Eligibility Issue

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>I am writing this to know whether I am eligible to apply to the Cornell University as a freshman this year. I happen to be a resident of a South Asian country. I graduated from high school in August 2011 and thus took a gap year, apparently. In order to utilize my time completely, I decided to do some college courses. However, the admission system in my country of origin is not in unison with that of the States. Here, a prospective student- even those who want to take college courses before seeking a degree at a college- must take the admission test of the respective college.</p>

<p>Thus I took the admission test of the country's top engineering school in October 2011, keeping it on mind that I would not seek a degree from the institution but to put myself at an ease in the freshman year at Cornell University so that I may have more than enough time to further my studies there on the field that is, unfortunately, neither well supported nor has any application here. And I was accepted to study Applied Physics as I ranked within the top 50 students out of 50,000 applicants, who took the admission test.</p>

<p>The college classes began this March. And I have been teaching myself the college courses on EE and and simultaneously teaching myself CS. I have been involved in productive (as are to me) extracurricular activities after graduating from high-school. It is with the class of 2017 that I am taking my college courses with and the first year would end in August 2013. But I would like to state it firmly again, that I do not intend to seek a degree from this institution but to do the first year college courses.</p>

<p>Thus with regards to the above reasons, would I still be allowed to apply as a Freshman for the Class of 2017 as I am still a '17er? Or would I be considered as a transfer student?</p>

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<p>I would guess transfer student, but you should contact Cornell university directly because CC isn’t really the place to ask about specialized admissions concerns like yours. Assuming you’re applying to the college of engineering, try this email: <a href=“mailto:engr_admissions@cornell.edu”>engr_admissions@cornell.edu</a>, or call (607) 255-5008. Just my two cents though, you sound like someone that Cornell would love to have. Freshman v. transfer status might not be all that important since your final degree will be from Cornell anyway (though there may be some issues with transferring course credit regardless of admission status).</p>

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<p>“To apply as a transfer student, you must have already matriculated full-time at another institution and/or graduated from high school and have earned 12 or more credits at another institution since graduation. If you are enrolled in a dual-enrollment or early-college program and haven’t yet graduated from high school, you will apply as a first-year applicant.”</p>

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<p>They are not replying! It’s been almost a week I sent them the mail. Should I send them again? They might be busy with the new freshman class.</p>