admissions

University Admissions Reports Increase in Early Decision Applicants

Sam Cross — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

School librarians could not stop John DeSantis ’13 from celebrating his admission into Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration last Thursday when he received his acceptance letter inside his high school’s library.

“I was so excited and really nervous just to hear from Cornell and to get a decision,” DeSantis said. “When I finally found out, it was crazy.”

Last week, librarians across the country were confronted with similar expressions of happiness as admissions notices went out to all who applied to Cornell early decision, and the first students of the Class of 2013 found out their matriculation statuses.

President Skorton on "Elitism" and "Exclusivity" at Cornell

Christine Nelson — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:53:39 -0400

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Despite Trends, Cornell Does Not Consider Facebook in Admissions

Michelle Honor — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

In addition to the common application and letters of recommendation to worry about, today’s college-bound students should give their Facebook profiles a second thought.

A Kaplan survey of 320 admissions officers from the country’s 500 top colleges and universities has uncovered that 10 percent of admissions officers have visited an applicant’s social networking site as part of their decision making process.

Also, according to that same Kaplan survey, 21 percent of colleges surveyed utilized social networking sites in order to learn about and recruit applicants. With more and more colleges factoring social networking sites into their evaluation process, most schools surveyed have no official policies regarding the use of social networking sites and have no plans to develop them.

Over-Enrolled Freshmen Complain

Samantha Wechsler — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

2008 marked one of the largest graduating high school classes in recent years, many colleges around the country, including Cornell, have over-enrolled students in their freshmen classes.

“As of mid-July, 3,181 first-year students indicated their intent to enroll in the Class of 2012; the target class size was 3,050,” Doris Davis, associate provost of admissions and enrollment, stated in an e-mail.

Despite Trends, Foreign Grad Applications Rise

Therese Lahlouh — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

“During this academic year, we have more total international students than we have ever had in history,” said Brendan O’Brien, Cornell’s director of the International Students and Scholars Office.

Though over a third of the nation is seeing a significant decline in international graduate student applications, Cornell appears to be dedicating itself to diversity, with an above-average number of applicants.

Colleges Re-evaluate SAT

Christine Ryu — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

The SAT has long been considered an academic rite of passage: a four-hour educational interrogation later distilled into a four-digit summation of test-taking prowess. However, recent changes in admissions policies at a growing number of colleges are increasingly sparing students from this longstanding tradition, allowing them instead to take advantage of newly-offered “score optional” policies.