Class of 2025

[arugula]

Thanks, she's still over the moon.  Looking forward to Lynah and curious why Morgan Barron hasn't been called up to the Rangers yet!

[billhoward]

The Washington Post had a recent story that Cornell received 17,000 more applications than the year before, up about a third from the prior year.  So Argula, congrats again your daughter was admitted in an incredibly competitive year (69,000 total applications, maybe an 8% admit rate).

Curious if parents are looking for ever higher quality from their institutions of higher education? Was the bump due to Cornell's better than HYP handling of Covid? Do they believe it's safer being out in the boondocks? Are they happy there is no longer the temptation of bars just off-campus?

(I have a sub to WaPost but search didn't turn up the story. You have the link?)

[CAS]

The Cornell data was included in the 1/29 WaPost story about applications surging for big name colleges.

[David Harding]

The Washington Post had a recent story that Cornell received 17,000 more applications than the year before, up about a third from the prior year.  So Argula, congrats again your daughter was admitted in an incredibly competitive year (69,000 total applications, maybe an 8% admit rate).

Curious if parents are looking for ever higher quality from their institutions of higher education? Was the bump due to Cornell's better than HYP handling of Covid? Do they believe it's safer being out in the boondocks? Are they happy there is no longer the temptation of bars just off-campus?

(I have a sub to WaPost but search didn't turn up the story. You have the link?)

Several weeks ago on the Cornell global mixer I talked with a high school senior who had been accepted early decision.  He said that one of the drivers for his ED application to Cornell was the university's handling of the COVID-19 situation.

[George64]

The Washington Post had a recent story that Cornell received 17,000 more applications than the year before, up about a third from the prior year.  So Argula, congrats again your daughter was admitted in an incredibly competitive year (69,000 total applications, maybe an 8% admit rate).

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