<p>Hey Everyone!</p>
<p>If you were accepted ED to the college of Arts and Sciences, is there any way that you can switch to a different college, say Engineering, between now and arriving on campus? Would they defer you and re-process your application under the regular decision pool or could you simply transfer? </p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Well, I don't know about switching before you arrive, but it's pretty easy to switch after you get there. Quite a few people change their school after arriving at Cornell, so you're not alone. . . .though call the admissions office and see what you can do, but I have a feeling the system doesn't work that way. </p>
<p>If you want to switch after you get to Cornell, there are a few things should be planning ahead. Because you're switching to engineering it is crucial that you start the math sequence your first semester at cornell. Be sure to sign up for MATH 191. It's a tough class if you don't have a lot of calc in your background, but you need to start the math first semester. You can get AP credit for it if you took BC Calc in highschool. . .</p>
<p>When planning your schedule just sit down with your course catalog, and find courses that you need for the program you want. You will have to apply to internal transfer division of cornell in order to make the switch. . .and they will let you switch as long as you have decent grades in the engineering classes (Average > 3.0).</p>
<p>Please keep in mind that your advisor in Arts and Sciences is going to have no idea what classes you need to take for engineering. You will either need to figure that out on your own, or I recommend contacting engineering advising before you schedule your courses.</p>
<p>Any questions, feel free to message me. I'm a freshman at cornell this year. I came in as a biology major in CAS, and will most likely be making the switch to biological engineering.</p>
<p>um...i have a friend that was trying to switch from Engineering to Arts, and put it this way, your advisor most of the time is either ignorant about the whole internal transfer thing or they just don't want you to leave the college he/she is affiliated with.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! But what if I switch even before I meet my advisor? Would that be possible to do so even when I register?</p>
<p>Bball, how can you generalize like that? My advisor is excellent and has provided me with plenty of information on transferring to ILR, since I brought up the idea.</p>
<p>why do u want to switch to ILR?</p>
<p>Why is that relevant? I didn't say I was switching, I said it was an idea that came up since I don't want to do premed.</p>
<p>uh..maybe cus she wants to</p>
<p>Thanks jack :p.</p>
<p>But bball, more importantly, how could you make a sweeping generalization about all advisors being awful? You shouldn't be telling that to prefrosh. Perhaps your anti-Cornell bias is affecting your point of view ;). Maybe if you had answered my question instead of going on a tangent, I'd have answered yours. </p>
<p>Even if your advisor isn't good, information is easily obtainable from the college you are trying to transfer into and from the internal trasnfer division, which has a 95% success rate.</p>
<p>i never said it wasn't easy, in fact, it is very easy, but it is a process that isn't a one day process, it is a year long process. To transfer into Arts/Sciences directly without going into the inteneral transfer division, you need to take 4 arts/science classes in one semester, and get above a 3.0 in these 4 classes, get 1 teacher rec, and 1 page essay why u want to transfer, and you have about a 90-95 percent chance of getting in.</p>
<p>So I can't transfer before even registering for any courses?</p>
<p>u can transfer after one semester its not that extentsive for all transfers</p>
<p>Just sign up for the engineering classes instead of arts ones. I have a friend doing this.</p>
<p>But don't you need a certain number of classes in the arts? Will your other Bio classes cover this? (i plan to switch to biological engineering)</p>