Notified through Zoom meeting with POI

“Many applicants, hard decision, etc”, offered to forward my application to the MA program and I accepted. Sad.

To the cornell posters below: when were you all notified? Do you know if the rejections are sent in batches/phases? Still waiting for one!

3 of 4 rejections so far for me. Not feeling too good..

Eh, c'est la vie. Seriously, though, 4 accepted out of 178....congrats to those admitted!

From the email: "We received 178 applications this year for 4 positions. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer doctoral fellowships to many strong applicants." "Because of the size of the pool of applicants, we do not provide individual feedback to those who are not admitted to the program. I can say however that we use a comprehensive and careful admissions process to make the difficult decision about whom to admit. The admissions committee met to evaluate your candidacy several times and consulted with three to four additional specialists in your field, wherever relevant. We sought candidates with outstanding prior academic records, strong letters of recommendation, ambitious and effective writing samples, and (crucially) statements of purpose compatible with the scholarly and institutional resources at Cornell. In each case, we had to weigh both demonstrated excellence and the fit with our faculty's expertise. As always, such judgments are complex, comparative, and partial; they cannot fully capture any individual applicant's ultimate potential. "

178 applications for 4 spots. Gross.

Invited for a personal virtual visit. I was interviewed by POI back in September 2020 and was in a close contact with (scientific-wise). Does anyone know what would happen after this visit? Am I likely to get the admission at this point?

TTPB I am sorry to hear about your rejection. Really hope you will get into one of your other preferred programs! I just wanted to reach out to know if you interviewed with the review committee before receiving their decision ; if anyone else has an idea of when the final results will be coming out, please feel free to comment too. Best of luck to y'all!!

Does anyone know when can we expect Cornell MS in Mechanical Engineering results to come out? Is there any trend that they've been following for the past few years now?

Ttpb: yes I interviewed with MN

start to search for jobs now with my 3 rejections

TTPB: Also waiting on MN. did you interview with them?

1 A / 2 R / 7 P

Posters below: Anyone have a POI with initials with MN? I didn't get an acceptance, wondering if there's still hope (as in different POIs contact at different times) or indeed all acceptances already sent out?

TTPB: I see, thanks for sharing! So it sounds like DGS unofficially contacted all of the accepted people today with formal letters coming in a few days?

TTPB: The official letter with full details including funding will be sent out later this week, according the email from the DGS. As a side note, I was interviewed a few weeks back.

Congrats to those accepted! TTPB: was your letter from DGS an official acceptance from the department or are they your poi?