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TBD🙁 Cornell would be AMAZING for me- but I didn't realize I would never qualify for IS tuiton. I could possibly (maybe delusionally) justify spending 100k more on tuition at a place I would be happier at compared to IS, but almost 300k a year is quite literally insane😀 Maybe financial aid will pop off, but I def have doubts 🙁
Yes, apparently it was a highly competitive year with 9,000 applicants and only about 128 seats!
9,000? that would be the most out of any school in history. CSU, Cornell and UAZ were the most applied to schools this cycle in that order and CSU has over 3,000 a year and UAZ reported to have had 2,541 applicants. Which means Cornell would have had to be around the 2.8-3k mark.
Did they actually say they received 9000 applications? Not that it really matters but curious. I think the entire applicant pool is somewhere around 12k right now, and even CSU is getting 'only' 3k-ish apps considering they are one of the most popular schools.
you both beat the resident stats nerd to this lol
I mean that’s what I was told by the professor that called me plus the acceptance letter says it was a highly competitive year so 🤷🏼♀️
every acceptance letter will say it was highly competitive, because it is. there is just no way 75% of vet school applicants applied to Cornell. 2,800-3,000 i can believe. but 9?? when CSU *the* most applied to school got 3.1k last cycle? there’s an error somewhere
Both are working for me as well now! That said, I'm not seeing a financial aid page anywhere... Is it on the applicant dashboard or did you look elsewhere?
There’s a link in the offer letter that takes you to the financial aid page. From there, you’ll find a link to the financial aid portal. People mentioned that once they logged in, the portal was blank. But now on the financial aid page, it says “link coming soon” for the portal. Hopefully that clears things up a bit!
I see it now, thank you!
Last year I received my financial aid offer after the deadline (I think even closer to the end of March) despite finishing the forms weeks before the deadline
I am also going 2/20!
I'm coming all the way from Texas. I think I'll fly into Boston instead of taking connecting flights to Ithaca so I can say hi to my parents 🙂
my mom is coming with me
I'm bringing my partner with me. My parents live in Boston so they might drive up just to walk around Ithaca but not actually go to the presentations.
Last year there was a mix of people dressed casually and more business-casual. It didn't seem like it really mattered.
Got it thank you!
I'm waiting to finish it until the info session for admitted students bc like?? It's so weird to me that you can't bypass parent info unless they're deceased. A lot of people come from non-traditional routes where parents/guardians haven't been a financial factor for years and years, and it sucks when their financial standing seems to still affect the aid available for the students actually paying for it🙁
Doing it for Tufts just in case, because its due today (even though they haven't released any decisions 🙂 )
yeah my parents aren't contributing at all(and why would they tbh), and though Cornell is my dream I think I'll have to decline my spot due to high costs
Yes the CSS was a pain. I genuinely almost cried when the payment page came up after all of that. I just did it for Tufts/Cornell. Tufts lets you fill out a waiver to ignore the parent info BUT you have to have been estranged from them or independent of them for at least 5 years and get something to prove it. My parents don't plan to help me pay, and Cornell would be a dream as well. Still waiting on my in-state interview and decision, but if I get in-state admission, the smartest choice will be to go there. I don't have a decision right now, but the potential decision ahead of me is eating me alive.
It was so good!!! Very very long day… but very informative and a lot of fun. The highlight of the day for me was the problem based learning (PBL) mock session. It really solidified that I’m used to that kind of learning from my undergrad, and really enjoy/excel in those environments. As an OOS student, ngl financial aid was a little discouraging when I already got into UC Davis who is half the price… but I’m definitely not counting them out considering what a good fit I think they’d be until I get their financial aid offer + see how Davis’s admitted students day goes
This is really good to know! Thank you, and wishing you good luck with your decision making 🙂 No bad choice!
It’s likely too expensive for me so I’ll probably drop it tbh. I would be willing to bet a large number of OOS people will do the same
Agreed...
I'm waiting for my IS decision still. Finances play a huge role but I am considering Cornell fairly until then. I have a feeling a lot will decline before April 15 so your chances are good!!
Did anyone attending the 1/30 info session ask about the CSS parent info?
Yup.. I've been financially independent since I was ~14 and even spoke with the head of financial aid directly in person. She said if you do not or cannot provide at least one parent's info, you will not be eligible for gift aid, no matter the circumstances (unless all parents and guardians are deceased). She said most people are financially independent by grad school, and if they based financial aid on every student's assets, they'd all be equally disadvantaged, so they "have" to use parental data. Personally, I hated that answer lol. Someone who is only just now having to start paying for themselves is not the same as someone who has been financially independent for 8 yrs.
Thanks for asking!! But ugh... same, I've also been independent for a long time, and idk if my parents are going to understand why I am asking for their financial records since it has been so long
me too! Haven't gotten a response to an email from last week. I wanted to double check whether the Dean's Cert Form can be emailed and not physically mailed.
Has the form been marked as received in your portal, though?
Yes, it’s marked as received in my portal. I would just continue to follow-up with them, or call if you can!
It updated !!
