Are you curious to learn more about the recently admitted Cornell University Class of 2029? So are we! Unfortunately, when Cornell announced earlier this week that its admissions officers had chosen 5,824 high school seniors to join its ranks, the Big Red neglected to share any further details. This cohort does indeed mark a 13.3% increase from last year’s cohort of 5,139 accepted students, but since we don’t know how many students applied, we can’t yet calculate the Cornell acceptance rate for the Class of 2029.

Not to worry! The federally mandated Common Data Set this fall will provide us with more comprehensive information about the Cornell Class of 2029. Until then, there’s still plenty we at Ivy Coach can dissect — and predict — about this year’s lucky crop of Cornellians joining the Ivy League during an admittedly turbulent time in the history of this cornerstone of American culture. Will Cornell’s relatively quiet year of PR compared to some of its Ivy League counterparts benefit it in the long run? Only time will tell.

Cornell University Admissions Statistics (Class of 2029 – Class of 2007)

Cornell University Class Year	Overall Acceptance Rate	Regular Decision Acceptance Rate	Regular Decision Applications Accepted	Regular Decision Applications Received	Early Decision / Action Acceptance Rate	Percent of Class Filled by Early Applications	Early Decision / Action Applications Received	Early Decision / Action Applications Accepted	Expected Number of Students to Enroll	Total Applications Received	Total Applications Accepted
Class of 2029	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	5,824
Class of 2028	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	3,574	NYP	5,139
Class of 2027	7.89%	6.32%	3,688	58,331	17.55%	47.21%	9,515	1,670	3,537	67,846	5,358
Class of 2026	6.90%	5.00%	3,077	61,609	19.20%	51.80%	9,555	1,831	3,533	71,064	4,908
Class of 2025	8.70%	6.70%	3,922	58,363	21.40%	51.30%	9,017	1,930	3,765	67,380	5,836
Class of 2024	10.70%	8.70%	3,920	44,870	24.00%	29.90%	6,630	1,594	3,296	51,500	5,514
Class of 2023	10.60%	8.80%	3,788	42,959	22.60%	43.90%	6,159	1,395	3,175	49,118	5,183
Class of 2022	10.30%	8.30%	3,755	45,009	24.30%	46.80%	6,319	1,533	3,275	51,328	5,288
Class of 2021	12.90%	10.80%	4,511	41,654	25.60%	42.10%	5,384	1,378	3,275	47,038	5,889
Class of 2020	14.10%	12.50%	4,997	40,083	27.40%	40.90%	4,882	1,340	3,275	44,965	6,337
Class of 2019	15.10%	13.70%	5,119	37,340	26.20%	37.50%	4,560	1,196	3,190	41,900	6,315
Class of 2018	14.00%	12.30%	4,689	38,266	27.70%	41.50%	4,775	1,325	3,190	43,041	6,014
Class of 2017	15.20%	13.90%	4,825	35,813	29.50%	38.90%	4,193	1,237	3,182	40,006	6,062
Class of 2016	16.20%	14.50%	4,943	32,203	32.70%	37.10%	3,609	1,180	3,182	37,812	6,123
Class of 2015	18%	16.10%	5,306	32,936	35.50%	39%	3,456	1,228	3,150	36,392	6,534
Class of 2014	18.40%	16.80%	5,498	32,744	32.70%	37.30%	3,594	1,175	3,150	36,338	6,673
Class of 2013	17.40%	15.50%	5,318	34,381	36.70%	39.70%	3,405	1,249	3,150	37,786	6,567
Class of 2012	20.40%	18.70%	5,591	29,916	36.80%	37.30%	3,095	1,139	3,050	33,011	6,730
Class of 2011	20.50%	18.70%	5,126	27,365	36.60%	36.20%	3,017	1,103	3,050	30,382	6,229
Class of 2010	24.70%	23%	5,817	25,248	39%	36.40%	2,849	1,110	3,050	28,097	6,927
Class of 2009	26.10%	24.30%	5,312	21,872	41.70%	35.10%	2,572	1,072	3,050	24,444	6,384
Class of 2008	28.70%	26.60%	4,856	18,270	43.90%	36%	2,550	1,119	3,105	20,820	5,975
Class of 2007	30.90%	29.40%	5,213	17,713	40.70%	37%	2,729	1,110	3,000	20,442	6,323

It’s worth noting that the most selective year on record for Cornell occurred three years ago, for admission to the Class of 2026, where a mere 6.9% of applicants were accepted from a record-setting applicant pool of 71,064 students. That said, only 4,908 students were admitted in that cohort — nearly 1,000 less than this year. Before this year, it hadn’t been since the Class of 2025 was admitted that Cornell accepted over 5,800 applications.

Profile of the Cornell Admits to the Class of 2029

Here’s what we do know about this incoming class of Cornellians. According to reporting by The Cornell Daily Sun, “Accepted applicants come from all 50 states and represent a total of 115 countries — roughly twice as many as the number represented by the Class of 2028.” Beyond this tidbit and a few anecdotal pictures of selected members of the Class of 2029 shared in a Cornell press release, there’s not much else we can say about these students. 

We don’t know their racial or ethnic makeup, their gender breakdown, the proportion of first-generation low-income students, or the number of Pell Grant recipients. Until this information is released next fall, anyone outside the current Cornell admissions office who purports to know any of these answers is idly speculating.

Ivy Coach’s Prediction for the Cornell University Class of 2029 Acceptance Rate

We at Ivy Coach are not in the business of idle speculation. Our famously accurate crystal ball solely traffics in well-educated guesses that rarely lead us astray. We predict that once the data does arrive, it will show a moderate increase in Cornell’s overall acceptance rate — a trend that will put the school in line with the rest of the Ivy League, where every single school (that has reported admissions data, that is) this year has seen an increase in its acceptance rate. It’s a similar prediction to our one about the Harvard Class of 2029, which was necessary because officials over at the Cambridge, Massachusetts institution declined to provide acceptance rate data for the first time in seventy years. Come on, Fitz!

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