<p>@2cents4u I’m not even close to a legacy at Cornell or any other Ivy. I had a 2210, took over 10 APS in my school (which is a lot since we don’t offer nearly as many as other schools). I started 3 companies, did over 5 internships, and got awards/grants/other recognition for my companies and other volunteer work. I held multiple leadership positions in my community and school.</p>
<p>And since I’m an AEM GT, I have to get a 3.5, which isn’t a piece of cake. A 3.5 in high school is a breeze, but I don’t know about a college. Expecialky for bio majors who also have to maintain a 3.5 and take a lot of stem courses, making getting this GPA harder as well.</p>
<p>Other people in this group have gotten into other schools in the top 20 that are arguably at the same level or even better then Cornell.</p>
<p>Your experiance with GTs does not a speak for all GTs</p>
<p>Hi @Coriander or @TheClown - I have been reading your posts and was wondering if you have some insight for us. I am a parent of a HS senior who received a rejection letter from Cornell AEM. Then, a few days later, my D received another letter from AEM saying that if she was still interested to transfer in the fall of 2015, to click a link provided on the letter. She did click on that link and it was to opt in or receive future transfer information. Do you know if Cornell sent out this second letter to everyone who was rejected? Do you know if this is potentially an encouragement to apply for a transfer in 2015, albeit not a GT as was described in your post? My D attended summer college at Cornell after junior year and loved it. Thank you for any insights you can provide.</p>
<p>@TheClown can you message me. I’m interested in your friend going to penn state. It would be nice to have another person at penn state in the same situation. </p>
<p>@SwimParent - please ask your daughter to re-read her original rejection letter. I am sure the second paragraph mentioned the transfer. When I first read my letter, I too thought I was rejected. However, the next day I received a transfer option letter from CALS as below (hope this helps) -</p>
<p>Thank you for your interest in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University. The CALS Selection Committee has completed its review of freshman applications. Due to a limited number of spaces and the depth of the applicant pool, we are not able to offer you admission for fall 2014. However, we would like to work with you to transfer to CALS as a sophomore in fall 2015.</p>
<p>To meet the conditions of this Transfer Option offer, you must study full time and take required courses at an accredited two- or four-year institution of your choice, maintain a minimum grade point average, and submit and abbreviated application demonstrating a continued interest in Biology and Society. For more details about the Transfer Option, please review the Transfer Option Summary.</p>
<p>If you wish to pursue this Transfer Option offer, please complete and submit the online reply form by June 15, 2014. You will receive an email confirming your acceptance of this offer by mid-July. Please note that accepting this offer does not bind you to transferring to Cornell; it simply demonstrates your interest in transferring to CALS and in receiving transfer information from our office throughout the upcoming academic year.
The Selection Committee appreciated the talent and potential reflected in your application and is truly looking forward to you joining CALS in 2015. Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have any questions.</p>
<p>@coriander - I am attending UCLA freshman year, but am extremely worried about the required courses (I am a Biology & Society major). The quarter system and the prerequisites at UCLA make it impossible to take a full year course in Biology. The max I can take is 2 quarters of Biology. Not sure how taking a summer course would work. </p>
<p>I was on the priority wait-list at Carnegie Mellon and there is a high chance I will get off the wait-list. Since they have a semester system, I am debating if I should accept CMU. Any comments/suggestions would be welcome. Thanks! </p>
<p>@happy2014 - Hey there! As a Bio Sciences major, I had the same concerns as you about UCLA which led to me picking another school entirely. My current school is still on the quarter system, but they are more lax about the prerequisites so that I can start taking the biology sequence as a freshman. I am also taking a summer course at said school so that I can get a quarters’ worth of GT prerequisites out of the way, but I believe that ones taken at a community college can also transfer. </p>
<p>If it’ll be easier for you to fulfill the GT requirements at CMU, then by all means, go ahead! I know that semester-to-semester system transfers generally have it a little bit easier with scheduling, since the course syllabuses don’t change much from school to school. If you’re able to take Biology I and II with lab at CMU, then I think that would be really useful (I know some schools have lecture + lab separate). I’m not sure how tough the grading is there, so make sure that wherever you decide on going, you can get into those prereq classes AND get good grades!</p>
<p>@TheClown - Whoa, the Facebook group really blew up!! Count me in haha </p>
<p>@hawk96 - Usually people who don’t get off the waitlist are unfortunately rejected, but in some cases legacies and ILR applicants are given the GT offer. Good luck! </p>
<p>Bump for visibility! I’m not sure how many waitlisted applicants received GT’s, but if they did, then hopefully this thread can prove to be helpful. </p>
<p>My daughter got waitlisted and received the GT offer a few days ago. I heard that this year was the most competitive year and even not many people got waitlisted. </p>
<p>@bcasue She can join the facebook group where all the guaranteed transfers are all in. There’s a couple of waitlisted people who also received the GT offer in the group. It’s a secret group (can’t search for it on facebook), so if you message me I can add you. </p>
<p>Congrats on the GT! Which college was it for? My friend was simultaneously GT’ed and waitlisted, but she got off…lucky her, haha. And yes, it does feel like a particularly competitive year! </p>
<p>And @TheClown, you’re better at finding new posts on this thread than I am </p>
<p>Just got offered a GT to CALS AEM. Really wish they could’ve told me this before I passed up the opportunity to go to UF for $17K less than I’m going to be paying for Illinois, or at least before I made my fall semester schedule two days ago. Anyway, I’m probably going to take the transfer option. Anyone know if I can use AP credit for freshman writing? (I got a 4 on Lang, pretty sure I got a 5 on Lit)</p>
<p>@hawk96 We made it secret so you won’t be able to normally search it on the Facebook search engine. There’s at least 50 GT kids in it. Message me on here and I’ll try and add you on there (I’m the admin). </p>
<p>I got waitlisted for AAP this year and received a letter early this month that I initially thought it was a plain rejection. However after I read the posts in this thread, it may have implied something else - may it be a GT? So could you guys help and tell me what the letter really meant? </p>
<p>The letter went like this " (1st paragraph) … We now have a clear picture of the number of students who will be enrolling in the fall 2014 and, unfortunately we will not have a place in the class to offer you.</p>
<p>(2nd paragraph) We appreciate your interest in Cornell. You are a student who has much to contribute to a college community. …</p>
<p>(3rd paragraph) If, after a successful year or two elsewhere, you continue to believe that Cornell may be the right school for you, we hope you will consider applying to transfer here. You will find information for transfer applicants on our website, admssion.cornell.edu."</p>
<p>For reference, I didn’t received any 2nd letter or email afterwards. Please give your comment or just tell me straight - Oh it just another way to reject me with some kind words. I really don’t mind although I love Cornell, before. </p>
</p>
</p>