<p>i know that all you guys are absolutely in love with cornell and would go there in a hearbeat if you got in, but i got a one-year guaranteed transfer, which forces me to go to another school for a year. i don't know if it's just because i don't want to deal with having to stay home for another year and go to a state school, or if its that i really want to go to Maryland for four years. i keep getting really upset and i don't know what to do, and it's probably too late to enroll at Maryland but i don't know if i made the right choice. what if i get below a B at Stonybrook and i can't go and i end up being stuck there?</p>
<p>If you aren't able to go to Cornell it won't be the end of the world. I went there for two years and had to leave due to bad grades. I have improved dramatically at a smaller lower tier school. I was very disappointed about leaving but life is full of disappointments and frustrations and I had no choice but to deal with it. If you happen not to be able to go to Cornell, the only advice that I can give you is to keep your head up and tough it out. While I was angry about leaving Cornell I harnessed that anger to improve my knowledge and grades at another school. So I guess the key is finding a way to control anger and frustration so you can use it in a way that will benefit you.</p>
<p>Just to clarify, Cornell isn't all about anger and frustration:) Although I did see a girl burst into tears today after getting her physics final back. What a poor way to spend Slope Day.</p>
<p>CMB-
Is it normal to second guess? By all measures I'd say yes, especially given that your two choices here are so different and could potentially lead to very different paths in life. The prospects of your Stonybrook-->Cornell plan going haywire is a bit unnerving, but why look on the gloomy/unlikely side of things? All you did was pick the path you believed would best lead you into your dream school, and there's nothing wrong about that. Be proud of yourself for being brave enough to make a gamble and go full steam ahead with it.</p>
<p>As another CCer once said, "We only really regret in life the things we didn't do", so even if the transfer to Cornell doesn't work out, at the end of the day you probably won't exchange your own experiences for anything in the world. </p>
<p>Now heads up and ace Stonybrook and we'll see you in Cornell in 2006!</p>
<p>Norcalguy- How was slope day this year? I visited on Friday and people seemed to be a little tipsy as a result. One girl I saw in the Commons just kinda fell down (she was DEFINITELY hung-over)... I felt bad, but I immediately thought of Slope Day.... I regret not coming up on Friday to see the event, but I had an AP test....</p>