<p>All right! This discussion thread is for everyone who received the guaranteed/conditional transfer option spring of 2014.
If you received a GT, here's what the second paragraph of your (very short) decision letter will say:</p>
<p>Within the next few days you will receive notification from the undergraduate college to which you've applied that you are being offered a transfer option. Please contact the college directly if you have any questions.</p>
<p>Basically, under the GT option, you attend another undergraduate institution for a year, and as long as you meet the GPA and class requirements, you're guaranteed a spot in the sophomore class! For different majors/colleges, there are different sets of requirements, so make sure to check what you'll have to meet. </p>
<p>Honestly, I'm super stoked. I wasn't expecting much after my deferral, and the fact that this option is here for some of us to take should we want it is such an awesome feeling! For those of you who received the transfer option and are considering taking it, what is your major/college and what state are you from? I'm a GT to CALS for Bio from CA! (acronym overload lol)</p>
<p>I just got a GT from ILR. I think I’m going to take it. I am sitting on a half ride and an honors program at Tulane so I will probably take that. I’ll save 30 grand and have one hell of a year. I’m also into Emory, Michigan, UVA, Berkeley, and I’m still waiting on Georgetown/Vandy so I still have to rule those all out, but I am really thinking about taking it.</p>
<p>I’m still thinking about it. Mostly depends on my FA aid package from NYU tomorrow! I’ll most likely either go to UF here in Florida and transfer to Cornell, or just stick with NYU. I feel really lucky too but these decisions are all so scary to me D:</p>
<p>@coriander23 did you get any information on exactly what the course requirements are for CALS? </p>
<p>Do you know if we are allowed to go to Accepted Student days as a guaranteed transfer. I’m planning on going down to visit anyway, but it would be sweat if we could go to the accepted student days too.</p>
<p>Hey guys! I’m seriously considering taking the GT too. I think I’ll either spend my freshman year at UCLA or UW, wherever it’s easier to meet the requirements. And I haven’t gotten any official word from Cornell yet! But I checked past threads, and I think it largely depends on what major you applied to. </p>
<p>For example, for Biological Sciences I have to complete two semesters’ worth of bio, chem, and English as well as a semester each of calc and stats. And I have to make sure that my GPA stays above a 3.5. But if I’d applied to Animal Science, then I’d only need to earn a 3.3 or above and I wouldn’t have to take chem. So it depends! Fortunately I should be able to get out of the calc and one of the English requirements with AP credit, but if not then I’ll be a really busy person freshman year, lol. </p>
<p>Cool find! So it seems like AEM and Bio are the toughest GT’s to fulfill out of all the majors, but I think we’ve got this (hopefully haha). Out of curiosity, how do you guys plan on explaining to people where you’ll be headed this fall? It took me forever to figure out what a GT entailed, so I think I’ll just say that I’m taking a gap year if asked. </p>
<p>And sorry to hear that, TDenver. Hope you have a blast wherever you end up! </p>
<p>Edit: One more thing, I’d like to know whether GT’s have attended Cornell Days as well. It’d be really cool to attend, but I don’t want to get kicked off the premises or anything, haha. </p>
<p>got a GT to HumEc today! thought i was rejected and stopped reading haha but when i went back it was a nice surprise. So are we sure it’s a GUARANTEED transfer as long as we maintain GPA, or there’s still some evaluation left after we apply again? can’t wait for the email with more information</p>
<p>Hey guys!! I’m a GT from last year (heading to Cornell this fall). Let me start by saying Cornell is incredibly kind and helpful all year long. </p>
<p>The course requirements vary by major but you can look them up on your college’s transfer section of your website. In sum, it’s about 4 required year-long courses and you must maintain a 3.0 without any Cs. Congrats! And best of luck! Happy to answer any other questions if I can be of help :)</p>
<p>I received GT to CALS for Biology and Society after being deferred ED. I doubt I will take it-I got accepted to UPenn, who also offered me admissions into an additional research scholars program. I think with my college goals, switching colleges a year in would be a definite detriment to what I want to accomplish. </p>
<p>Shap95, any recommendations as to the Fresh year ? Many have multiple choices to attend for fresh year.
Better to go to community college get easy As vs 2nd choice competitive school, and risk a difficult separation a year from now ?</p>
<p>@spbeccah I have the same question as @pacodirty, if we meet the requirements are we definitely accepted, or are there still evaluations/decisions made between applicants?</p>
<p>I was offered a GT for ILR, @Shap95 could you tell me your experiences so far?! Thanks Anyone considering the community college route? I think that’s my plan…</p>
<p>@blevine my parents recommended I go to the school where I could see myself for the next 4 years just in case I would decide to not use the GT. I took their advice and am currently attending a 4 year small liberal arts college in PA. I’ve made some great friends and I really like the school, but it is not Cornell and cannot compare, and I have decided to attend Cornell in the Fall. If money is not a factor in your decision, I would recommend a four year school so you can get used to the independence, course work, and college life before going to Cornell. </p>
<p>@mtgd123 my experience has been really great so far. The ILR transfer department is SO helpful. Whenever I had a question or concern, I would send an email and they would answer almost immediately. The requirements were easy to fulfill in the sense that basically any school you go to your first year would offer the classes required.</p>
<p>I was able to take the required courses and exceed the minimum grade requirement. Now I am just waiting for the official acceptance, which will hopefully be coming shortly! </p>
<p>I am also a GT who got waitlisted originally last year. I’m hoping to enter into CALS next fall. Cornell has been wonderful and accepting all year long when I needed it. I would go to a school you’ll feel comfortable at and that you can see yourself at for atleast a year. I currently go to the University of Oregon and have a nice merit scholarship there. Cornell was and still is my dream school. Also, most of my friends know about what is going on and are very accepting. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I know it can be super confusing and there isn’t much out there about it. </p>
<p>Thanks for letting us know how the GT process has been going, 2017’ers! I was reading through your guys’s thread as well as ones from further back and they’ve all been really great resources. I heard from the CALS admissions office about the GT this morning and submitted the transfer option form shortly after. Does anyone know if we’ll be receiving anything in the mail soon? Really excited! </p>
<p>@Jeppy18 - Do you know how credits/classes transfer under the quarter system? I think I’m heading to the University of Washington this fall and it’s on a quarter system too. They’re not going to make us take two quarters’ worth of classes for one semester, right?! Haha. </p>
<p>@Shap95 - Glad to hear your GT is going great as well! It seems like most people are pretty happy with their decision to take it. </p>
<p>Congrats! Cornell don’t mail anything, but you do get email remainders now and then from CALS. You also get confirmation email sometime in June from CALS. My D got emails from them in June, August, October to March. </p>
I’m in AP bio, calc and English this year so that would be amazing if I could get out of those requirements haha</p>
vs 2nd choice competitive school, and risk a difficult separation a year from now ?</p>