<p>My daughter is a business major at the Honors College at South Carolina. She has been looking into AEM program, Hotel, and ILR. At SC he has taken a lot of opportunities but is worried that upon graduation she will be at a significant disadvantage in pursuing a rewarding career in either D.C. or NYC. She just began her sophomore year and is considering a spring transfer.</p>
<p>She has friends at SC and isn't a fan of Greek life. Therefore she has a bit of anxiety of transferring to Cornell. She was raised in Florida and is actually worried about the fact if she transfers, she will deal with the painful winter and much more intense academic. All of this without knowing a soul at Cornell.</p>
<p>What do you guys think. She really wants to attend a fantastic school such as Cornell because she is not sure if she wants to go to grad school (possibly mba after work experience.) I'd appreciate any positive feedback.</p>
<p>Do you know how much Cornell costs?
What kinds of grades does she have?
Has she even visited Cornell? It is completely a college town.
South Carolina only has Sororities, no dorms???
Cornell has had some brutal winters lately.<br>
Certain areas within the business major have a glut of graduates and are not finding jobs. So she’s not sure if she wants to go to grad school so your willing to spend $60K per year to find out?<br>
Financial Aid is limited. Neighbor’s daughter got into Cornell, they’re struggling to pay her tuition.</p>
<p>Let hir apply and get accepted and then see what they think. Your student needs to visit also – and remember fall will be gorgeous and s/he will begin attending in the darkest, coldest, part of the year. </p>
<p>Cornell is not an easy experience academically, and even students with high GPAs from other colleges struggle upon transferring into the intense work load and expectations.</p>
In general I do not believe this is true. While HYP typically provide better aid than Cornell among the 3000+ colleges Cornell is among the most generous with financial aid. </p>
<p>Big caveat - a lot of colleges do not provide the same financial aid to transfers as incoming first years. I do not know Cornell’s policy about financial aid for transfers … they do have an application for transfers to apply for financial aid.</p>
<p>I transferred to Cornell from a school that was roughly on the level of South Carolina. It is absolutely, absolutely worth it. Particularly for a business-minded student, there is no comparison in the types of available opportunities. All doors are wide open from Cornell assuming that she does well. Even after her first job, the degree will continue to open doors. If she is a competitive student and unless there is a compelling reason to stay at South Carolina, then she should do everything she can to transfer to a Tier 1 school (Ivies, Duke, Stanford, Northwestern, Chicago, Georgetown, Michigan, UVA, Berkeley, and maybe a few others).</p>