<p>I feel like there was some sarcasm</p>
<p>I doubt anyone intentionally applies to AEM with hopes of later on transferring to CAS. However, from what I hear from people who are already attending Cornell, CALS in general is used as the “backdoor” to CAS. Same goes for the other contract colleges, unfortunately. A friend of mine applied last year and got into CALS communication, but transferred to CAS psych after one semester. Another friend from HumEc PAM transferred to CAS econ after one semester as well. As a student going into ILR this fall, it really does bother me that so many people use the contract colleges as a stepping stone onto CAS. I feel that these kinds of internal transfer trends contribute to giving the contract colleges a bad image of being “inferior” schools.</p>
<p>B1GR3D, I don’t think internal transfers (some students do a “target transfer” where they move into their new college the next semester while others, with a fresh or not-so-great academic record, which I’m assuming includes most freshmen, go into the Internal Transfer Division for a semester to sit in limbo while they take some more classes for their new major before they move on–[url=<a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000185.pdf]these[/url”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000185.pdf]these[/url</a>] are the numbers for enrollment in that division and they seem very, very small relative to the University as a whole) are all that common and I highly doubt there are very many kids that use the contract colleges as a “back door” to the endowed colleges.</p>
<p>i meant that people have used CALS and ILR to get into CAS/ENGR/AEM (sorry for the typo)</p>
<p>many ENGR also go into CAS after figuring out college calculus and physics :<</p>
<p>I’ve heard of a few people transferring from CAS to CALS because they preferred some major CALS offered. I think this is particularly likely for anyone who develops and interest in environmental or some larger-than-micro biological things, which is totally possible after a stint in intro bio. you also avoid the more extensive CAS requirements, notably the language requirement.</p>
<p>I don’t care one bit about which school is thought of how. they’re all excellent and differentiating is pointless. choose the one that best fits your interests.</p>
<p>exactly, no one cares</p>
<p>The best college is the one that best fits your interests and needs.</p>
<p>In my school it is looked down upon, maybe it’s cause everyone goes to good schools in my high school. We have a wiki where you post your schools and the only people who posted were engineers or from CAS.</p>
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<p>Of course, there’s no good reason why some colleges should be looked down upon. Other than the fact that you kids are crazy.</p>
<p>there are many majors that only the statutory colleges offer - so it’s my thinking that if you judge people based on what college they are in at cornell, then you’re also, by extension, judging them on the major that they chose. and honestly, who are you to judge what someone wants to do for the rest of their lives/has a passion in?</p>
<p>live and let live. stop being petty and grow up.</p>
<p>Re#48: Seems like deja vu all over again. will the real Stuyvesant please stand up?
(Or better yet, sit down)</p>
<p>"I would just like to point out that I’m also a senior at Stuyvesant and everything that Ones says and implies about Stuy kids doesn’t contain an inkling of truth (btw I’m heading to ILR in the fall). The majority of kids that I know at Stuy are going to the SUNYs or Macaulay honors at CUNY. "</p>
<p>(post #30, here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/901344-hard-get-into-cornell-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/901344-hard-get-into-cornell-2.html</a>)</p>
<p>“We have a wiki where you post your schools and the only people who posted were engineers or from CAS”</p>
<p>Really? [Colleges</a> of the class of 2010 - Stuyclopedia](<a href=“http://www.schoolwiki.jesseweiman.com/Colleges_of_the_class_of_2010]Colleges”>http://www.schoolwiki.jesseweiman.com/Colleges_of_the_class_of_2010)
Looks like 21 are entering the engineering school, 7 are going to the arts and sciences school, 2 into AAP, 2 to ILR, 5 to CALS, and 3 to Human Ecology. That makes 10 people going to the contract schools in total. I really don’t know where you get your information from</p>
<p>Well your group of friends may be different from mine. If you get into cornell from stuy first thing they ask is if it’s state. They know its easier for nyc kids to get into state. And to that guy who is also from stuy, you can say whatever you want to make yourself feel better, but the truth is it is easier for nyc kids to get into state. Go check stuy wiki, many kids got into the state schools and never posted (I know at least 4). Can you imagine 2 private schools that are hard to get into have more student than the state schools? You have to be a complete reject to get wait listed to the state schools. If you look at btech and their crappy list you can see that not a single person from there got into private (that posted), all were from state. Stuy>Tech</p>
<p>i know one kid who is pretty obnoxious about schools too, but i also know one guy who’s pretty down to earth.Both went to stuy. there are definitely different groups at stuy,so no one can speak for the diff groups.</p>
<p>@ ones. Well, bing is a state university and alot of ppl posted. so what’s your point?</p>
<p>ha. I saw the acceptance rates from Stuy into Engineering and A&S. Pretty high, especially ED. And thanks, but I feel perfectly fine about where I’m going. I’m going to a great school, where I will be studying something I’m passionate about, and won’t be hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt when I graduate. But you’re right, I guess the snobbishness of your particular group of friends naturally repels me.</p>
<p>@ Ones. I’m really sorry that you’re so insecure about your college choices that you feel the need to go out of your way to bash “inferior” schools. I wish you the best of luck in getting over it. That type of attitude certainly won’t serve you in real life.</p>
<p>My child is going to a contract school and I’m very happy with his decision. I’ll be saving a lot of money for the same quality education. And by the way, I graduated from a state university and my position and salary are better than that of the average ivy league school graduate.</p>
<p>[placing-the-blame-as-students-are-buried-in-debt:</a> Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance](<a href=“http://finance.yahoo.com/college-education/article/109701/placing-the-blame-as-students-are-buried-in-debt?mod=edu-collegeprep]placing-the-blame-as-students-are-buried-in-debt:”>http://finance.yahoo.com/college-education/article/109701/placing-the-blame-as-students-are-buried-in-debt?mod=edu-collegeprep)</p>
<p>well, i think that you should choose fit over prestige. Time and time again choosing the latter turns out to be a bad move. My daughter chose prestige when she chose Columbia over NYU, but what happened? Well, you guessed it, she didn’t like it and transferred.
She said that those ivy league kids didn’t do anything but brag about money all day. You know i don’t know what’s so special about those ivy league schools anyways; other people end up making just as much money, so why go?</p>