Some increases are more explicable than others. Applications to the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University have risen 54 percent this year, which may be related to its rise in the U.S. News & World Report rankings to 23 in 2009, from 36 the year before.But at Cornell University’s Law School, whose ranking has remained relatively stable, applications are up 44 percent, and no one is quite sure of the reason for such a large increase.Richard Geiger, dean of admissions, said: “I’m a little thrown off by the fact that our increase is much bigger than expected. There’s nothing big we’re doing to explain that kind of increase.”
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Cornell Law School Apps Up 44 Percent
Good news for the law school, but bad news for those of us who applied this year.
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Is there any speculation as to why Cornell has experienced such a profound spike?
ReplyDeleteNot that I've heard. The article speculated that people didn't really know what to do for the first year of the recession, and that the expected spike in grad school applications is occurring this year. As for Cornell in particular, I'm not quite sure. It's puzzling because they don't seem to be one of the schools which gives out fee waivers to strong candidates.
ReplyDeleteIn the end this will probably help Cornell's ranking, right? 25% percent of us news rankings are based on selectivity.
ReplyDeleteIt should, but not if every other school near Cornell in the rankings is also seeing an increase in applications. Also, if Cornell accepts a higher number of people because there are more qualified applicants, then yield may go down.
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