Cornell University Graduate School Admission Results

Applied for Round 2 Deadline

12,5k a semester scholarship Emailed to check status

I had excellent rapport with a faculty member with whom I have published a first-author paper. Said faculty member helped write my statement of purpose, was very supportive of my application, and was one of my letter writers. This is a huge blow. While this is a very competitive program, I thought I had a good shot. I cannot help but to feel overwhelmed with thoughts such as 'why didn't they accept me? where was I lacking? what did I do wrong? who else did they accept and why did they judge them to be better than me?'. I have to try to put away those thoughts, but it's very difficult.

1.5 years of full-time research experience. 2 second-author publications.

Received an email from POI (Also auto decision email earlier today). He didn't get any student this year. Impressed by my app. It's not because I am not good enough. But it still hurts. Don't think will reapply next year. Just bad luck.

1.5 years of experience in academia, ~3 years of experience in industry. Grad GPA 3.9

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154 Quant 162 Verbal 4.5 Essay. Graduated with my Bachelor’s in May 2024. International. No financial aid.

1.5+yrs biochem research, 2yrs organometallics research, 1 REU, 1 summer internship, 3 regional ACS poster

No wonder.. Best luck guys)