transfer for the cognitive science dept.

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<p>I'm currently a freshman at Cornell, tentatively double majoring in Philosophy and Psych with a concentration in Cognitive Science. I really wanted to major in Cognitive Science, but Cornell is in the midst of revamping the department, and it won't be conferring majors for another 5 YEARS or so. I want to do technical aspects of cognitive science, but to do neurobiology I would need to take full biology, etc. Yale is the only other college with a cognitive science program that I'm interested in. If I have a 4.0 after first semester, and with stellar SATs (770 CR - 740 M - 740 W) and SAT IIS (770 chem, 760 MII, 720 bio), would they let me in knowing that I wanted to do cogsci? I heard that with a specific reason to transfer they'll give preference. </p>

<p>Also, I was published in Science Magazine this summer (it's on par with Nature, but for life sciences.) And I will be doing cogsci research this semester at cornell. Will this help?</p>

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<p>Please, someone answer. The best would be someone who transferred to Yale. Even better, from Cornell.</p>

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<p>You might as well try. It is unbelievably competitive but you have a shot - having a good reason like yours, and perfect grades, and a good record otherwise will help a lot.</p>