The University’s Presidential Task Force on Undergraduate Admissions released a set of recommendations to improve Cornell’s admissions process on Sept. 14, culminating the efforts of a task force that was convened by President Martha Pollack in November 2022. The task force consulted with experts from the University of Southern California, the University of Florida, the University of Michigan, Harvard University and the Common App, in addition to Cornell’s admissions officers and financial aid office staff, to generate their findings. Specifically, the task force drafted a prompt that asks applicants to describe how their life experiences, particularly within a community, will enrich Cornell’s “any person” ethos. The task force recommended targeting “non-feeder” high schools by recruiting from schools that are geographically close to Cornell in order to build an initial critical mass, and then extending that base nationally over time. “I’m grateful for the work of the task force, and especially for the breadth and depth of their outreach and their thoughtful deliberations,” Pollack told The Chronicle.

Source: Daily Sun September 14, 2023 14:22 UTC