I recently heard from Dean of Admissions Doris Davis regarding an important change in Cornell's undergraduate admissions policy. Effective next year, all admissions decisions will be awarded using a random lottery. Apparently, the University no longer feels the amount of time and effort it spends reviewing over 30,000 applications is worth the expense. I suppose the intelligence and commitment of pikers are very hard to ascertain before they actually arrive on East Hill. For instance, our own associate editor, Andy Guess '06, an intrepid presence among undergraduates during his time in Ithaca, was waitlisted before being allowed to attend Cornell. This will give a whole new meaning to Ezra's dream of founding an institution for "any person." But there's no word on whether or not this change in policy will affect the University's Early Decision program, or how Schaefer's hockey team will shape up now that playing junior hockey in Canada will have no merit on one's application.
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