<p>YAY. I’m glad I started this thread because it has made me feel 100% better about the GT option. Where are you guys going? I’ll probably wind up at Binghamton for the year but I’m waiting to hear back from BC on my financial status. I went from despair to elation over the past 43 hours. Cornell was my top choice!</p>
<p>The only thing I’m dreading is the annual “wear your college of attendence shirt to school” day. Maybe I’ll make a custom shirt with a Binghamton logo on the front and Cornell 2015 on the back hahaha.</p>
<p>Wow I didn’t realize that the transfer option was like this! I just assumed I was rejected but they were being nice and saying down the road I could always transfer in. </p>
<p>I got this option from CALS as a biological sciences major. Now I just have to decide if it’s the best way to go for me. I have always wanted to attend a university for all of my college years, but it’s Cornell and this is a great option.</p>
<p>My top choice right now is Hamilton College (though the expense is making it difficult to decide to go there). I’m also visiting Geneseo later this week. </p>
<p>Anyone else receive that email today? It made me feel EVEN better haha. My mind is finally at ease, at least temporarily. </p>
<p>So now where to go? I see my local community college is on the list of Community colleges they recommend for the year, but I think I’ll wind up at either Bing, BC, or perhaps Vermont Honors or U Maryland.</p>
<p>By the way, my major is Science of Natural and Environmental Systems. The courses I have to take seem generic and easy to come by so it shouldn’t be difficult finding the right temporary home.</p>
<p>i’m majoring in SNES, as well! got a more detailed email about the transfer option today. i’ll most likely be attending a small liberal arts college for a year to then transfer into CALS. maybe the community college option is the way to go, though?</p>
<p>Cool go SNES. A friend of mine who has a college counselor and is in the same situation as us asked about community college and was told by her counselor that it isn’t recommended. I’m probably going to go to the most economical option for the year.</p>
<p>I was given a guaranteed transfer to ILR. The letter said that they only give this option to only 50-70 students per year! </p>
<p>What are you guys doing during your freshman year? I’m afraid of going to another “real” college (it’d be my state’s flagship - U of Maryland) because I don’t want to get attached, settle in, make friends, and have to do that all over again. I’m thinking about going to community college for first semester, getting most of the specific requirements out of the way, hopefully landing a sweet Capitol Hill internship, and then studying abroad second semester. </p>
<p>The FAQ letter says that we’re allowed to study abroad during our freshman year, and I think it would be a good idea because my time at Cornell is already limited to three years; studying abroad junior year would limit my time even more, and I think I’d like to spend more than 2.5 years in college. However, I’d have to find a study abroad program where I’d be a full-time student. My mom’s afraid that it’d be harder to maintain the GPA requirement and not get any C’s at a foreign university. </p>
<p>Any thoughts? Does anyone know of any study abroad programs that are good for this situation?</p>
<p>oh and i also don’t know what to write for the senior decision list or what to wear for college t-shirt day…lol. probably cornell, and i’ll regard next year as a “gap year” or whatever, especially if i study abroad</p>
<p>omg, my school has a college day coming up and i have no idea what im gona wear either?!</p>
<p>im scared im going to get too attached to the school im at and that im not gona wana leave…my decisions are either university of Florida (for free) or emory…if i had to get stuck at one for 4 years, i would prefer it to be emory by far. but cornell has been my dream for years now.</p>
<p>Go to CC if the financial difference is important. I can’t really think of a reason why one would to pay more for the same result of enrolling at Cornell, especially given the strong relationship Cornell has with NY CC’s.</p>
<p>i’ve been looking through the required courses and i, being an animal science major on the pre-veterinary track, have two extra requirements, chem I and II with lab. is anyone else in this situation? (extra reqs)</p>
<p>at least from cals… basically it says “we are offering you a transfer option”</p>
<p>then you get information by email in around mid june, (after you reply to the email saying you are interested).</p>
<p>go to another school for a year… get the course evaluation forms checked. (basically you send in what classes where you are taking… they tell you that they are “ok to fullfill the requirements”… all the info of how to do that will be emailed to you.)</p>
<p>then in mid December they send you a short application … that is like 2 pages long… you have to get transcripts, counselor report, and midterm grades signed (during your second midterm at whatever school you go to / 3rd quarter)… and you send/fax them all in… (at the time of this writing there were no essay’s or recommendations)</p>
<p>The requirements are that you must maintain a “B” in all classes that are required for transfer (depends on the major, you will recieve all info in email) and you must maintain a GPA depending on the program. (some are 3.0, 3.3, 3.5)… So e.g. if English is a required class for transfer you must get at Least a B in english (not B-), but you can get a B- in a class that was not needed for your transfer assuming you have about the minimum GPA… (hopefully that will not be an issue)</p>
<p>In any event you find out anywhere from early to mid april (assuming all forms are in and in order)… and assuming you meet the requirements you are golden!</p>
<p>Best of Luck to all transfer option people, and this is NOT offered obviously to everyone who applied, only a select few…</p>
<p>(they used to do GT’s but they had to remove the word Guaranteed… just in case you did not meet the minimum requirements… these are essentially the same thing)</p>
<p>My daughter received this option. How does this wrk out socially? Are transfer students accepted by other members of the class who have been there for 1 year? If she decides to rush a sorority is it possible? Do many people wait until sophomore to rush?</p>
<p>^^^^^ I was a transfer last year and socially, I can’t say that I could have had a better experience. There is a FANTASTIC transfer community on West Campus, it’s very tight knit and it’s nice because there are a ton of people in your situation.</p>
<p>Then, second semester, you do rush and join a house, which integrates you more into the regular Cornell community (although, I already knew a lot of kids outside of the transfers because of classes, open parties, etc). I joined one of the more…“competitive” sororities I guess you could say, and there were almost 10 transfers in my pledge class (same goes for the other top houses) and I can honestly say that no one looks down upon it at all.</p>
<p>for everyone who hasn’t joined yet:
join the cornell guaranteed transfer 2015 facebook group:
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