<p>Freshmen, First Semester Course load:</p>
<p>Intro to Existentialism: A
Sport and the Law: A-
Intro to Comparative Politics: B
Intro to Criminal Justice: A</p>
<p>GPA: 3.67
High School GPA: 3.1</p>
<p>College EC: Mock Trial, College Republicans</p>
<p>High School SAT: 2210 (800 M, 730 CR, 680 W)</p>
<p>My major is Political Science.</p>
<p>Do I have a decent shot at transferring to Cornell? I'd love to enroll there</p>
<p>Your 3.67 is a great GPA for your first semester.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, you have a 3.1 GPA from high school, which covers 4 years worth of work, which will tremendously overshadow your 1 semester of college work. Your SAT is excellent (but doesn’t even matter for CALS or ILR).</p>
<p>Here is the main thing, when you apply as a sophomore transfer, your HS GPA and record are given much more weight. When you apply as a junior, HS is still considered, but college record is far more important.</p>
<p>I am not discouraging your for applying, but I am giving you an honest opinion. Cornell is also very heavy on “fit” and reasons for transferring, so your essays will need to be perfect to show why you belong there instead. It also depends on which school you apply to at Cornell, and which major.</p>
<p>All in all, if you feel you have compelling enough reasons to transfer, then go ahead and apply. Do your research and make yourself out to be a great candidate for Cornell. If you just really dislike GWU and want to transfer anywhere, then put some safeties on your application. </p>
<p>You will have a much stronger chance as a Junior transfer with a 3.7+ GPA and all pre-requisite courses completed. So if you don’t get in this time, you can apply again.</p>
<p>*All this information is coming from someone who applied to Cornell as a sophomore transfer with a 3.4 HS GPA and a 3.7+ college GPA (1st sem) and was rejected at CAS.</p>
<p>CAS transfer rate is very low & as stated above they will look at your high school stats so you may have a better shot at transferring junior also if your not dead set on Pol Sci the contract colleges have much higher transfer rates then the endowed ones (Past Cornell transfer applicant)</p>