Did you apply Early Decision to Cornell University’s Class of 2029? If so, you might be looking for this year’s Early Decision admissions statistics. But we regret to inform you that while Cornell ED decisions are indeed out for the Class of 2029, the Big Red has not yet released its figures and won’t release them for several more months. Once it does, you better believe we at Ivy Coach will be the first to share them!

Cornell Delays Reporting Its Admissions Statistics

When did this Ivy League school turn its back on public admissions statistics? In March 2020, Cornell announced that it would no longer release its Early Decision or Regular Decision admissions statistics after each cycle. The school, following in the footsteps of Stanford University, last released its Early Decision admissions statistics at the end of the Early round for the Class of 2024.

At the time, as Madeline Rosenberg reported for The Cornell Daily Sun in a piece on Cornell withholding admissions figures, “Jonathan Burdick, vice provost for enrollment, told The Sun in a statement that the University will instead release application numbers after the admissions year has ended — a move that arrives because the University does not want to discourage qualified applicants.”

Burdick said then, “While metrics such as application numbers and admissions rates are an area of focus for many as they review annual activity in higher education, Cornell’s thorough and holistic review processes mean that no one applicant’s chances can be guided by’ averages.”

Cornell’s Withholding of Admissions Statistics is Nothing But Smoke and Mirrors

We at Ivy Coach would like to call Cornell on its bluff! Cornell doesn’t withhold its Early Decision and Regular Decision admissions statistics because they’re worried about the supposed mental well-being of their applicants.

No, Cornell withholds its admissions statistics because they don’t want to discourage applicants from applying. After all, the more students who apply to Cornell, the higher the institution will be ranked in the all-important US News & World Report annual list — which Cornell does care about, no matter what they’d have you believe to the contrary. Diminishing admission rates don’t exactly scream “Apply and you’ll get in!” to high school seniors, so they decided to buck the trend and keep the figures close to the vest.

However, after a year of terrible PR at Cornell due to widespread unrest and campus antisemitism, our Ivy Coach crystal ball predicts a slight dip in ED applicants. Cornell can’t keep these admissions statistics a secret for long since schools must eventually release their figures to the federally mandated Common Data Set.

Cornell Early Decision Admissions Statistics Over 20+ Years

As you might be able to tell from Ivy Coach’s statistics on Cornell’s Early Decision and Regular Decision rounds, Cornell’s statistics are not safe from our watchful eye. We’ve got all of the data from the Class of 2007 through the Class of 2007, and we’ve started filling in the statistics that have since come out for the Class of 2028. So, the Early Decision admissions statistics for the Cornell Class of 2029, while not available now, will be on our site in due time.

Cornell University	Overall Accept. Rate	Regular Decision Accept. Rate	Regular Decision Apps Accepted	Regular Decision Apps Received	Early Decision / Action Accept. Rate	Percent of Class Filled by Early Apps	Early Decision / Action Apps Received	Early Decision / Action Apps Accepted	Expected Number of Students to Enroll	Total Apps Received	Total Apps Accepted
2029	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP
2028	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	NYP	3,574	NYP	5,139
2027	7.89%	6.32%	3,688	58,331	17.55%	47.21%	9,515	1,670	3,537	67,846	5,358
2026	6.90%	5.00%	3,077	61,609	19.20%	51.80%	9,555	1,831	3,533	71,064	4,908
2025	8.70%	6.70%	3,922	58,363	21.40%	51.30%	9,017	1,930	3,765	67,380	5,836
2024	10.70%	8.70%	3,920	44,870	24.00%	29.90%	6,630	1,594	3,296	51,500	5,514
2023	10.60%	8.80%	3,788	42,959	22.60%	43.90%	6,159	1,395	3,175	49,118	5,183
2022	10.30%	8.30%	3,755	45,009	24.30%	46.80%	6,319	1,533	3,275	51,328	5,288
2021	12.90%	10.80%	4,511	41,654	25.60%	42.10%	5,384	1,378	3,275	47,038	5,889
2020	14.10%	12.50%	4,997	40,083	27.40%	40.90%	4,882	1,340	3,275	44,965	6,337
2019	15.10%	13.70%	5,119	37,340	26.20%	37.50%	4,560	1,196	3,190	41,900	6,315
2018	14.00%	12.30%	4,689	38,266	27.70%	41.50%	4,775	1,325	3,190	43,041	6,014
2017	15.20%	13.90%	4,825	35,813	29.50%	38.90%	4,193	1,237	3,182	40,006	6,062
2016	16%	14.50%	4,943	32,203	32.70%	37%	3,609	1,180	3,182	37,812	6,123
2015	18.00%	16.10%	5,306	32,936	35.50%	39.00%	3,456	1,228	3,150	36,392	6,534
2014	18.40%	16.80%	5,498	32,744	32.70%	37.30%	3,594	1,175	3,150	36,338	6,673
2013	17.40%	15.50%	5,318	34,381	36.70%	39.70%	3,405	1,249	3,150	37,786	6,567
2012	20.40%	18.70%	5,591	29,916	36.80%	37.30%	3,095	1,139	3,050	33,011	6,730
2011	20.50%	19%	5,126	27,365	37%	36.20%	3,017	1,103	3,050	30,382	6,229
2010	24.70%	23.00%	5,817	25,248	39.00%	36.40%	2,849	1,110	3,050	28,097	6,927
2009	26.10%	24.30%	5,312	21,872	41.70%	35%	2,572	1,072	3,050	24,444	6,384
2008	28.70%	26.60%	4,856	18,270	43.90%	36%	2,550	1,119	3,105	20,820	5,975
2007	30.90%	29.40%	5,213	17,713	40.70%	37%	2,729	1,110	3,000	20,442	6,323

Ivy Coach’s Assistance Moving Forward for Deferred or Denied Cornell Applicants

Congratulations are in order for Ivy Coach’s students who earned admission to Cornell this year! It was a perfect sweep (with one exclusion of a family who didn’t heed our advice — can’t win them all!).

But sometimes you have to fight a little harder to get into the school of your dreams. For those who have been deferred or denied by Cornell in the Early Decision round to the Class of 2029, now is the time to spring into action! Fill out Ivy Coach’s complimentary consultation form, and we’ll be in touch to detail all the things you can still do to turn your application around, including our PostMortem for denied candidates and PostMortem followed by Letter of Continued Interest assistance for deferred candidates to Cornell. Our team of former elite college admissions officers is here to help you optimize your odds of admission by reorienting your application around our special Ivy Coach sauce — a singular admissions hook!