<p>I'm currently a student at a SUNY school and I want to transfer to Cornell in the fall of 2009. My HS grades were mediocre, my SATS were only okay because my math skills aren't up to par. Anyway, I'm working really hard this year and want to know what other people think. I've seen some posts by people who were exactly like me (as in, ok HS, then in my school) and who got accepted as transfer students to Cornell. </p>
<p>HS:
average: 83
SAT: cr 620, math 540 (ouch), writing 620
According to CollegeBoard, my CR and W scores fall within the middle 50% of students who get in to Cornell, so I'm slightly less anxious about those than I am about math.</p>
<p>At Stony Brook I'm taking:
Freshman seminar (101)
Surveys in Developmental Psychology (PSY 220)
General Chemistry (CHE 129 and 130)
Critical and Logical Reasoning (PHI 108)
Precalculus (MAT 123)
Conversational French (FRN 311)</p>
<p>Originally, I wasn't taking French but then I received an E-Mail from the Cornell transfer office suggesting that I take a foreign language. These total 17 credits. I'm also planning on taking at least 2 (possibly 3) classes over Winter Session. </p>
<p>As for Extra Curricular activies, I became PR of my school's UNICEF initiative and I plan on doing lots of volunteer work through that and I am also in Belly Dance Club. I plan on joining my undergraduate college's student council and our Psychology club as well.</p>
<p>As long as I keep my GPA up, what do you think my chances of getting in are? Does taking 200 level and 300 level classes during my first semester increase my chances? Do more credits mean a better chance? Ahh! Please help!</p>
<p>here's the thing; if you apply for Fall'09, you hand in your application by March. The only things they see from college are your 1st semester grades, and your midterm grades for 2nd semester, plus your recommendation. So basically, they have very little to go by - mostly your 1st semester grades - so they will focus mostly on HS. If you did poorly in HS, it might be a better idea to transfer Spring '10 or Fall '10. Just my advice.</p>
<p>they also ask for your spring semester and (if you're taking any) summer session courses and then they see your grades from the whole year.. maybe i'll go talk to my advisor again and see what she says. i know we have an advisor who's a cornell alum so maybe she'll be able to help me out as well</p>
<p>I'm also going to suggest you wait and apply as a sophomore. I successfully transferred to Cornell after my freshman year...but I had a fairly strong HS record and did very well my first semester in college. What college/major would you apply to? </p>
<p>Anyway....work hard and aim for a high GPA and I think you have a good shot.</p>
<p>You cannot apply to CALS if you want to be a psychology and/or philosophy major; you must apply to CAS. And IMHO, you currently are too weak in every area to cut it for arts admission. Beef up your schedule and apply for junior admission.</p>
<p>Hi, I was just reading your post and was wondering how the transferring process was for you? I just applied to Cornell ED but was rejected. I’m thinking about transferring to Cornell either in spring freshman year or as a sophomore. What was your major? Is CAS really hard to get into?</p>
<p>well i’ll tell you anyway lol. i ended up applying to human ecology and got rejected for fall, but i got accepted for this upcoming spring semester and i’ll be a human development major. CAS is hard to get into no matter what.</p>