Cornell Spring Transfer--

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey guys. I'm not actually applying for Cornell Fall transfer because I hadn't decided I wanted to transfer until the deadlines had passed, but I'm almost certain I'm going to apply for Spring transfer. I'm trying to get a head start on things.</p>

<p>Right now I'm a math/computer science dual major. At Cornell, these majors occupy different colleges, and upon transferring one can apply to only one college. I suppose the procedure would be to apply to one college for one of the two majors and then set up the second major at Cornell with the advisors and such.</p>

<p>At one point I was equally passionate about both these subjects. I still am indeed passionate about both, but I've decided that as far as careers go I'd like to be a mathematician. However, I really would like to major in both areas; I find they reinforce each other to a great extent.</p>

<p>But seeing the low acceptance rate for CAS, I'm wondering if it would perhaps be better if I applied for CS to the Engineering college. I actually have some pretty nice experience with CS, and although I consider myself very good and knowledgeable about math, I can't say that I've actually published any papers or anything. With CS, I've been programming since age 12, I got 1st in a competition at Missouri State University all four years of high school, I have done some rather serious development in my spare time, and I have a programming internship this summer after my freshman year. I'm sharing this information to make the point that applying as a CS major instead of a math major really would not be "cheating the system" at all. I am a CS major even if I've decided I want to be a mathematician, and I do have significance experience and skills in CS. I also think I could put together a great essay about my experience of teaching myself programming over the years and finally playing a game that I had developed myself, explaining how this set the course for all my future studies and solidified my interest in theoretical computer science and consequently in mathematics itself.</p>

<p>I'm basing this on the following document, which I assume is reliable since it comes from Cornell:</p>

<p><a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Engineering has a transfer acceptance rate of about 23%. This is of course low, but it seems actually pretty high for a school of Cornell's caliber. CAS, on the other hand, appears to have a transfer acceptance rate of about 14%. If I restrict data only to males, then each of these numbers goes up a percent.</p>

<p>Finally, if I were to go this route and apply to Engineering as a CS major, how difficult would it be to set up a second major in math?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>You can only transfer into Cornell’s engineering school or at least CS in the fall. I’m trying to find the page where I read this, but you should probably consider that. =/</p>

<p>Ok, here it is. “When is the transfer application deadline, and when will I be notified of Cornell’s decision?
The College of Engineering admits transfer students for matriculation only in the fall semester, primarily due to the sequencing of the courses in our curriculum. The deadline for completed transfer applications is March 15th of each year, and students are notified of Cornell’s decision on a rolling basis from the end of April through early July.” <a href=“http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/prospective/undergraduate/transfer/Transfer-FAQ.cfm[/url]”>http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/prospective/undergraduate/transfer/Transfer-FAQ.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Now that’s unfortunate. Somehow I had missed that because until now all my attention had been focused on CAS. Only recently did the thought of applying directly to Engineering occur to me.</p>

<p>Well, thanks for the information!</p>