Another year, another Ivy Day — student applicants around the world are celebrating their acceptance letters from Cornell.
At 7 p.m. on Thursday, regular decision results for the Class of 2029 were released to this year’s cohort of applicants. Early decision applicants already received their decisions in mid-December.
All of the Ivy League colleges release their regular decision results on the final Thursday in March, known as Ivy Day.
In total, 5,824 students were accepted to the next freshman class, which is a 13.3 percent increase from last year’s 5,139 accepted students. Accepted applicants come from all 50 states and represent a total of 115 countries — roughly twice as many as the number represented by the Class of 2028.
Accepted students are looking forward to their new life at Cornell. Maddie Moger ’29, an early decision accepted student from Queensbury, New York, wrote to The Sun about her excitement to attend Cornell.
“I feel honored and grateful to have been selected to attend such a prestigious university, but even more so, I feel beyond excited to start a new chapter of life at Cornell,” Moger said.
Moger is most enthusiastic about joining the “diverse community” on campus, where she can “meet new people who are completely different from [herself].”
Accepted students have until May 1 to accept their admission offers.
