<p>Hey so I just found out ive been given GT as an international student.</p>
<p>Im just wondering what are the required courses, GPA, application process they will make us generally follow like writing essay and etc. </p>
<p>If we meet the academic requirements are we GUARANTEED admission?</p>
<p>All help is appreciated</p>
<p>Yes, you are guaranteed as long as you maintain above (I THINK) a 3.0 or 3.3. – Double check that GPA with the admissions office. You also must be a full time student at another institution.</p>
<p>afterwards, you’re in.</p>
<p>maintain at least a 3.3 with no B’s in any of your classes. they’re going to tell you which classes to take in the letter you receive. you won’t need to write new essays; just fill out the form they send you and send in a mid-term report during the spring semester with in-progress grades. congrats!</p>
<p>@Prospectus786 congrats! i am also a GT from the ILR!!! from lnog island, new york. im a little confused though, mayeb someone can elucidate: is it a second year transfer, or a second semester transfer, because i have heard mixed answers from my friends. also, the ILR i believe has a more structured curriculum, so will we be missing important classes by not being there all 4 years? thanks</p>
<p>I’m confused as to what the GT letter looked like. I got a letter about transferring with the recommended courses and GPA needed to transfer next year, is that the same thing?</p>
<p>@WHATKATIEDID I guess it is most likely. Hey Could you list the required classes stated in the letter, or the letter by itself so we can get a better picture of the program.</p>
<p>It sucks here though in Canada, because we have a 4 day holiday, and so I get my letters later in the week. </p>
<p>@Harrison44 I was wondering the same thing? maybe someone can list the required classes we need to take, other requirements, and how missing improtant classes is going to affect our 3 year Cornell career.</p>
<p>Surely! Here it is:</p>
<ul>
<li>Two courses in freshman english (composition) - 6 credits</li>
<li>Two semesters of Introductory Economics - 6 credits</li>
<li><p>One course, for @ least three credits, that satisfies either our science or our western intellectual tradition distribution requirement</p></li>
<li><p>keep a minimum GPA of 3.5 or above in their previous college</p></li>
<li><p>most students will be admitted after their second or third semester</p></li>
<li><p>must formally reapply to ILR</p></li>
</ul>
<p>& that’s pretty much the bulk of the letter. Thanks for clarifying prospectus!</p>
<p>@WhatKatieDid thanks for that post. Hey you think someone can knock off those requirements in the summer?</p>
<p>Not all of them. If you’re talking about the summer before college, sure. If you’re talking about the summer before you start ILR, then no (since you would have needed to have completed them upon re-applying). </p>
<p>For those worried about the structured curriculum of ILR: After the required 6 or 7 classes, the curriculum is extremely open ended. The normal ILR student takes 2 of these Freshman year (one per semester), and 5 sophomore year. They do this so freshman year we can take a few of our distribution requirements, which tend to be easier classes, so that we don’t get shell shocked by college. It also lets us play around with electives right away, which is super nice for a freshman. As a GT, you’ll just do most of your distribution requirements first year, and your second year will mostly be filled with completing these ILR classes that you can only do at Cornell (Intro to OB, Intro to LH, Human Resources Management, Collective Bargaining, Labor Econ, etc). By the time junior year rolls around, you’re at the same exact spot as the og students. </p>
<p>In reality a GT is probably 2 and possibly 3 ILR classes (for those who took an extra one with an elective freshman year to balance their schedule more, like I did) behind a normal student, so it’s really not a big deal at all.</p>
<p>i just got the guaranteed transfer packet. cornell is my first choice so i hope my parents agree to letting me do it, it’ll just suck having to start over after a year somewhere else</p>
<p>Hey do you think If I knock all of these requirements off in the summer, that I can enroll in September?</p>
<p>Anyone know?</p>
<p>@Prospectus</p>
<p>If you contact the person (his first name started with Ian I believe) he can probably help you there…although I do not know how you are going to manage a year’s worth of credits in three months. I, myself, am taking two classes at the community college over the summer, so I’m going to email him and ask if that would be okay. </p>
<p>Also–do all ILR applicants who are rejected get Guaranteed Transfer?</p>
<p>^ no, not all ILR rejects get the GT option. most don’t</p>
<p>guaranteed transfer for ILR as well.</p>
<p>For all those gt’s at any school at Cornell, you all should join the facebook group “Cornell University guaranteed transfer 2014”.</p>
<p>Well technically GTs havent been rejected, but given admissions in fall 2011</p>
<p>Has everyone who got the “within the next few days you will receive notification from the undergrad college to which you’ve applied that you are being offered a transfer option” received their transfer packet yet? I see that some people have, and live on Long Island, so it’s not like mine would take a week to get here by mail.</p>
<p>Yah that was in my online decision and now im just waiting for the packet in the mail. However, a four day holiday here in Canada really threw off the postal system here.</p>
<p>Man im kinda worried, excited and confused at the same time.</p>
<p>Can anyone post all of the requirements we need?</p>
<p>@WhatKatieDid</p>
<p>I got the exact same letter last year. It’s a rejection, sorry. GT comes with paperwork and stuff. I never found out if this was a “special letter” for certain applicants or just the regular rejection letter though. Perhaps someone could enlighten this?</p>
<p>Yeah, I called & talked to a cornell admissions person, & my guidance counselour. I found out that it was a rejection, but a ‘special’ rejection letter, just because they’re encouraging you to apply b/c of your interest/credentials. Not all rejected candidates get it, but ED applicants who are rejected get them anyway.</p>