<p>I was accepted to CALS as a transfer student from a community college. I applied for an "easy" major that I knew would accept me despite my poor GPA. I convinced myself that I really liked my major and I wasn't just applying to it because I knew I would be accepted. Now that I know I've been accepted I'm not really sure I really want to do the major. I really want to go to CALS but I'm scared of confronting my major's advisor.</p>
<p>what major did you apply for?</p>
<p>So come for a semester, try out the major, and transfer if you don't like it. But yeah, what major?</p>
<p>So change majors when you get here.</p>
<p>hmm. i asked for a change in my major in an email. and they sent an email back the next day awarding me the change. so just email them.</p>
<p>are you serious? that's awesome. what major/school was this for?</p>
<p>lol it wasn't a major change. i went from enviro engineering --> bio engineering at CALS</p>
<p>agriculture science :/ is it awkward when you ask your advisor to switch?</p>
<p>also does anyone know if I can change my Junior standing to Sophmore standing when I transfer... </p>
<p>I did my senior year of highschool at community college... I'd much rather go in with sophmore standing though than Junior standing because two years is TOO soon to graduate...</p>
<p>I'm also wondering if there is limits on agriculture science majors. I'm also afraid they're going to revoke my admission if I keep asking for too much</p>
<p>I don't think they revoke an admission for asking questions -- even about transferring majors. This happens a lot. I don't know about the sophomore status thing, but I think it is a good question and you should definitely raise it. But don't state it in terms of wanting more time at Cornell, state it in terms of your wanting to be sufficiently prepared for Cornell's upper class courses.</p>
<p>How did you get into Cornell with bad grades from a community college??</p>
<p>some community colleges in NY have transfer agreements with cornell</p>
<p>if you apply above a 3.3 for something in agriculture you pretty much are guaranteed a spot</p>
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<p>3.5 you can pretty much apply to any major in the endowed colleges</p>
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<p>^ wow that's kinda bs-ish...</p>
<p>WHAT?? i'm from nyc and have never heard of this. what school[s] have made transfer agreements with cornell??</p>
<p>digitaldove: same thing here. i'm in humanecc studying med right now but i might want to change to business....
is it easy or likely to take med classes at humanecc and business classes at say CALS?</p>
<p>coooooo!</p>
<p>yea thats true in other places too. im from virginia an some pretty good schools (uva, vt, jmu) have agreements with cc's that allow easy xfers</p>
<p>Ya and I know Cali is known for that too</p>
<p>Very strange agreement tho...but I guess if it's for NYers who are into Ag it will end up helping the NY economy and ag system...still kinda bogus tho since u only need a 3.0 at a community college. W/e tho can't hate lol</p>
<p>Hey Wangdirty30. Tell me more about changing majors. It seems that it was very easy in your case. I have been accepted as a transfer student to CALS. My first choice of a major was biology, but I got my second choice (Science of Natural and Environmental Systems "SNES"). I have emailed and asked for a change, but have gotten no reply. Is it possible to change majors after I matriculate at Cornell or should I try to do it before I get there? Are the rules for changing majors different for transfer student? Is there a formal petition process for changing majors? I would really like to be a biology major rather than a SNES major.</p>
<p>I think you can only change majors, as a transfer student, after one semester in the major you were accepted for, or your acceptance may be pulled. I believe there is a formal petition process, your new adviser/department has to approve it. With biology, the office of undergraduate biology, has to approve it because it advises all bio majors on campus.</p>