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i have a question. my application for cornell was complete in late sept. and i still haven't heard from them. most of my friends in my school have been invited for an interview or has been rejected (pre-interview). i haven't receieved anything. does cornell have a "hold for interview" system? i wrote them a letter last week explaining how i was interested but i'm a little scared since a lot of people from my school interviewed there already. hmmm..... interesting.... 😕

 

[ValleyGal]

I got the rejection letter this past week -- they seem to be sending them out in smaller batches. I don't think that they are done interviewing yet, so don't give up hope!

 

[Aoshi]

I'm in the same boat as you...completed app since Sept and no word from them. They have a track record here of making strange decisions on who to interview and admit. A person in my lab graduated with over a 4.0, had numerous publications, got accepted into Harvard, Hopkins, Yale, but no interview offer at Cornell.

 

[bomback]

yeah, i've been complete for a while too, but haven't heard anything. By the way Aoshi, how can someone have a GPA that's over a 4.0?

 

[Zulq]

At some schools, for example Columbia, an A+ counts as a 4.3 rather than a 4. If you get enough of 'em I guess you end up with a GPA over 4.0!! 😀

 

[choker]

yeah but they dont translate onto the application, which is converted onto a 4.0 scale. i know because my 3 A+'s were bumped down.

 

[Doctora Foxy]

I've gotten two A pluses but my school does not increase your gpa to above 4.0 for them, and the amcas application doesn't show them. What good are they? To make you feel good? I guess law schools and others may see those pretty ++++++++s.
Oh well. <img src="http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_smileys/contrib/legionxs/wavey.gif" alt="" />

 

[Zulq]

Well those A+s are not totally lost from consideration... You even put them on the AMCAS application, just that right next to the A+ it'll say "AMCAS Grade" where it'll be cut to A. I believe that when med schools view your official transcripts they'll take into consideration that A+ in specific interesting or tough classes is a measure of your academic ability, over and beyond the simple number GPA. :wink:

 

[A. Caveman]

yeah but they don't look at the official transcripts until you're already accepted. oh pooh (not that my dumb butt had any A+'s).

 

[mango-a-go-go]

don't you miss high school where you had a 4.5? 🙂

 

[A. Caveman]

geez it seems so long ago work-wise, but i know time-wise it was only a few years ago

 

[Forensic Chick]

I just want to know what schools you guys are going to that give A+'s! I'm jealous!! 😛

 

[USeF]

also complete in Sept, and just got rejection 2 weeks ago. Schools are very variable with their response times. Like I was complete at most schools around the same time, but my 4 rejections (all pre-interview) were very spread out
10-22, 11-7, 12-4, 1-24. One in each month. Guess I'm due for my Feb rejection soon :wink:

As for the A+ grade, I just met with the graduate council Wednesday to propose my resolution for changing the plus/minus system. They rejected it 0-5, but offered some good points that make their interests different than students and undergrads. It passed the student senate (18-5-5) and the undergraduate council (11-0-3) before being shot down. Guess it's back to the drawing board.

<a href="http://www.usforacle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/11/28/3c04e76fea42a?in_archive=1" target="_blank">passing first step</a>
<a href="http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~yturshan/papers/A_plus-resolution.doc" target="_blank">the resolution</a>

 

[mango-a-go-go]

Does anyone know if Cornell is still sending out interview invites?