<p>I am currently a freshman at CAS in NYU. I would like to continue on to medical school after undergrad, and I plan on studying either chemistry or some sort of biology. I would really like to transfer into Cornell, but I have heard it is impossible to get into CAS there. I was considering trying to get into CALS... how much easier is it to transfer into CALS than CAS? </p>
<p>My Stats:</p>
<p>High School - public school in suburban New York
GPA- 103.84 weighted
Rank 2 out of 150
SAT 1990 (700 math, 600 verbal, 690 writing)
AP Scholar
I've taken all AP and honors courses, and my senior year I also took 14 credits worth of college courses.</p>
<p>College
GPA - estimated 3.6
courses completed by end of freshman year:
Chem 1
Chem 2
Calculus 2
Calculus 3 / Multivariate Calculus
Conversations of the West (philosophical english class)
Writing The Essay
one more undecided elective such as economics, psychology or some sort of social science course</p>
<p>I have also been invloved with lots of clubs, especially community service type activities all through high school and in my first semester in college.</p>
<p>Would I have any chances at getting into Cornell... and what school should I try to apply to get into? Any other advice or match schools would be greatly appreciated as well.</p>
<p>I think your HS credentials are great, albeit the SAT score. You have a nice mathy spread of college courses, which if you continue and do well in, could look quite nice.</p>
<p>Now...</p>
<p>The transfer acceptance rates for CALS are FAR higher (50% v 8%) than those for CAS. However, to enter CALS as a transfer, one must have completed certain prereq courses. </p>
<p>Basically, if you don't complete the pre-reqs, you can't get into CALS, preventing any reaping of the nice transfer acceptance rates.</p>
<p>would you happen to know what the pre-reqs for CALS are? I got a brochure from Cornell that says there are pre-reqs for each major, but I can't seem to find exactly what those courses are.</p>
<p>If you go to the Cornell website, then click on Academic Departments and then CALS. THen go to Prospective STudents and then click on (Find prereqs) or (academic programs) then you can find them there.</p>
<p>Hey, I'm also a freshman at NYU planning to transfer to Cornell, and several transfer students have told me that SAT scores for transfer applicants are basically considered an anomaly as long as your college GPA is high.</p>
<p>If you want better advice on what courses you should take or the requirements for transferring, I recommend e-mailing the transfer counselor for CAS or CALS (whichever one you are planning to apply to) and ask them about it...they will let you know exactly what you need to do and send you Cornell's red transfer folder which contains all the information you will need about transferring. Furthermore, this also shows you made the effort to get the information from them directly and might help you when they review your application during the admissions process.</p>
<p>Yes, the biology requirement is a pain. Nevertheless, perhaps you could e-mail transfer admissions and ask if you could take the biology courses over the summer prior to transferring (assuming you are accepted). Since CAS is so difficult to transfer to, I would think that applying to CALS in the aforementioned scenario would be easier.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I don't have Bio credit. And also unfortunately, NYU only offers Bio 2 in the spring, so I couldn't even take Bio 1 in the spring to get a head start.</p>
<p>It's VERY hard to say. There were some EXTREMELY qualified applicants last year who did not make it through. That 8% rate is destructive. Check last year's decisions thread.</p>
<p>you certainly have a shot, but don't feel bad if you don't get in, as it's a very difficult thing to do. the biggest shocker that I always think of is the person from Rice with a 4.0 that was rejected! It's on one of the old decision threads.</p>
<p>wow...seeing someone with a 4.0 from rice get rejected makes me lose some hope. If I visit and still love the school, I will probably give it a shot.</p>
<p>At NYU, I feel as if the science programs are overshadowed by the business school, and all the humanities here. Although NYU is a great school with many course offerings, the science elective course offerings are slim to none. I feel like I would get a better science education at Cornell instead of NYU. Also, the atmosphere of NYU is quite depressing, the lack of campus and no "community" makes it hard to learn, inside and outside of the classroom. The wonderful resources and opportunities at NYU seem to be geared against the science students as well. I feel as if Cornell would be able to give me a better education, especially since I would like to take some electives in engineering... a program NYU doesn't even offer. (It is possible to take engineering courses with Stevens, but the course offerings are slim and it is such a hastle to actually get there). NYU may be a good school, but it is just not the place for me.</p>
<p>I got a 4 in AP bio, how much does that satisfy? The website says that I could place out of 4 credit hours, but I don't know the system at cornell, so would that place me out of 1 and 2?</p>
<p>"wow...seeing someone with a 4.0 from rice get rejected makes me lose some hope"</p>
<p>having talked a bit with those in admissions at Cornell, you may be surprised to learn that they were actually rather dissapointed with their transfer pickings in CAS last year. I guess they had to sift through terrible essay after terrible essay. So, take this as an admissions tip.</p>
<p>Gomestar, I guess I'll take up the previous question. Do you know how getting a 4 works with the Bio 1/2 requirement? Friend is having trouble getting through with the Cornell peeps b/c of her class schedule.</p>