Seeing its number of early decision applicants rise 3.3 percent from last year, Cornell accepted almost 33 percent of its early decision applicants for the Class of 2016 — a 2.35 percent decrease from last year.

While about 240 students enrolled in the University from Latin American in the late 1990s and 2000s, only 186 attended in 2011 — a decline of almost 23 percent, according to a report from Cornell’s International Students and Scholars Office.

Getting a high SAT score, earning a 4.0 GPA and running the student government just don’t seem to cut it anymore for college admissions officers. It turns out that hopeful high school seniors should also have parents with deep bank accounts.  

Cornell administrators are criticizing a recent article in The New York Times that questions the ethics and frequency of granting acceptance to freshman applicants on the condition they attend another university first.

The Class of 2015 faced the most competitive admissions cycle yet, but its newly-admitted members can now celebrate their acceptance to the University's sesquicentennial class.

A year after Cornell's series of suicides, President David Skorton discusses the college's reputation and progress on the bridge barriers.

An estimated 36,273 students submitted applications this year — an increase of 128 applicants, or less than one percent, from last year.

The Essay Exchange purchases the admissions essays of Ivy League students, then sells them to Ivy League hopefuls. 

Despite Cornell’s efforts to increase black student enrollment, the proportion of black students in this year’s class dropped by about 20 percent from last year.

Sun columnist Judah Bellin '12 takes on affirmative action and the current push to make the system class-based.