Briefly: Stanford and Cornell universities set record-low admit rates
Stanford University announced Wednesday that it had admitted 7.6 percent of applicants to the class of 2013, a figure that includes students from both the early and regular application pools. Stanford accepted 2,300 students this admissions cycle after receiving a record-high 30,428 applications this year, the university announced in a press release. Cornell University received a total of 34,381 applications — the highest number within the Ivy League — and posted an acceptance rate of 19.1 percent, the Cornell Daily Sun reported Wednesday. Cornell’s acceptance rate is the lowest ever for...
