<p>Just wondering if GT is an option the University offers to people who didn't make the waitlist, or people above the waitlist. Also, is it ever offered to people rejected after the waitlist period?</p>
<p>I am an 08 GT. Personally I think that a GT is better than a wait list because at least you know you’re in after a year. They don’t tell you how big the waitlist is, and you don’t have any idea how many kids are gonna make it off. To my knowledge GT’s are not offered after the waitlist period, but somebody can correct me if they were offered one.</p>
<p>GT is a formal defered 1 yr acceptance. A waitlist means you have a very slim shot of being picked off it so id say a GT is much much better.</p>
<p>Well, for Engineering they don’t even have GTs, fwiw.</p>
<p>When I went to the open house last year for CALS GT’s , I was told by the women who ran it that “a GT is exactly what it means. Guarantee as long as conditions were met. It isnt something to be taken lightly and something not to be proud of…”</p>
<p>miktau, it is not always 1 yr. They also have 1.5 yr for sure, not sure if there are others, but most are after 1 yr.</p>
<p>When I visisted ILR the dean told me they would only be 1 year but anyways either way I’m pretty happy I got a GT. After getting defered ED I really did not expect to get anything at all and I am also super happy with my freshman yr option.</p>
<p>@miktau - I’m happy getting a GT after ED deferral too! It gives me a chance to get used to a college environment (at local school) before I go to school 2000 miles away from home.</p>
<p>I just transferred in with a bunch of 1.5 yr GT’s to ILR. Maybe they changed the policy to not do it anymore, but the definitely did for class of 2011.</p>
<p>Unless you’re one of the few who gets off the waitlist, GT is definitely better. </p>
<p>It’s at least guaranteed, you get to save some money, and you get to experience another school and culture. As a former GT myself, I can tell you you’ll find career Cornellians to be a strange mix of really confident and really insecure because they don’t really know what collegiate life is like elsewhere and whether to believe the rumors about themselves and other schools. It’s kind of cute. </p>
<p>GT students tend to have a greater degree of comfort with what the school offers and what to expect from it without attaching their whole sense of self to its reputation.</p>
<p>On another note - It’s really strange how Cornell words their GT letters. They make it seem like they completely rejected you, then throw one sentence in that makes you go, “Oh. Wait. what was that?” </p>
<p>They should be more upbeat. Something like
“We are not able to offer you placement now. However, we are happy to offer you the option to transfer blah blah blah” </p>
<p>I mean, at the end of the day, the letter means you have the opportunity to earn a Cornell diploma, which is what you wanted.</p>
<p>Yeah, the online letter last year was basically a rejection with one sentence added in but the letter that you guys should be receiving in the mail resembles more of an acceptance letter than anything</p>
<p>sammy2:
"“a GT is exactly what it means. Guarantee as long as conditions were met. It isnt something to be taken lightly and something not to be proud of…”</p>
<p>Why would receiving a guaranteed transfer be something “not to be proud of”? While an acceptance is the main goal, I believe that getting a GT and having a deferred acceptance is much better than being flat out rejected.</p>
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I missed the double negative the first time I read that too.</p>
<p>Let me restate . Admissions indicated a G/T is something to be proud of, as you have been accepted to Cornell your sophomore year!! Sorry about the double negative, or typo error which ever it was…</p>
<p>Does anyone know the answer to the OP’s other question?
“…is [GT] ever offered to people rejected after the waitlist period?”
Waitlistee here.</p>
<p>Are you guys talking about the “transfer option” when you say “GT?” The way my daughter’s email was worded was “you have been selected for the transfer option.” I don’t recall seeing the word “guarantee” in the email.</p>
<p>I think this year, Cornell dropped the term “guaranteed transfer” and replaced with “transfer option.” So to answer your question, yes it is a “GT.”</p>
<p>Our wording is “Guaranteed Transfer”</p>
<p>I wonder if each college has a different letter as our letter is from our requested college as opposed to a general Cornell Admissions Department.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>My D’s letter is from the college she applied to, CALS. Perhaps the university is trying to change the terminology but some colleges are still using last year’s letter template. :)</p>
<p>CAS and ILR seem to be using “Guaranteed Transfer.”
CALS and HumEc seem to be using “Transfer Option.”</p>