<p>is it hard to transfer into engineering or sciences? plus can you apply to transfer during freshman year (so u can go at sophmore)?</p>
<p>I think you can apply freshman year because of all the GTs "apply" freshman year, but my logic may be wrong there. If GTs can enter sophomore year why should non GT transfers be able to do the same.</p>
<p>I don't know how hard it is, but I know of one engineering student who transferred in as a junior this past year. So it is possible.</p>
<p>i think that GTs have everything but one thing that cornell is looking for, and they want to see if it will develop at that first year. at least thats my take on it.</p>
<p>with me i was a perfect match except my gpa was only a 3.4 so i think they wanted to see if i could get good grades in college before i came to cornell.</p>
<p>you mean transfer from another university, or transfer from another school at cornell?</p>
<p>from another university... thats what guaranteed transfer is</p>
<p>I'm asking hhjl, who didn't specify</p>
<p>"think that GTs have everything but one thing that cornell is looking for, and they want to see if it will develop at that first year. at least thats my take on it.</p>
<p>with me i was a perfect match except my gpa was only a 3.4 so i think they wanted to see if i could get good grades in college before i came to cornell."</p>
<p>Same...and I will. What happened to my gpa is that I sucked at the beginning of highschool, but then at the end I was getting all A+'s while I was in various APs and such. I think that they just want to make sure I will continue this into college, and then take me (plus ILR takes a very small number, so they most likely took people who did have the gpa over me). I think I'll live though :). I just had orientation at my first year college and I am very confident that I can do extremely well there and then I'll use my GT.</p>
<p>thats cool.. be careful though, try and focus and not get sucked into the freshman craze, especially you go to school where kids don't care as much as cornellians do</p>
<p>They don't, but I will. When they did a mock class for an hour at orientation the kids outside were like "o you were that genius in class" the entire day lol. And since my highschool didn't have a football team I finally got to see why people stereotyped football players lol (although I'm sure that Cornell football players break that stereotype, so noone take offense lol). I also heard that a TON of people get in trouble for drinking there, so I gotta watch out. They are strict with drinking...they don't even allow people over 21 to play drinking games! Crazy!!!</p>
<p>what school is this?</p>
<p>lol I feel like I'm bad-mouthing my college, but I'm not so don't take it the wrong way - Stonehill.</p>
<p>I came out of highschool with a 3.4 just like Figgy. I started as a C+ student, then stepped it up to an A- student my junior/senior year. I was not a GT like everyone else though; I went to a local college then applied for transfer admission the "normal" way. I was accepted to the engineering college, so the whole transfer thing worked out for me. Now that I have validated myself I can dish out some opinions.</p>
<p>Figgy-<br>
1. Do not get too cocky as you start your classes. Keep a modest attitude, and try your hardest in all your classes. Realize that getting an A in a college course requires at least four times as much work as a highschool class. If you do start making good grades, do not slack off... work only harder.</p>
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<li><p>YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL ANYMORE! Several of my friends spent their entire lives being told that they were better than everyone else. They were in programs that had obscene titles like, "special and gifted." Once college started they realized that they were of normal intelligence. They could not handle being normal and started drinking and eventually flunked out.</p></li>
<li><p>Do not be pretentious. It is most likely a bad thing that everyone has pointed you out as being the "genius" in class. The "genius" in my organic chemistry class always annoyed everyone with irrelevant questions designed to show off his scientific vocabulary and waste class time. At the end of the year he made a thank you card for the professor and had the balls to ask everyone to sign it. After the last lecture the professor gave an award to the person in the class who had the highest grade. It was not the "genius," but a very cool girl who studied hard for the class, but also spent Friday and Saturday nights drinking and causing mayhem like any normal college student. When final grades were posted I ranked second, and the "genius" ranked third. While the "genius" looked up obscure organic chemistry trivia and relished in his delusions of grandeur... I studied my ass off and then played some beer-pong. Instead of being a tool and signing that damn thank you card I waited until I received my final grade
then went into the professors office and personally told him that he was one righteous dude and it was an honor to be in his class. I really admired the guy, but I did not want to make any formal gestures until the grade book was closed. </p></li>
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<p>OP- How hard is it to transfer into Cornell? Well if you look at admissions statistics you will see that Cornell is a competitive school. Everyone knows that the higher your GPA the better your chances at admission. So what matters is how much work you are willing to put into your GPA and what sacrifices you are willing to make to obtain the application security that comes with good grades. A 4.0 in an engineering curriculum will take at least 70-80 study hours a week. I settled for a 3.75 and put in about 50-60 study hours a week. </p>
<p>When I think about how hard about it was for me to transfer into Cornells engineering school I dont think about numbers. I see it as this: I missed four epic parties. We are not talking about low-key shindigs where you play drinking games with your buddies. I am talking about parties that required 50 to 60 cops to shut down. Block parties with thousands of drunk college students fornicating, puking, fighting, etc. While my roommates were busying finding out just what Kurt Cobain was *****ing about in Smells like Teen Spirit, I was in the library practicing ODEs. I missed two 30+ inch powder days at Vail because I needed to memorize the Krebs Cycle. I have not started class at Cornell yet, but so far I think it was worth it. I would make the same sacrifices all over again. Despite a disproportionate amount of study time I had a great time my first two years of college. I partied hard Friday and Saturday night. Because I have no regret about the studying hard I have to say that for me it was not hard to transfer into Cornell.</p>
<p>O wow I actually feel insulted, but I know wat ur talking about. I would never be that type of person. When I went to orientation I made sure that I never was. This was something that my friends were telling me, and then I just shrugged it off. I am never that type of person and I do have a ton of fun and go out and party. Ugh if I meet people like that I really dislike them so I would never be that..</p>
<p>ps I didn't mention Cornell either, which I'm happy with myself for.</p>