6,678 Admitted at Cornell Including 753 Legacies

Cornell completed its most competitive admissions cycle admitting 5,502 regular admission candidates to the University out of a record  36,337 applicants.  Applications to the Class of 2014 increased 6% from last year and 10% from the Class of 2012.

6,678 students were accepted in total — 5,502 students accepted through the regular decision process and 1,176 admitted early.  Overall, Cornell admitted 18.4% of applicants to the Class of 2014.    Cornell has become significantly more selective in the past decade.  According to the University, 31% of applicants were admitted to the Class of 2007.

According the the Cornell Sun, the admitted class has mean SAT scores of 710 verbal and 740 math.  For the Class of 2012, the average verbal score was 700, and the average math score was 720.

Cornell reported to have admitted 256 recruited athletes and 753 legacies.

Like many other highly-competitive schools, Cornell has a large wait list.   According the Cornell Sun, 2,563 applicants were placed on the wait list.

More information is available at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29776594/2010-Cornell-Admissions-Statistics

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