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

[addie1412]

Is it normal for the status checker to say "Interview Requested" several days after you've submitted your interview?

That's what mine's doing

[canafsa]

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[ReadyToStart]

Woohoo! Just got in via voicemail from Dean Ingram!
Cornell is one of my top choices, so this is super exciting for me.

Congrats!! When did you apply if you don't mind me asking?

I applied Nov 16th and went complete on Nov 17th. The interview was requested the 28th, and I completed it on Dec 3rd. My status checker then updated to Dec 5th, and I got the acceptance this morning.

[Keilz]

Cornell's interview system makes me not want to go there, regardless its ranking. Georgetown has such a better interview model to deal with high volume, and the school is in a better location anyways.

That's your opinion, I guess. I didn't get requested to interview at Georgetown, but I found Cornell's interview process to be minimally intrusive, because I could do it whenever I wanted instead of taking a day off, traveling, being nervous while driving there, etc.

[proteinshake]

Cornell's interview system makes me not want to go there, regardless its ranking. Georgetown has such a better interview model to deal with high volume, and the school is in a better location anyways.

but employment stats

[taxman14]

Cornell's interview system makes me not want to go there, regardless its ranking. Georgetown has such a better interview model to deal with high volume, and the school is in a better location anyways.

Huge turnoff for me as well - as well as the scholarship offering.

[taxman14]

Has anyone else received a scholly and/or tried to negotiate?

[canafsa]

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[Keilz]

Cornell's interview system makes me not want to go there, regardless its ranking. Georgetown has such a better interview model to deal with high volume, and the school is in a better location anyways.

That's your opinion, I guess. I didn't get requested to interview at Georgetown, but I found Cornell's interview process to be minimally intrusive, because I could do it whenever I wanted instead of taking a day off, traveling, being nervous while driving there, etc.

It'd be fine if it were an option for those in such circumstances, but compelling interviewing applicants to go through the equivalent of a TimeWarner automated help line is kind of pathetic in my view.

It is technically not mandatory. I think they just want to make sure that you can speak in coherent sentences and have some life experiences that you can touch on in a variety of settings. My SO is in medical school and he had to do some for residency applications as well. I think it is going to become more popular, as the college/school admission process changes.

[Keilz]

Cornell's interview system makes me not want to go there, regardless its ranking. Georgetown has such a better interview model to deal with high volume, and the school is in a better location anyways.

Huge turnoff for me as well - as well as the scholarship offering.

They gave you a scholarship offering already? Man I gotta turn my forms in! It's difficult to coordinate with my parents...

[canafsa]

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[Keilz]

Cornell's interview system makes me not want to go there, regardless its ranking. Georgetown has such a better interview model to deal with high volume, and the school is in a better location anyways.

That's your opinion, I guess. I didn't get requested to interview at Georgetown, but I found Cornell's interview process to be minimally intrusive, because I could do it whenever I wanted instead of taking a day off, traveling, being nervous while driving there, etc.

It'd be fine if it were an option for those in such circumstances, but compelling interviewing applicants to go through the equivalent of a TimeWarner automated help line is kind of pathetic in my view.

It is technically not mandatory. I think they just want to make sure that you can speak in coherent sentences and have some life experiences that you can touch on in a variety of settings. My SO is in medical school and he had to do some for residency applications as well. I think it is going to become more popular, as the college/school admission process changes.

God, I hope more don't follow suit. I'm starting to really dislike this brave new world

I think interviewing in general for law school is a relatively new phenomenon for a lot of schools, right? My friend who is in physician assistant school was shocked that all schools don't require them

[taxman14]

Wow this is shit - you only have one opportunity for reconsideration and they don't do it until after March 15. Man this blows.

[btruj777]

Wow this is shit - you only have one opportunity for reconsideration and they don't do it until after March 15. Man this blows.

You tried negotiating it? I got mine this morning, pretty disappointed tbh lol I know they can come up if I show them the other offers and stuff and other schools that I got into but IDK how to present this to them, they "reconsider" after March 15?

[LawSchoolTitan]

Wow this is shit - you only have one opportunity for reconsideration and they don't do it until after March 15. Man this blows.

For scholarships?

[Lawschool305]

Cornell's interview system makes me not want to go there, regardless its ranking. Georgetown has such a better interview model to deal with high volume, and the school is in a better location anyways.

Huge turnoff for me as well - as well as the scholarship offering.

They gave you a scholarship offering already? Man I gotta turn my forms in! It's difficult to coordinate with my parents...

I am having the same issue. Parents make the CSS and tax returns quite difficult

[taxman14]

Wow this is shit - you only have one opportunity for reconsideration and they don't do it until after March 15. Man this blows.

You tried negotiating it? I got mine this morning, pretty disappointed tbh lol I know they can come up if I show them the other offers and stuff and other schools that I got into but IDK how to present this to them, they "reconsider" after March 15?

yep

[taxman14]

Wow this is shit - you only have one opportunity for reconsideration and they don't do it until after March 15. Man this blows.

For scholarships?

I should've clarified - I didn't apply for need-based since Cornell isn't high on my list, so this was merit based only. Still fairly shitty. If anyone's interested in my numbers/amount it's all on my LSN.

[crimsonknight]

Is it normal for the status checker to say "Interview Requested" several days after you've submitted your interview?

That's what mine's doing

Emailed them and they said that it is normal. New information won't be posted there until they have something to share regarding decision. Hope that helps!

[call-me-bubbles]

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[Rubbishdump]

Is it normal for the status checker to say "Interview Requested" several days after you've submitted your interview?

That's what mine's doing

Emailed them and they said that it is normal. New information won't be posted there until they have something to share regarding decision. Hope that helps!

Same. Interviewed a few days ago, and it updated to today's date but still says "interview requested." Since it's a Monday, I figure this is their system "updating" to recognize that my interview has been submitted and queued up for review. Getting antsy and hoping to hear something before Christmas! It would be nice to get some good news to offset the looming Dec. LSAT score release.

Did you retake?

[call-me-bubbles]

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[Rubbishdump]

Is it normal for the status checker to say "Interview Requested" several days after you've submitted your interview?

That's what mine's doing

Emailed them and they said that it is normal. New information won't be posted there until they have something to share regarding decision. Hope that helps!

Same. Interviewed a few days ago, and it updated to today's date but still says "interview requested." Since it's a Monday, I figure this is their system "updating" to recognize that my interview has been submitted and queued up for review. Getting antsy and hoping to hear something before Christmas! It would be nice to get some good news to offset the looming Dec. LSAT score release.

Did you retake?

Yup.

How was sept v December?

[88234]

Is it normal for the status checker to say "Interview Requested" several days after you've submitted your interview?

That's what mine's doing

Emailed them and they said that it is normal. New information won't be posted there until they have something to share regarding decision. Hope that helps!

Same. Interviewed a few days ago, and it updated to today's date but still says "interview requested." Since it's a Monday, I figure this is their system "updating" to recognize that my interview has been submitted and queued up for review. Getting antsy and hoping to hear something before Christmas! It would be nice to get some good news to offset the looming Dec. LSAT score release.

Did you retake?

Yup.

How was sept v December?

Super interested in this answer.

[curry1]

I got in this morning via phone call, but I haven't received an e-mail, the status checker hasn't updated and I can't get into the ASW. Is this normal?