<p>Okay, decided I'd do my part for my alma mater and answer any question you new admits might have. Whether you're a transfer like myself, or straight from HS, just go ahead and ask and I'll do my best to answer - and I'm sure my Cornell comrades here at CC will chime in and help too.</p>
<p>So, whatever the topic, go for it. And if you're still waiting, you can still ask questions - even about the admissions process.</p>
<p>Hey, i’m a prospective transfer. I’m unhappy at my current college, but there are days when I like it. I have several good friends here and am used to this place. From what I know about Cornell, it seems like a good fit for me. But the transfer acceptance rate is so low, it’s like 12% or something, and I don’t know if Cornell is even worth applying to because of this. </p>
<p>So here’s my question - how difficult is it to get a 3.75+ GPA at Cornell? I’m pre-Law and I have a 3.85 here, I want to keep that up, and Cornell is such a difficult school, I don’t know if I could handle it. Do you think my grades will go down if I switch schools? This is the main thing that’s stopped me from applying (I realize I have an 88% chance of being rejected anyway lol) Thanks!</p>
<p>Big difference in acceptance rates for transfers between the 7 different colleges. What major and college would you be applying to?</p>
<p>If you’re pre-law, the ILR school is the best bet, that’s kind of the de facto pre-law school. Almost every ILRie I know has around a 3.9-4.0 - a lot higher than the avg. 3.1ish I run into at the other colleges.</p>
<p>No, I’m not interested in studying ILR (I’ve looked at the required courses and the classes ILR offers). I’m not going to major in something I have no interest for the sake of a high GPA. Plus I’m not totally sure I want to do Law, and if I changed my major so late, I wouldn’t be able to graduate in 4 years. I’m applying to CAS, the acceptance rate is around 12%.</p>
<p>Anyway, how hard is it to get a 3.75+ GPA at Cornell CAS for a Liberal Arts major? I have a 3.85 at my current college, but I know Cornell is a very competitive environment.</p>
<p>how great is the demand for cornell hockey season tickets and how difficult is it to acquire them?</p>
<p>hockey tix, in 05=06 it was tough to get them, over the years its gotten easier and the ticket ppl messed up so big this year that they didnt evenn sell out the tickets, crazy</p>
<p>but generally if you followt he rules and want to get tix ull probly get them, varies each year</p>
<p>When did they notify you that you were accepted? I am really worried about getting housing since they don’t notify GTs that they are in until late April, apparently. I don’t want to get stuck w. a crappy room!</p>
<p>Cornell has rooms reserved for incoming transfers.</p>
<p>what are the quality of these reserved transfer rooms?</p>
<p>Most of them are on West Campus in the new dorms (very nice)…there are also room reserved in the collegetown dorms and the townhouses on north campus…don’t know much about them.</p>
<p>Yup, no worries about dorms for transfers, and as dewdrop said, they usually reserve them on West Campus. West Campus dorms are some of the first to go in housing selection (so popular they have their own in-house lottery for their residents).</p>
<p>Stargazer, you didn’t say you wanted CAS, but since you do, then yes, the transfer rate is really low. If you manage to get in (good luck!) getting above a 3.75 is going to be REALLY hard work. It depends on the major of course, but I don’t know any CAS students with GPAs that high. It’s just really rare.</p>
<p>rl, I was notified that I had been accepted for transfer on May 1st.</p>
<p>And yes…hockey tickets are in huge demand. That’s why they don’t include them as part of the Big Red Sports Pass, and “camp overnight in the hockey ticket line” is listed as one of 161 things every Cornellian must do.</p>
<p>Hmm I guess it’s not really worth it then, because even if I defy the odds and somehow get accepted, it wouldn’t be worth it to get a low GPA. Thanks for answering my question :)</p>
<p>every non bio major/cs i know from CAS has over a 3.75, lowest bio major grade i know from CAS is a 3.5.</p>
<p>id say if you can score a 2100+ sat, and 800s on your SAT IIs, you are very capable of obtaining high grades if you put effort into it. of course teh difficulty will depend on major.</p>
<p>No one can tell you how you’ll do at Cornell. Some people have over 4.0’s. Some people have sucky GPA’s.</p>
<p>Ok, so let’s say I’m a liberal arts major who has like a 3.85 at my current college - do you think that if I work a bit harder at Cornell, I would be able to get around the same GPA? I have finished my application, I just haven’t sent it in yet cause I don’t know if I would even go if accepted for this reason. I like the college though.</p>
<p>how is the economy affecting your lives at cornell? not your lives specifically, but cuts made in school and whatnot?</p>
<p>@stargazer - very difficult to say, as long as you work hard your gpa should be fine. but its very possible that it might not be 3.85. could be lower or higher.</p>
<p>What’s your other school? If it compares in rigor to Cornell, it might be possible, but if it’s a fairly easy school and you make a 3.85, then expect a decrease in GPA at Cornell.</p>
<p>dbear, costs of room and board are going up, as well as tuition. A few programs are suffering a little, and we’ve lost quite a bit of our endowment. We also took on some debt recently.</p>
<p>Good points:
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<li>Skorton is good about sending emails to all the students on the state of the university during this crisis - and he doesn’t sugarcoat. It’s great he keeps us in the loop.</li>
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<p>yeah I’m fine with it being lower, but I don’t want it to drop significantly (under 3.75 or so) because I will most likely be applying to grad/law school. Right now I go to a decent private college in NY, I wouldn’t say it’s easy but it’s not hard like Cornell either.</p>