<p>Although I was rejected from the wait list, I was offered guaranteed transfer admission for Fall 2006. In all honesty, how seriously should I consider Cornell's offer? Moving from one school to another and starting over in my second year doesn't seem quite appealing to me, personally. Yet my sister graduated from Cornell a few years ago, and she was expecting me to carry on the sibling tradition.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>First of all. . . .do not transfer just because your sister wants a "sibling tradition", only do it if you want to transfer.</p>
<p>Just out of curiousity, where are you going next year?</p>
<p>If I were you I wouldn't worry about accepting the offer at the moment. . . .Just go to college next year and see how everything is going, and at the end of the year the option is open to you.</p>
<p>Cornell is a fantastic school, and you will have a lot of people on this forum telling you to go to Cornell. .. .but do what you want to do. Although most people on the Cornell forums would gladly tell you all the wonderful things about Cornell (there are a lot of Cornellians on this forum, including myself (Class of 2009!)). . . .only you can make the ultimate decision, and it should be your choice. Not your sisters, or the people on this forum.</p>
<p>Ok, I admit I wasn't very honest with myself and, thus, in my first post - the real reason I'm considering this is because I, myself, wanted to go to Cornell. I went to my sister's graduation and absolutely loved the campus and everything in it (esp. the fooood).</p>
<p>Yes, my sister was a bit disappointed in me, but I think my failure to address my own wish to become a Cornellian was a testament to my own unwillingness to confess my personal disappointment.</p>
<p>I'll be going to UCLA, which I don't mind at all. But I'm just trying to bring up the notion of transferring after a year. Are there any Cornellians out there who have been in my shoes before? How was the transition? I guess this question this goes for all transfer students.</p>
<p>Of course, I'm not asking for anyone to make my decision for me. Rather, I'm inquiring about the difficulties/realities of transferring to Cornell.</p>
<p>Sorry about the previous lack of explanation.</p>
<p>Planning on doing the same thing. Which school at Cornell did you get the guarantee to?</p>
<p>ILR. I had no idea that so few people would apply. I was told it had the highest acceptance rate (not true, I don't think). Looks like I should've gone with Arts & Sciences or Human Ecology.</p>
<p>Oh well.</p>
<p>yeah they say not to base your choice of college within cornell based on acceptance rate, but on your interests and major, but whats done is done. See how you like UCLA after the year is over. If you still like cornell better afterthat, then transfer. theres a great chance you'll have an awesome time at cornell. The transfer students are housed together so you'd probably be with other people working together to "cope" with the situation, which I doubt would be any more confusing than your first few weeks at UCLA, probably less so since you'll be very used to independent/college style living and working.</p>
<p>I say go enjoy UCLA for now and then think about it next spring or whenever you have to decide.</p>
<p>Just wanted to say, I'm doing exactly that--well, almost. Transferring into CALS as a Sophomore this coming fall as a guaranteed transfer. I'll keep you updated on how the transition is, if you want.</p>
<p>I do know that Cornell has something like 3500 incoming transfers each year, so they take the whole process of assimilating transfers very seriously. So far I've only filled out my housing application but it seems that a lot of wonderful housing options exist for incoming transfers!</p>
<p>Whatever you decide to do, I hope that you find yourself enjoying your college years--they are what you make of them, regardless of which university you choose to attend.</p>
<p>for everyone saying you can choose next year... you actually have to choose by June 16 or something... its not binding though so i would say just send that paper in and then decide...</p>
<p>Dingalong, my son got the same offer several years ago. And then a spot opened up for second semester of freshman year. He received notification of it late in the summer. He had kept his options open about the "guaranteed" transfer upon my insistance (guaranteed only if he took certain courses and got a 3.0, I believe, which he did not get his first semester, I might add). But when the late summer letter arrived, S was already focused on the school where he was going and had absolutely no interest in Cornell or in the subjects he would have to study in ILR. </p>
<p>I would suggest to you as I did to him, to keep your options open. You might end up loving the school where you are going and not want to transfer. Or the transfer might be a great opportunity if you find you do not like your school. You are not locked into the decision to keep your options open, and they are dependent on your performance at the college where you are going.</p>
<p>Thanks all for your responses. I mailed the form in today, hopefully it gets there in time.</p>
<p>My son used a guaranteed transfer to go to ILR his sophomore year and adjusted quite well. There was a transfer dorm so he lived with other students going through the same experience.</p>
<p>Seems like a handful of CCers received a possible transfer option of some sort, myself included. </p>
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Yes, rakem. Would love to hear how the whole transition process goes. Thanks!</p>
<p>could you take a gap year, and do something exciting, and matriculate as a Frosh, or is the program only for second year transfers?</p>
<p>fwiw: if you become a part-time Bruin, don't get too spoiled wearing shorts and flip flops all year 'round -- they won't last 3 weeks in Ithaca. LOL</p>
<p>My son's letter "guaranteed" him a successful transfer on the condition that he achieved a 3.0 average at a college, and that he took certain courses (I believe Econ was one of them, can't remember the other details). So according to the terms of the letter, he could not take a gap year and matriculate as a Frosh. My understanding is that the ILR program has an attrition rate that they want to address with these built in transfers; they have plenty of fresh meat each year; it's keeping the class at a certain size that prompts this offer, is what I was told.</p>