<p>This was a great surprise. My daughter read the first couple of sentences of the rejection letter on her phone, and she turned her attention to the next decision letter that came out at the time. She got a follow up letter from CALS the next morning, and I am glad she paid attention. </p>
<p>@spbeccah I am really glad to hear that Cornell works with you freshman year if you pursue the offer. I expect that my daughter will fall in love with Virginia Tech and her new friends, and may not take Cornell up on this generous offer. Still, though, we can’t prejudge that, and this option is an excellent opportunity. It will save us quite a bit of money the first year, as well. Beyond that, though, it is a great boost to her confidence. Admissions decisions here in northern Virginia fell hard and cold this year, and Cornell was high on her list. </p>
<p>I think this program is a very intriguing one, because in the end it will only be available for those students that stick with the major they felt they wanted to pursue as high school seniors. As Cornell freshmen change there minds on their majors, the college has a pool of kids that might be willing to backfill in those departments.</p>
<p>@applicant You can receive AP credit if you get the required scores that Cornell requires. I was able to AP out of one of my English class requirements </p>
<p>@goodluck13 Was the AP that you took English Language and Composition or English Literature?</p>
<p>I’m hoping to use AP credit for several of my GT classes as well. Hopefully I’ll be able to pull off the required scores for Lit/Calc this spring and get those out of the way, so that way I might only have to take Bio and Stats for the GT and be free to take some interesting electives or whatnot. </p>
<p>@spbeccah - Thanks so much for the great advice 
I have a feeling I’ll be crashing a lot of courses this fall! </p>
<p>Also, it’s really awesome to that a lot of the deferred ED’ers have received this. I remember seeing several of you on various Cornell threads in the past and I’m glad that we all have a (good) chance of ending up in Ithaca next year. </p>
<p>Yeah, @Coriander23, I was among them. I feel like there is definitely a prevalence of in-state deferees to receive them. However, OOS’ers and/or RD’ers are not non-existant, which I think is good too. </p>
<p>I do want to build on my question from before, though. I think the best way is just to provide a hypothetical example because I have literally no idea how to word it otherwise…</p>
<p>Let’s say I’m going to X school. They accept an AP Score of 4 to place out of Y class (a class that is required by Cornell for a GT). However, Cornell requires a minimum score of 5 in order to place out of Y class if I were to have taken it at Cornell instead of at X school. If I were to not take Y class at X school because I was able to place out of it with my 4 AP Score, does that mean I wouldn’t satisfy the requirement for the GT because Cornell requires a 5? In other words, could I only place out of that class if Cornell would accept the credit? </p>
<p>Again, I will be emailing admissions with the same question soon, but I thought it might be beneficial to pose the questions to some of you who either might have an answer or might not have considered it. Since none of us are really in competition for a spot any more, I think any general questions that may seem relevant to all of us should definitely be asked here.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>@bonbon2395 I took the AP literature exam but I’m sure you can take either (I heard english comp is easier) </p>
<p>@appplicant - That’s a good question, and one I was thinking of asking too. I got a 4 on the AP Chem exam, which my college accepts as credit for the equivalent courses that I’d be taking at Cornell, but according to the AP credit chart they only take 5’s. </p>
<p>Tell us how the admissions people respond! From past threads I think there are a couple of counselors there who specifically work with GT’s, and they seemed really helpful in the past, so hopefully they’ll be working with us too. </p>
<p>@appplicant and @coriander23 that happened to me, and I was required to take the class again even though I had received AP credit from my first school. It really does suck to have to go through them again (for me it was 3 classes), though being at Cornell now it was totally worth it to just get through it!</p>
<p>I was offered GT to CALS Biology & Society major. Are we supposed to maintain a 3.5 GPA for this major as well? Are both Calc AB & STATISTICS required courses for this major? (I have a 4 on my AP exam for both)</p>
<p>I just heard back from the admissions office, and it seems like the whole quarter-to-semester requirement hasn’t changed. So it looks like I’ll be taking a lot of classes after all. Also, if any of you guys were thinking of visiting, they suggested the summer or fall. I’m kind of hoping post-AP’s May would work as well, so I might ask to clarify. </p>
<p>And we’re SURE this transfer thingy is guaranteed, right? I used to roll my eyes whenever somebody’d ask that since the answer seemed obvious, but in my email they mentioned applying and everything. That’s just a formality, right? If we take the classes and get the GPA, we’re in? </p>
<p>And if you have a 4 on AB, pretty sure that satisfies the Calc requirement. Not sure about Stats, though. </p>
<p>@coriander23, in my opinion CALS has been super helpful. They don’t always email back within the day, but they are fast and quick to give you information. Sometimes when I asked questions, there responses weren’t the clearest, but if I asked followup questions they were always answered and helpful. When I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get into a stats class, and wouldn’t be allowed to take it this summer, they said that there was no worries and that I wouldn’t be penalized for things that I couldn’t control. I will be able to say more when I hear back because I’m sure I’ll have way more questions then, but for the mean time they have been more helpful than I could have imagined.</p>
<p>Hey guys got a GT for animal science in CALS…I was not surprised that I was rejected but I was surprised to get this email the next day…I thought I read it wrong lol…I have a lot of questions because I want to go to Umass Amherst, but I am not sure that I will be able to meet the bulk of the transcript requirements if I don’t switch my major to pre-veterinary science major…I hope they will take it…I’m trying to plan a meeting with them tomorrow </p>
<p>also, do you guys know how good the financial aid is to a transfer? Would it be the same as if entering as a freshman?</p>
<p>How strange. Rejected from Michigan and Vanderbilt, but Got into Maryland, rochester, and syracuse with No merit or Honors. Got into penn State with Honors and Merit. Now I got the letter from Cornell with the GT Transfer option. Admissions is very difficult to figure out. Now I dont know what to do. I am OOS for all schools. Any thoughts? I was thinking about accepting Cornell GT transfer since its not binding. Thoughts? </p>
<p>@wowed777: I know your feeling lol but you should definitely do it!! There is nothing to lose!!</p>
<p>@Jeppy18 - That’s great news, I’m looking forwards to working with them. They were really nice but indeed a little vague on some points, so I’ll probably be emailing them again soon, haha. On the topic of overenrolled classes–so if you’re unable to get in a required class and explain to CALS right away, it won’t count against you or change your GT status or anything, right? And I hope you guys hear back soon! </p>
<p>@debrules - Hey there fellow CALS GT!! Welcome </p>
<p>@wowed777 - Congrats! I think you should definitely accept, it’s a really cool opportunity. If you fulfill all the requirements, you’d have a spot at Cornell waiting for you next fall, and it’d be completely up to you to take it! </p>
<p>Hey ‘17 GT’s, I have a quick (but urgent) question–how do you get out of prerequisites? One of my Biology classes requires that I take two quarters’ worth of Chem beforehand. If I follow all of their prereqs, I won’t be able to finish everything on time, even with summer school. Is there a way to persuade your advisor to give you an add code or override or anything like that? And should I mention having AP credits (but not actually using the credits for the class itself, just to bypass the prereq).</p>
<p>Gah. Thanks 
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<p>@coriander23- I had the same problem with chem being a pre-req for bio. Message me I’ll let you know a couple strategies </p>
<p>Did most of you know of this option when you applied? We were very surprised when our child received this offer.</p>
<p>I can’t believe I’m still up (and on CC for that matter) but here’s my experience with the GT offer. Originally, I applied early and was deferred, and before that I had never heard of the guaranteed transfer/transfer option. I learned about it when researching my chances in the RD round and noticed that people who were deferred never really seemed to get accepted RD, receiving this option instead, so that’s what I started hoping for. </p>
<p>I feel like Cornell could explain the GT offer more clearly on their decision portal. If one were to skim the first paragraph they’d just assume they hadn’t gotten in. The email I received a couple days letter was better but still pretty vague, and unless someone knew the intricacies of this offer they probably wouldn’t realize what it was.</p>
<p>Here’s a really long thread chronicling the journey (seriously, it’s a great read) of around a dozen GT’s and a dedicated parent: </p>
<p><a href=“"Guaranteed Transfer Option" - Cornell University - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/319079-guaranteed-transfer-option-p1.html</a></p>
<p>Hopefully this will answer some of your questions! </p>