@pippathomas - After going through the process, I think would almost be a misnomer to call it an application. The application fee, recommendations, and essay of the normal transfer application are all waived - I simply sent in my new transcript and a midterm report of my expected final grades, while my current academic advisor filled out a short form attesting to my lack of disciplinary infractions. I cannot pretend to be an expert on Cornell’s decision making, but the consensus seems to be that the TO is reserved for those students who either would have been accepted as part of the freshman class if there had been enough physical room on campus or those who had some weak link in their application but who the admissions committee earmarked as likely to succeed at Cornell anyway. I think you will find that individual opinions differ as to the reasoning, but in my experience the TO offers a substantial advantage. It is not a full guarantee, as you must perform well your freshman year, but I do not think it would be amiss to view it as a conditional acceptance. I hope that clears up a few things for you! Best of luck!
My son is now finishing his first year after transfering to Cornell under the GT offer.
It was easy to meet the requirements. Only one uncomfortable requirement, you must get your professors to sign a mid term form with estimated grade spring freshman year, unless your college has midterm grade reports (most do not). Went fine, profs were glad to help, just awkward.
First semester he made friends and he is a somewhat shy kid. No issue there. Loves the school and campus. Made “Deans List” first semester, no problem competing as a transfer.
No downside to doing this, you get to go to a great school, just a year later.
No idea about financial aid, but they do seem to encourage you to apply as a transfer no different than freshmen.
For everyone who received a TO for the college of human ecology, did you receive a confirmation for accepting the offer. I am worried that may 15th will pass and they will message me saying that I never accepted even though I explicitly remember accepting the offer. Also, have you guys in Human Ecology received any contact from them since the letter in the mail cause I have not.
I’m probably being paranoid here but I am worried about it.
@rhdhtai omg sameeeeee! that’s exactly what i was worried about!!
@clairepear so I guess we don’t get any confirmation except the fact that when we click on the form, our previous response is there.
@rhdhtai lol someone said to just send an email if u wanna be safe XD
So. Where is everyone going for college their first year? And is anyone not transferring?
I’m struggling a little bit to understand how to make Cornell’s course requirements work with my course requirements at Northeastern, my freshman year school. I’m a political science major (PAM at Cornell), and while Cornell wants me to take an intro biology course, Northeastern will accept my 4 on the AP exam and would think it strange that I would want to enroll in a lab science course my first semester (a course that would be outside of my home college). Also, I am unsure of my AP exam scores from this year and I have to enroll in courses at NEU before they come out. I have a general idea of what they are, but I don’t want to exempt myself from a course at NEU because I think I got a 4 when Cornell would not exempt me because they require a 5. Northeastern’s core curriculum is much more based in the major than Cornell’s is, so I’m struggling to blend the two in a way that will allow me to complete normal course sequencing at NEU if I eventually decide not to transfer while still allowing me to leave the TO open if I decide to take it. I called the HumEc admissions office to talk, but they wanted me to basically make a schedule at NEU before giving me any guidance, which I found really unhelpful. The TO is honestly sounding less appealing by the day… If anyone has any advice or is having similar problems I would love to talk!
@rhdhtai After thinking it over and receiving my official schedule today, I don’t think I’ll be transferring as I just can’t make the required courses work at my school. This fall I’ll be taking 3 political science courses, calculus for economics, and an innovation/entrepreneurship course; only one of those (calc) is something that Cornell wants from me. Cornell was a dream I’ve had for a long time, but with an ED deferral and then this, I guess it just wasn’t meant to be and I’ve accepted that. Are you still pursuing the transfer?
@hayley636 Hi hayley, I was an accepted transfer to your same major (PAM). I faced the same problems with the biology requirement (friends and classmates were confused as to why I was taking bio when it was a sciences class). Cornell was also very accepting with my credits however (they would not accept a 4 tho). Do you have any specific concerns or anything cause I can help.
anyone get the June email yet?
Hey guys! I was just accepted as a transfer to CALS animal science. Should we make a Facebook group to keep in touch for us 2017 transfers? Is there one already? Congrats everyone!
How long did it take for you all to get the Chatter email?
i received a transfer option for SHA and sent in my form before may 15 confirming my acceptance of the transfer option, was I supposed to receive any email or anything since then? because I haven’t received anything
@hayley636 For me, fulfilling the coursework requirements for Human Development is easy as they coincide with premed reqs and the major I plan to pursue; however, I am not so sure I want to transfer from Emory, my first year college. I believe there is no real gain in me transferring and I really like both of them equally as they were my top choice schools. I feel like it is a hassle with no benefit. My thought is if Cornell actually wanted me, it should have accepted me to it’s first year class instead of giving me this.
If I’m unhappy after my first year at Emory, then I will consider it, but for now I don’t plan to fully follow through. I plan to at least pursue until a formal acceptance and will make my final decision then. They aren’t charging me to pursue it and I would have fulfilled the requirements anyways so why not.
My honest advice to YOU is, if you feel like there is no benefit for you in obtaining the “ivy” degree or feel like it is more trouble than it is worth, then turn it down. However, I recommend you try to make it work to the best of your ability as it is another option available and withhold your final decision until next year May. Carefully think whether you want to turn it down right now. This is a huge decision and the benefits of transferring to Cornell may not be apparent to you until you started college.
Hello! I’m a GT that will be transferring to Cornell’s ILR for Fall 2016. If you have any questions about the ILR requirements, I’m happy to answer them as well :). I definitely think that this is a great option to have for anyone and that it is worth looking into.
@rhdhtai I definitely agree with you about the “hassle with no benefit” thing. I’m sure you’ll have an amazing time at Emory, and if you don’t it sounds like it’ll be easy for you to complete the transfer.
My main problem, and the reason I’m probably not going to end up pursuing the transfer, is the fact that Northeastern’s course requirements simply don’t fit with Cornell’s. Cornell’s broader liberal arts foundation doesn’t work well with the major-based core (“NUpath”) at Northeastern and I would have to do some serious manipulation of the requirements to successfully complete psychology, calculus, biology lab, and microeconomics courses in my first semester at a “pre-professional” school where most students jump right into their major.
I definitely understand the benefits of the “ivy” degree, both of my parents/multiple relatives are ivy leaguers and my mom went to Cornell in HumEc, which is exactly where I would be transferring. I’m going to send Cornell a copy of my schedule and see what their advice is, but I’m not going to jump through hoops to make them happy when I’ve already put an insane amount of effort into their application process, to no avail. I’m still sort of interested in the transfer, Cornell has been a dream of mine forever and I would love to be there but I just don’t know if it’s realistic and if I’ll want to leave NU. I’m trying to leave it open as an option, but I don’t think I’ll be devastated if it doesn’t work out.
(((also I could probably rant for hours about the moral ambiguity of the transfer option as a general concept but that’s another story lol)))
Does anyone know how many people were accepted as TO’s out of those waitlisted?
I heard they give offers to about 200 initially on ivy day then in beginning of June take a handful of people to replace the students who rejected the TO offer.
@viogirl9 where did you go for your first year? I received the ILR gt for fall 2017