicant? Do you follow them anywhere?

Applicant. Did not follow the Admissions account until today (after they followed me). Given the fact that other TLSers are seeing the same thing, they must make a habit out of following potential applicants.

Guessing its to make sure there is nothing super offensive or anything on people's social media

Glad I don't have a twatter haha

yeah they tried following me too but my account is on private. I wouldn't worry about it, they follow over 1,000 people. they probably just follow others to try an gain more followers themselves.

+1 sad but true

[rizzlebizness]

Invited to interview today.
Submitted: 9/13

[Why???]

Does anyone know why Cornell does interviews this way, instead of face-to-face (incl. Skype) with an actual human? This approach just doesn't seem very...warm and welcoming...in comparison to, well...literally every other [T14] school that does interviews. I truly believe there's something to the "soft sell," and I just find it surprising that a school would favor such an impersonal method.

Bump. Still curious.

just a guess- it takes a lot less effort. They have to record one set of questions- way less time consuming then having the admissions staff sit down and interview by Skype a few hundred applicants.

[carlos_danger]

Oh my god, some of these practice interview questions are so weird. Panicking for recording the real thing.

[Keilz]

Oh my god, some of these practice interview questions are so weird. Panicking for recording the real thing.

I just used the practice questions to practice my why Cornell and why law responses lol

[Keilz]

In cornells admitted student portal they have a link to the Facebook group but it links to class of 2019 :'(

[shoparoundthecorner]

For the interview, are there some questions that everyone gets (i.e. why law, why Cornell), or is it just randomized? I remember reading, possibly in last year's thread, that someone got "why Cornell" and then "why Ithaca." Is this typical? I'm worried about accidentally addressing something that will be covered in a later question.

[Keilz]

For the interview, are there some questions that everyone gets (i.e. why law, why Cornell), or is it just randomized? I remember reading, possibly in last year's thread, that someone got "why Cornell" and then "why Ithaca." Is this typical? I'm worried about accidentally addressing something that will be covered in a later question.

I saw that too and worried about it, I prepared some alternate responses. I think it's random bc I wasn't asked those Qs.

[shoparoundthecorner]

For the interview, are there some questions that everyone gets (i.e. why law, why Cornell), or is it just randomized? I remember reading, possibly in last year's thread, that someone got "why Cornell" and then "why Ithaca." Is this typical? I'm worried about accidentally addressing something that will be covered in a later question.

I saw that too and worried about it, I prepared some alternate responses. I think it's random bc I wasn't asked those Qs.

Good to know, thanks!

[taxman14]

For the interview, are there some questions that everyone gets (i.e. why law, why Cornell), or is it just randomized? I remember reading, possibly in last year's thread, that someone got "why Cornell" and then "why Ithaca." Is this typical? I'm worried about accidentally addressing something that will be covered in a later question.

I saw that too and worried about it, I prepared some alternate responses. I think it's random bc I wasn't asked those Qs.

Good to know, thanks!

Just did the interview - what a joke. Not even worth preparing for and personally glad that I did no preparation. All questions that you could just wing unless they ask "Why Cornell Law" which I wasn't.

I'd recommend doing the practice questions to see how it works. But all in all, I had time for all of the questions and wasn't cut off. The written ones were a bit of bitch as there was also a word limit; however, I'll say that the questions did lead to a more interesting set of responses than most interviews do, but it was certainly a tad bit awkward especially if one is not used to facetiming or skyping with someone. I wish they had a more personal process...

[nimbus cloud]

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[proteinshake]

Now that Why Cornell? is required in the application, how long do you think they expect it to be?

last year they actually limited it to three sentences. so I would say a paragraph should be fine.