hey guys do u know if we need to submit our final report to cornell? or just to the university we will be attending first? (final report as in senior grade of high school) and please please say we won’t need professor recommendations from our first year uni lol teacher LORs gave me cancer…thank you so much!!
Hi friends! I was given the gt option last year, hopefully i can help clear some stuff up. There’s really no way to appeal the decision, I tried last year and they basically said that the decision is such. Also, you do not have submit your final report to cornell this year. If you plan to pursue the gt option, it’s really easy to follow through with, then you will send it with your mid-term report/college report. If you have the CALS gt option, there’s a facebook equivalent called chatter which is really helpful!
Has anyone’s email from ILR come yet explaining the details of the transfer? and thank you @Leicisbest !
Not yet @jacbellini
thank you so much @vlindo, anxiously waiting for it come but I guess i just have to be patient
I received GT for CALS and think i am going to take it. I have some family in the central NY area so would probably go to a local SUNY, possibly SUNY Morrisville which is near my family, to inexpensively get through the first year and then transfer. Any idea if there is a way to know approx financial aid for the transfer year before making our decision? I don’t want to derail my freshman year plans to only find out I get a terrible package from Cornell.
@alycea14 From what I’ve read, the NPC is pretty accurate. There are a few caveats, if you are international (which it sounds like that’s a no), if your parents are divorced and don’t file taxes together or if your parents own a business. Otherwise, the NPC, using your tax info for this year, should be pretty accurate. I would assume that the Fin Aid department could help you if you run it and have any more specific questions.
I think I may go to my local college here and save a ton of money and transfer next year.
Yes, just mid-semester grades from each professor; no recs.
So will they ever see our 2nd semester senior year grades?
Yes, prior to the March 15th Transfer Option deadline in 2017 you will need to send in your final high school transcript, first semester college transcript, and mid-term grades when available. The GT/Transfer Option is again contingent on college GPA (3.0 for non-biological science or AEM - 3.5 GPA for those majors) and class credit equivalency. To ensure you are taking the right mix of Cornell approved classes check with the Transfer advisors at Cornell.
Was a little surprised to receive my letter from HumEc today stating that “This is not a guarantee of transfer admission”. I had always thought that the only transfer option given to first-year applicants was the GT, with the sole requirements being a GPA cutoff and a full year of enrollment at another school.
But now I’m reading on the TO website: “You must complete required coursework even if it is not offered at your institution. It is your responsibility to find an institution that offers the required coursework”. I understand this to mean that even though I am not a student at Cornell, Cornell’s course requirements shape my schedule for at least a full year at another institution. Why should I allow a university to have that kind of power over me while I am not enrolled as their student? What if none of my other choices allow me to take Cornell’s required courses? What if their very specific Freshman Writing requirements are not met by my AP credit or another college’s options?
I am still absolutely in love with Cornell and the program to which I applied but some of the requirements seem a little hard to fulfill and knowing that even if I fulfill them completely I am not guaranteed a spot in the class (like a GT would be) makes me hesitant to even try. Do any past transfers have any input on this that might help me see the offer in a more positive light?
@hayley636 You just need to take general classes. For my major I can take any two bios with labs, two english classes, a stat and a calc 1. They don’t care where you take it. If your freshman year college doesn’t have a spot for you in a class then maybe take it a local community college
They have a list of the exact credits you get for AP or IB coursework. My son will get both writing classes credited through his AP tests. I think it is actually pretty straightforward, but I understand what you mean. There are definitely some downsides!
they say we will ‘receive notification within the next few days’…is this via email? or mail? i haven’t got anything yet and I’m freaking out!
My D got a letter today from Human Ecology. To answer some of the questions asked above: 1) The letter said this option was offered to 172 students out of the 2100 applicants to HumEc. 2) It gives all the information you will need in a helpful FAQ format and directs you to the website for a list of courses. 3) You cannot appeal the decision. 4) Although you need to let Cornell if you are interested by May 15, your interest does not bind you to actually transferring there. If you do not notify them, then you lose the “priority” transfer status. 5) Having the Transfer Option allows you to avoid paying the transfer application fee and allows you to use a truncated application since they will keep all your original application materials. 6) The TO is offered to most students due to Cornell not having enough space for all the students they want. 7) You can change your major within HumEc but you cannot use the TO to go to a different college at Cornell (i.e. CALS).
It was a nice letter and made my D feel very much secure about the possibility of transferring if she wanted to. However, her first choice is U of Michigan and she is going to go there. I think she will still sign up for the TO because, why not? It is nice to have as a backup.
Isn’t it technically GT still as long as you meet the requirements? I know there are contingencies but would they actually reject a priority transfer applicant who had everything completed that the college had asked for in the transfer application? Others who have used the transfer option on CC said though it is not guaranteed, it is practically as long as you complete what is asked of you.
I talked to ILR yesterday and they said they will be sending an email with all the information we need to know within the next few days.
On some level its an argument of semantics. Is it guaranteed in the sense that all you have to do is submit a Transfer application and your in? No. However, it is guaranteed admission to Cornell if you hit the required GPA and credit requirements (also no grades lower than a B).
Get a 3.0 (3.5 HE & AEM) with the required class equivalent requirements and you are in. So that’s as guaranteed of a transfer option as you can get. Again, if you get less than the required GPA and C in a class over your freshman year than all bets are off as you are put into the general transfer applicant pool. Regardless, if Cornell is your dream school than you should be thrilled at the opportunity to transfer based on these relatively straightforward requirements. The fact they offered you a Transfer Option shows you that they feel you are Cornell worthy.
Does a score of 4 in the AP exam for Lang and Lit satisfy the 2 writing requirements or will only one writing course requirement be waived off? Any insight. My D is stressing out on the writing reqs. Thanks!