<p>If you fulfill the requirements then admission is not judged on anything further. Basically, your only responsibility is to select the proper courses and maintain your B average. </p>
<p>I actually am going to a large public university on the quarter system, which does make things a tad difficult. A quarter is worth 2/3 of a semester per Cornell. So, if you need a year of something you take three quarters, if you need a semester you have to slightly overcompensate and take two quarters. </p>
<p>When deciding what school to attend I was very close to going the community college route, however I spoke to a transfer from the year before who stressed the rigor of Cornell’s courses. I ended up deciding to attend a large public university in my state in order to facilitate a more natural transition. </p>
<p>Hi!
I’m a Biological Sciences major with the GT. It sucks that this major requires 3.5 GPA.
Anyone know if APs can be used to fulfill requirements for chemistry or calculus? </p>
<p>@spbeccah - Oh wow, thanks for clearing that up! So if I have a semester-long required course, then I really will have to take two quarters’ worth? I guess I’ll be spending a lot of time in summer school then…yikes. How many classes are you taking each quarter? And I think that was a good idea, since it’ll be a lot easier to acclimate once you arrive at Cornell this fall. </p>
<p>@bonbon2395 - I know, I feel ya. It’d be really nice if the requirement was a 3.0 or 3.3 like all the other majors. And yes, they can! According to the CALS AP Credit table, a 4 or 5 on the Calc AB/BC test will fulfill the quantitative reasoning requirements for graduation (so I’m assuming that means we’re good). For Chem, only 5’s are accepted as credit. </p>
<p>@coriander23 Because I’m a communications major, I was originally required to take a year of bio so I planned on taking 3 quarters of bio. If you have questions you can email them. The only other issue I ran into was getting classes at a large university. Because my high school didn’t offer any AP’s, I went into college with no credits. At most large universities registration depends on the amount of credits you have. I have found it to be very very difficult to register for the classes I’ve needed at times, such as stats, but I have found ways to make it work. Before you decide which school you are going to, you should try to find out how registration works and how scheduling works too. It is important for you to get the classes you need if you are going to transfer so make sure you can. For instance, schools like CalPoly SLO creates your schedule for you, if I had gone there I may not have been able to take the classes I needed. For classes like stats, where my school has only one one term long course, I just planned on taking one quarter long course and I’m going o figure it out once I get to cornell. </p>
<p>Hi guys, I’m currently a sophomore at Cornell who had the GT for this past fall. I was really really confused about the GT when I got it, as I’m sure a lot of you are, and didn’t really know what to do. I ended up going to a state school for my freshman year because it was still one of my top schools, though I went in knowing that I was going to transfer. I had a great time there though and if it weren’t for Cornell being Cornell I probably would have stayed. I’m a nutritional sciences major in Hum Ec and at least for me the requirements were tough to complete because it was a lot of science and math, though it was definitely something that I was able to complete, along GPA above 3.3. I think that it is definitely worth it to pursue the transfer option because so far Cornell has been everything I thought it would ever be. There are so many people to help make the academic transition easy, and there are also so many transfers accepted that you don’t feel like an outsider. </p>
<p>If you have ANY questions about the process please ask away!! I’m totally available to answer things because I know how confused I was at this point in time 2 years ago!</p>
<p>I also got the guaranteed transfer for health and society major in CALS. I will be attending binghamton uni for one year. I was wondering if as a guaranteed transfer, I can apply for the biological engineering major rather than the health and society major. I will complete the requirements for bio engineering major. Is it possible?</p>
<p>@coriander23- The quarter system is certainly a pain to say the least. I have been taking four classes a quarter which is somewhat difficult since Biology is worth 5 credits at my current school. Additionally, math and writing courses are also high credit values. I believe it is fully possible to complete the course requirements without summer school however. It takes a lot of planning though and attending a highly impacted university I had to “crash” several courses or talk professors into adding me. All this being said, if you take 3-4 courses a quarter you should have no problem </p>
<p>@desi4ever- the GT only counts for the major you originally applied if you want to switch majors you have to apply as a regular transfer student </p>
<p>@spbeccah Is the GT actually 100 percent guaranteed as long as we fulfill the requirements? Once I do use GT, is it hard to change major to biological engineering?</p>
<p>@desi4ever as long as you fulfill the requirements, your transfer spot is guaranteed. I cannot for sure comment on the changing major portion of your question, but I have a feeling it would not be an easy process if it is within a different school than what your GT is for. </p>
<p>@scgcornell this is a slightly unrelated question, but did you receive an acceptance email and letter, or just a letter? I am currently waiting for my GT acceptance and wondering how the acceptance is sent out. </p>
<p>@Jeppy18 - Right, I need to make sure that I’ll be able to sign up for all my classes. I tried emailing the CALS admissions office yesterday but I haven’t heard back yet. I probably just have overly high expectations of the transfer admissions office since I keep reading about how awesome “Ian from ILR” is. Have they been pretty helpful in your opinion?</p>
<p>@spbeccah - I know, it seems like such a hassle haha. I think a couple years ago they were willing to count a quarter-long course as equivalent to a semester’s, and if they still did that today that would make our lives so much easier! </p>
<p>Four classes per quarter isn’t too bad, right? I’m thinking of doing the same, and also taking summer school to get my intro classes out of the way in case they become overenrolled later on in the year. My university is unfortunately highly impacted as well, and I’m worried that there might not be room for incoming freshmen in a lot of the courses. If a class does become full, can I attend anyway and hope that the professor will eventually take pity on me? </p>
<p>@desi4ever - You aren’t allowed to change your major as a GT, but once you get to Cornell you’ll have the same chances as all the other sophomores trying to switch. I’m thinking of changing my major eventually too.</p>
<p>I was offered a GT to ILR for 2015. I didn’t realize it until the next day when I went back and re-read the letter since I thought I was completely denied at first haha. I’m really excited for the opportunity but also confused about the process. I was wondering if anyone has any idea how housing works once you’re in - housed with another transfer, put into the random pool with other sophomores, etc. I’m also curious about how and when we’ll be notified from the school about the details of the GT offer, thank you for any input! :)</p>
<p>@Coriander23 so say i do change my major from health and society to biological engineering, which is still within CALS, do you think it will take me longer to graduate</p>
<p>@coriander23 - I currently attend a UC school and they have the “crash” system. Essentially, you show up to a full class for the first week and if people drop it you can snag the spots. I was terrified back in August when it was my appointment time to register for courses via an online system. 3 of the 4 classes I needed were full. I ended up being able to crash into all but one. The other suggestion I have is to try and reach out to the professor. When it came time to register for winter quarter I researched professor office hours online and introduced myself, expressing my interest in their full course. Two professors gave me “add codes” immediately and the other two echoed the full status of their course but encouraged me to crash. I was able to crash the other two. One had only one spot vacant that I was given because the professor remembered my visit to her office. Big schools are tricky but doable!! Determination and effort can land you the classes you need in a heartbeat. </p>
<p>@desi4ever - the offer is guranteed provided you hold up your end of the bargain. You MAY be able to change your major once at Cornell but I believe if that involves switching colleges it will not be easy. Within the same college is doable but also a process. </p>
<p>@shap95 I only received a packet in the mail! probably early-mid april</p>
<p>@bonbon2395 my courses all required a B+ or above, which is kind of equivalent to a 3.3. I’d say it’s important to have that in all of the individual courses that you take </p>
<p>Received the transfer option for ILR. I will definitely reply in the affirmative, meet the curriculum requirements and do my best to meet the required GPA, then my options are open. The guaranteed transfer thread from last year on College Confidential was very helpful when I initially read my Cornell letter. </p>
<p>Hi guys. I was given the transfer option to AEM for 2015 (class of '18). I’m really excited now that the ball is in our court, so-to-speak. Our grades and classes determine if we go. It’s no longer the “do all you can and hope for the best”. It’s a “do all you can and then go to Ithaca”- pretty nice if you ask me. Originally, I didn’t know how to take it. But coming to realize that we get a trial run with our second and third choices is great. I, personally, think I’ll be headed to Boston College for my first year. There’s a lot of class overlap between first year requirements and the AEM requirements so I think it will work out pretty well. However, for all I know, after my freshman year, I might stay in Boston. We’ll see I guess. </p>
<p>Also, this is just a general question that came to mind with regard to the required classes; if we place out of a number of the required classes via AP credit, does that mean we only have to take the required classes that we don’t have the credit for? Or do we have to take them anyway regardless?</p>
<p>I’ll probably email admissions soon (once all the RD stuff dies down) but I was just curious if any of you already knew…</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who was also offered a GT!</p>
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