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If you apply ED to a school in hopes of a scholarship, and the scholarship they come back with is not anything like what you expected, what, if any, options do you have being an ED or binding applicant?
I think you have decent chances if you apply early. With Cornell's mandatory little essay, make sure you communicate that you have researched in depth about Cornell.