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General Information
- Address:
Cornell University
349 Pine Tree Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850- Control:
Private
- Academic Calendar:
Semester
- Religious Affiliation:
None
- Founded:
1865 by Ezra Cornell
- Web Site:
www.cornell.edu
- Main Phone:
(607) 255–2000
- Admissions Phone:
(607) 255–5241
Student Body
- Full-Time Undergraduates:
13,510
- Total Male Undergraduates:
6,897
- Total Female Undergraduates:
6,613
Admissions
- Overall Acceptance Rate:
21%
- Early Decision Acceptance Rate:
37%
- Regular Acceptance Rate:
27%
- Total Applicants:
30,383
- Total Acceptances:
6,503
- Freshman Enrollment:
3,055
- Yield (% of admitted students who actually enroll):
47%
- Early Decision Available?
Yes
- Early Action Available?
No
- Total Early Decision Applicants:
3,015
- Total Early Decision Acceptances:
1,101
- Early Decision Deadline:
November 1
- Early Decision Notification:
December 15
- Regular Decision Deadline:
January 1
- Regular Decision Notification:
Early April
- Must Reply-By Date:
May 1
- Applicants Placed on Waiting List:
3,213
- Applicants Accepted From Waiting List:
1,976
- Students Enrolled from Waiting List:
279
- Transfer Applications Received:
2,616
- Transfer Applications Accepted:
768
- Transfer Students Enrolled:
571
- Transfer Application Acceptance Rate:
29%
- Common Application Accepted?
Yes
- Supplemental Forms?
Required
- Admissions E-Mail:
admission@cornell.edu
- Admissions Web Site:
www.cornell.edu/admissions
- SAT I or ACT Required?
Either
- SAT I Range (25th–75th Percentile):
1290–1490
- SAT I Verbal Range (25th–75th Percentile):
630–770
- SAT I Math Range (25th–75th Percentile):
660–730
- Retention Rate:
96%
- SAT II Requirements for Agriculture and Life Sciences:
Recommended in writing,
science, and math (any level)- SAT II Requirements for Architecture, Art, and Planning:
Writing
- SAT II Requirements for Arts and Sciences:
In three subjects, one of which
must be writing- SAT II Requirements for Engineering:
Required in math (any level),
science, and writing- SAT II Requirements for Hotel Administration:
Writing and math
- SAT II Requirements for Human Ecology:
In three subjects, one of
which must be writing- SAT II Requirements for Industrial and labor Relations:
Math (any level) and writing
- Top 10% of High School Class:
87%
- Application Fee:
$70
Financial Information
- Tuition:
$34,600
- Room and Board:
$11,190
- Books and Supplies:
$720
- Students Who Applied for Financial Aid:
45%
- Students Who Applied for Financial Aid and Received It:
42%
- Average Need-Based Financial Aid Package (including loans, work-study, grants, and other sources):
$28,577
- Financial Aid Forms Deadline:
February 11
- Financial Aid Phone:
(607) 255–5145
- Financial Aid E-Mail:
finaid@cornell.edu
- Financial Aid Web Site:
finaid.cornell.edu
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