Transfer students!

<p>How does Cornell aid its transfers ion adjusting to the rigorous curriculum? Are there on-campus tutors that can help students with classes? Are there advisers who can aid transfers in choosing the optimal courses needed for med/grad school?</p>

<p>The biology department offers peer advising and I believe tutoring is available. The professors and TAs are also options for help.</p>

<p>CALS has a pre-med advisor and there is the HCEC in Barnes Hall. The advisors there are absolutely amazing and very helpful. They host a pre-med meeting during orientation and will discuss the coursework.</p>

<p>gomestar </p>

<p>I am a high school junior and i am hoping to get into penn state or rutgers and major in economics and then transfer to CALS.</p>

<p>what do they mean by work experience, in a corner store or do they mean like an investment bank.</p>

<p>what else besides work experience and grades do they look for?</p>

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gomestar </p>

<p>I am a high school junior and i am hoping to get into penn state or rutgers and major in economics and then transfer to CALS.</p>

<p>what do they mean by work experience, in a corner store or do they mean like an investment bank.</p>

<p>what else besides work experience and grades do they look for?

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Why are you already thinking of transferring as a junior in high school? Just apply to CALS as a freshman.</p>

<p>have you seen my grades i can't get into cornell as a freshman</p>

<p>gpa-3.8
sat-500,600
4 AP, 2 honors
live in Newark, NJ
rank- 30%
softball for 3 years
community services 130
much more leadership.</p>

<p>but have 0 awards that will kill me</p>

<p>Cornell isn't about how many things you can do or how high your scores on tests are (obviously you need good grades, though), it's about what you do with the intelligence you have. It's ridiculous to see so many people list community service as a trait. How great for you, but what IS that? Did you join a community service based club and go to a meeting? did you clean up your campus? or did you create new programs for education of global issues? It's what you do, not how much.</p>

<p>I did a lot of things you mentioned, but have you ever seen someone going into an ivy league with the grades I have?</p>

<p>transferring will better for me, I think.</p>

<p>If you're truly serious about Cornell, then you would study your ass off over summer for the SAT and/or ACT and re-take it early in the fall. You would also raise your GPA, which I assume is weighted. Then you would spend a lot of time writing thoughtful essays that demonstrate both your intellectual potential and how much you've researched Cornell.</p>

<p>Because even if you do apply as a transfer, your HS grades are still scrutinized. Doing these things will help significantly even if you get rejected next year. The worst thing you can do is get complacent and resign yourself to the fact that you "can't get into cornell as a freshman" because then you have lost incentive to do well.</p>

<p>If you do well enough as a transfer in your first 2 years, your high school grades can amount to pretty much nothing. I can attest to that one personally as I dropped out of high school half way through sophomore year and had a majority of D's and F's on my transcripts, sprinkled with a B and an A.</p>

<p>And by well enough, I mean more than just grades. You have to show that you're not just another kid trying to go to Cornell because it's an Ivy, but because what you have done previously and plan to do in the future is best bridged by Cornell.</p>

<p>I guess... I’ll try harder, the worst thing they could say is that I'm are not accepted.</p>

<p>thanks, Caillebotte</p>