<p>Hey, I am a freshman in CAS at Cornell and I am looking to possibly transfer. I do like Cornell, but I feel like I may have a better fit elsewhere. I am looking to possibly transfer at the end of this year, but maybe later if I have to. Also, I am not entirely set on transferring, but it is largely dependent on if I successfully gain entrance to the AEM program, since business is my target future. I am currently taking business/economics-oriented classes, and am doing somewhat okay, and I am interested in pursuing business programs at other colleges or economics. Most of my classes are large, so it may be difficult to find great recommendations, but I can probably manage. My gpa is settling out to be around 3.6-3.7 for first semester, but will probably be around a 3.8-3.9 for next semester, for an overall of about 3.75 or somewhere around there. I am generally doing better in my business-oriented classes than the others. My classes are as follows:</p>
<p>First semester:
Intro to Micro
Marketing
First Year Writing Seminar - Greek Myth (required)
Green World/Blue Planet (Bio elective)
Calculus 1</p>
<p>Second semester:
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
International Trade and Finance
Introduction to Business Management
Introduction to Statistics
Possibly some other random elective class (I can generally handle workload pretty easily, so I've been taking more classes than the average person).</p>
<p>High School Stuff (Does this matter? Does it look better that my gpa is significantly better in college?)
GPA: 3.4, not top 10%, probably top 20% or so
SATS: 2220 (680cr, 750m, 790w)</p>
<p>Here is what I'm looking at:
-UPenn - Wharton (would I have a significantly better chance if I applied to CAS?)
-UVA (originally rejected)
-CMU - Tepper
-Yale (yeah, I know...)
-Brown
-Dartmouth</p>
<p>Please tell me if you need any other information, but thanks very much!</p>
<p>Oh okay, well I guess my SATs probably don’t look that great for the better schools on my list, but would the grade progression be a good thing? How do I look for any of those schools?</p>
<p>Hmm, I think colleges will care more about your college performance than your high school performance. That said, how well you did in high school obviously matters. If you end up with the college GPA you project, that’s a good start. But unfortunately, nothing’s guaranteed these days. I think what may be even more important is showing the college why you would fit in well in that school. Many of the colleges you are applying to will receive hundreds of applications, so you need them to know what about their school is so important. In other words, the essays matter a lot. I know this is pretty general knowledge, but I’d say your best plan of action would be to work as hard as possible in your classes and work hard on your transfer essays. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Oh, and while colleges do of course care about having a diverse student body, they probably don’t care as much in regards to transfers. Since only a few dozen transfer students (in most cases) will be accepted, the racial/ethnic composition of the college will change only minimally. That said, diversity can’t hurt!</p>
<p>I doubt that was enough. His SATs are pretty good and he didn’t include his HS ECs, so that may have been a reason. Someone feel free to correct me on my rebuttal if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>And yea, you’d have a much better shot at CAS for UPenn.</p>
<p>You probably have a great shot at UVa. Dartmouth & Brown are writing-intense, and you have few classes to demostrate your prowess; neither offer undergrad biz… Dartmouth econ is extremely quantitative, so bring your “A” game in math. But if your Calc grade doesn’t support a strong math background, it will be a negative.</p>
<p>But you haven’t really said why you want to transfer? It is solely due to admittance to AEM? If so, you probably have little to be concerned about – with a 3.5+, your inter-college transfer is likely.</p>
<p>Riley…admissions aren’t just about numbers, which you obviously do not realize. Perhaps there is a reason why my gpa was so low in high school and now is likely among the top 15% at Cornell when I study significantly less than anyone with similar schedules? My ECs from high school were rather good if I should say so myself. I know it sounds like bragging, but I just want to make sure people realize how admissions work. Yes, being part-URM may have helped my admission, but it just goes to show that I am not any less intelligent than anyone else here. /endrant</p>
<p>Anyway, my reasoning is partly because I am looking for a bit more of a prestigious place to study, and also because Cornell is kind of big which gets annoying at times. Don’t get me wrong, I do like it here! People are great and so is the social life, but I think I might be a better fit elsewhere. It’s one of those cases where I would still be content if I didn’t transfer, but I would be a bit happier if I got into somewhere else.</p>
<p>^^With the exception of Yale and Wharton, none of the other colleges are more “prestigious.” (Although Wall Street loves Dartmouth econ grads.)</p>
<p>Your reasons still don’t make any sense. And if you can’t articulate them, they won’t make any sense on your transfer app, either. Perhaps you don’t wish to put them in writing on a board, which is ok, but just make sure you can tell UVa what makes them so special that you would leave Cornell. (Hint: weather and your perceived prestige is the wrong answer.)</p>
<p>Okay, why are you on this thread if you had not contributed at all? I did not ask for someone to criticize me directly, I asked for some opinions on if I have a chance transferring into the other schools. Successfully transfer here and we will start talking.</p>
<p>You sensed an arrogance in my tone…let’s see you first started by saying, “How did you get into Cornell in the first place with those stats? Stay there and feel lucky!” Wait, I’m the arrogant and mean person? Just goes to show how illogical your thinking is.</p>
<p>I never said you were mean. Don’t put words in my mouth. Quite frankly, you could be a wonderful person.</p>
<p>Have you considered this, though? If you did transfer, you’d have to change your user name! Can you handle that?! Or will you ***** out about it like you did with Ithaca’s weather!</p>