<p>gomestar: CAS has guaranteed transfers, correct?</p>
<p>If so, the chances for non-gts to get into CAS are pretty bad, much worse than freshman admissions.</p>
<p>I have a question to all the transfer experts on here. </p>
<p>I am a current freshman at a US top 50 school, and a top 15 public school. I went to an elite boarding school in high school. I currently have a 3.56 cum GPA (unweighted), but am enrolled in an honors chemistry course, and finished off calculus with a 3.8. (My grade got dragged down by a horrible linguistics course, which i got a 95% in but somehow resulted in a 3.3). </p>
<p>1) Does cornell consider the fact that I took a harder than average freshman chem?
2) If I apply next year to enter in my junior year, who would be the best person to write my recommendations?
3) I’m not able for financial reasons to do anything amazing this summer, so would working or volunteering in my local hospital/community be frowned upon??</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone who replies!</p>
<p>Transfer admission into ANY school seems to be much more complex than freshmen admission…I would only say the UC’s are an exception to this (however, they are very rigid with the coursework they want when transferring). I would say the personal statement and GPA are the most important factors when applying. EC’s are important as well. High school GPA too, and SAT/ACT scores.</p>
<p>Wow… trying to reply to anything on this site is interesting. What a needlessly complex process.</p>
<p>In my experience, going to an attriculation community college, your GPA for CALS needs to be well above a 3.7. Most of the transfers I’ve talked to were not gts and carried a 4.0. My experience with admission makes me think that they first look at your GPA, and then other things, but I might be wrong about the process. I am sure GPA is critical though, with the rise in applications.</p>
<p>Each major in CALS has required courses that must be completed before transferring. You can find the list on the site of the major. If any of these courses are not completed at the time of application, but will be before admission, note that in your essay.</p>
<p>Another major factor is showing an interest in your selected major. If your course work does not back up your interests you need to explain that fully in your essay.</p>
<p>I am not sure to what degree extra curricular activities played a role.</p>
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<p>Not sure what’s so complex about writing a post in the little box at the end of the thread and pushing the Post Quick Reply button…?</p>