Looking to transfer to cornell in spring 2015, have a question regarding compsci

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<p>Hello all,
so I want to apply transfer to cornell in the spring of 2015 (cant in the fall anymore deadline passed). THe problem is, the college of engineering does not accept transfers in the spring, BUT the college of arts and sciences does. Do you guys think it is a viable option for me to apply to CAS as a compsci major, then just do an internal transfer? How difficult is this? I would be willing to do any coursework required for the internal transfer. </p>

<p>Or do you guys think it is just better that I apply for a fall 2015 transfer into the engineering college for computer science?</p>

<p>BTW, I am a sophomore at my current college, so I would be applying for this transfer when I am a junior. Is there anything wrong with this? If some credits dont transfer, I would not mind staying on extra semesters before graduation at cornell.</p>

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<p>First option would be much better if you want to apply for spring 2015</p>

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<p>@arkarind - Since you would only have one year left for your degree at your current school (I assume) why not finish up there and apply to Cornell for grad school? It sounds like your overall time in school wouldn’t be that much different. Even for transfer students Cornell requires four semesters at Cornell before they will give you a degree. Most competitive schools have this same requirement. I think that is at least one reason transferring to another school that late in ones undergraduate career is pretty unusual. </p>

<p>So it seems to me you are at least as well off finishing up where you are and going to Cornell (or elsewhere) for a masters, unless you are thinking about getting a PhD.</p>

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<p>There is really no difference between CS in A&S and Engineering. The coursework is identical except for the college requirements, which are a bunch of sciences for Engineering and a language for A&S basically. If you already have credit for a language, or are interested in a language, there’s no reason you wouldn’t be well-served by transferring to A&S. In fact, in A&S you could double in Econ or Math or something else like that whereas in Engineering you can only double in other engineering fields.</p>

<p>Source: I go to Cornell as a CS student.</p>