I have a GT to Cornell. I’m not sure where I will be attending my freshman year, but I’m considering a local community college so I can save up some money. However, will recruiters from Cornell’s career services know that I’m a transfer? If yes, do you think they’ll ask where I went my freshman year? I hope they don’t “look down” upon community colleges.
Thanks!
you have to put both schools down on your resume
^ Pretty sure you don’t, actually. I’d put “Cornell Class of ____” with my cumulative Cornell GPA and expected graduation date, and leave it at that. Write down only where you’re graduating from once you’ve completed more than one semester at your new school. I could be wrong, but I don’t think they’ll ask you to specify what years you spent in attendance.
In any case, I don’t think they’ll look down on you because of that. Guaranteed transfers (and transfers in general) attend all sorts of schools their freshman year, and having spent it at a community college won’t detract from your application. Once you’re on campus, everyone’s on the same playing field.
Just my thoughts on this. Sorry this is so jumbled, it’s getting late haha. Best of luck and enjoy your year!!
S1 was a transfer into Dyson and his resume only reads Cornell university and his semester abroad under education. Your diploma will be from Cornell. You do not need to list your prior school or a school you may have taken a class in the summer. However, your transcript (if requested by future employer to confirm GPA or confirm of graduduation) will show the transfer credits. By the time of his Jr year at Cornell, I think he even forgot he was a transfer student.
I fear you may overestimate the “awe” quality of the Cornell degree – if you think it’s somehow tarnished by your taking a year or two before entering Cornell. You really think that a hiring manager will DISCOUNT your resume if she found out you transferred into Cornell and graduated versus someone who’s been there all four years? You REALLY think people act like that? Will YOU act like that?
It’ll be fine.
There are some people who act like that, actually.
Views to that effect have been expressed, by a few individuals, right here on this subforum in the past. Those particular individuals were not hiring managers, however- yet.
While it may not appear on a resume, the fact of your transfer may come up during interviews. And of course on transcripts, but those are often submitted later.
If/when it comes up, just explain it for what it was, makes perfect sense.
If you’ve done well at Cornell subsequently, the vast preponderance of rational hiring managers shouldn’t care.
I can’'t guarantee absolutely nobody will care though. Some people in this world are snooty morons, and some of them get to hire people.
It does not matter, all it shows is that you are someone who worked hard to earn a degree. That is all that matters in the real world and trust me when I say this, your interview has nothing to do with your grades, your interview has everything to do with your personality.
You absolutely do not have to put it on your resume. You’ll just say B.S. Cornell University 2019. However, you WILL have to include all your schools in a job application because that’s a legal document. It will ask you to list all schools where you were matriculated and dates of attendance.
Thanks for the responses guys!
I’m skeptical of the idea that it would reflect poorly on you. I’m a bit biased though, considering I’m transferring from a cc. If you do well at Cornell, then you’ll appear the same as every other student. However, it may even give you a slight advantage. I know the neurobiology phd program at cornell doesn’t take students who’ve matriculated from cornell (except in rare occurrences). The logic follows that students from other locations have a more varied view, and reduced burnout rates. Data has shown that students who earn an associates degree and transfer tend to perfom better than students who take the traditional four year approach. Whether that year makes any significant difference is debatable, but it’s a growing trend.
It doesn’t take any sort of genius to realize there’s a difference in students that attend ivy leagues vs community colleges. Maybe experiencing some of both will make you seem more valuable. Or more likely, it won’t matter in the slightest.
I’m skeptical of the idea that it would reflect poorly on you. I’m a bit biased though, considering I’m transferring from a cc. If you do well at Cornell, then you’ll appear the same as every other student. However, it may even give you a slight advantage. I know the neurobiology phd program at cornell doesn’t take students who’ve matriculated from cornell (except in rare occurrences). The logic follows that students from other locations have a more varied view, and reduced burnout rates. Data has shown that students who earn an associates degree and transfer tend to perfom better than students who take the traditional four year approach. Whether that year makes any significant difference is debatable, but it’s a growing trend.
It doesn’t take any sort of genius to realize there’s a difference in students that attend ivy leagues vs community colleges. Maybe experiencing some of both will make you seem more valuable. Or more likely, it won’t matter in the slightest.