Applying to Cornell - Admission Stats, Acceptance Ratio, Admission Yield

For the academic year 2024-2025, the acceptance rate is 8.76%. A total of 62,993 students (32,321 men and 30,643 women) have applied to and 5,516 (2,529 men and 2,987 women) students admitted to Cornell University.

Among them, 1,648 male and 1,877 female students have enrolled into Cornell and its yield, also known as enrollment rate is 63.91%. The following table shows the admission statistics including admission stats, acceptance rate, and yield.

At Cornell, 1,424 applicants (40% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 455 applicants (13%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees.

The average SAT score of those who submitted scores is 1,540 at Cornell. SAT 75^th percentile score is 1,570 and 25^th percentile score is 1,500.

The average ACT score is 34 (ACT Composite) . The 75^th percentile score of ACT is 35 and the 25^th percentile score is 33.

The following table shows the detailed SAT and ACT scores distribution of enrolled students at Cornell. You can check colleges having similar SAT score of Cornell with SAT percentile at colleges by average SAT score and percentile page.

For applying to Cornell University, applicants require to submit 4 item(s) - High School Record, Recommendations, English Proficiency Test, Personal statement or essay.

In addition, 8 item(s) are considered for admission - High School GPA, High School Rank, Completion of College Preparatory Program, Formal Demonstration of Competencies, Admission Test Scores, Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc), Work experience, Legacy status.