<p>Hi,
I am currently a senior in high school and i did not apply to cornell because i didn't not think i have to chance to get in. I am planning to go to a SUNY (either geneseo or bingamton) and then try to transfer to cornell. I was wondering what I should do to make that possible.
Do SAT's and SATII still matter? (math:710, reading:650, writing:670 but no SATIIs) should I retake the them in college? Also, how important is high school gpa? (because myn was low, 88)
I heard that Cornell does not accept a lot of the credits when transferring. If this is true, how can I prevent this? (ex. What classes should i take/not take?)</p>
<p>Nicole</p>
<p>it is definitely possible especially if you are able to stay in the 3.5GPA at those SUNY schools…</p>
<p>in order to accept a lot of those credits you have to transfer into a major at cornell that will accept as many as they can…ILR is the most transfer friendly…</p>
<p>i believe CALS accept 60 transfer credits … which is basically half of your required. I;m not certain abotu the others</p>
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<p>Each college describes the courses required for transfer students…read that and plan your schedule around it.</p>
<p>If you plan to transfer in as a sophomore…then your HS stats will play a role in your admission decision. If you apply for junior transfer, then your HS stats will not be as important as your performance in college.</p>
<p>If you’re planning on doing just your freshman year at a SUNY, then they’ll only have 1 Semester of college to go by when you apply, so naturally HS will play a huge role. If you wait till Junior year to transfer (2 years at SUNY) they’ll go mostly by college.</p>
<p>Schools like CALS, HumEc, and ILR all appear to be really transfer friendly because of high acceptance rates, but that’s really because of Guaranteed Transfer (GT).
If you’re applying to CAS, like me, you should know the acceptance rate for transfers is around 12%, lower than freshman, so it’s pretty selective…I would also say, aim for over a 3.7. I looked at the gpa’s of accepted cornell transfers on the transfer board, the CAS ones were all high, a 4.0 even got rejected! So I’m guessing a 3.5 wouldn’t be competitive at all.</p>