Top Tier Admissions
Cornell University, located in rural Ithaca, New York, approximately 220 miles northwest of New York City, is a private Ivy League research university founded in 1865. It is the largest land-grant university in New York state. Cornell’s eight undergraduate colleges and schools – the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; the College of Architecture, Art […]
Cornell is one of the hardest Ivies to decode because its admissions process is not organized around a single undergraduate admissions pool. Cornell’s famous motto, “any person…any study,” feels expansive, inclusive, and open-ended. And, in many ways, it is. But from an admissions standpoint, Cornell is highly structured: applicants apply directly to one of Cornell’s […]
We tend to think the value of an elite college lies in what it teaches. A recent Atlantic article by Rose Horowitch makes a more compelling case: that the real advantage of an Ivy League education is who you are surrounded by, and how that environment shapes you over time. That insight rings true. In […]
If you’re applying to Cornell University, which has multiple undergraduate colleges, it can be hard to navigate the admissions process and understand what the university is truly looking for in applicants. To help demystify the process, we spoke with Heidi Steinmetz Lovette, a former Assistant Director of Admissions at Cornell and a Senior Private Counselor […]
Cornell University, an Ivy League institution in Ithaca, New York, has an undergraduate population of over 15,000 students. Effective for students applying for Fall 2026 and beyond, first-year applicants are required to submit standardized test scores. However, each of Cornell’s undergraduate colleges has its own requirements for admission and a distinctive set of majors — […]
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