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<p>i dont think they’d be limited at all for an ILR major…you’d probably be required to take similar coursework at the college you’ll enroll in…</p>
<p>may i ask what college you are enrolling in? and what major?</p>
<p>Just got my GT. It was a shock, heh. So, Smith for a year, then Cornell, I think! :)</p>
<p>“What exactly was in the letter for GT?
I was rejected ILR, but after the first paragraph it was really weird. It said basically that we wish to inform you that it is possible to transfer to ILR and then went on to list the requirements needed for transfer including GPA (over a 3.3 or B+). It then went on to say we can’t tell you when you are elgible but it is usually after the second or third semester (which was underlined). I’m not sure if this is the standard rejection letter for Cornell or if it is something else…”</p>
<p>that…doesn’t sound like a GT offer to me (even though I have no clue what a GT letter looks like). it doesn’t even say the word “guaranteed” anywhere in the letter? im getting somewhat nervous right now…i still havent received my letter yet.</p>
<p>echo question: what exactly is in the letter for GT?</p>
<p>thebonj - how did you receive your letter so fast? I live in the US and I still haven’t gotten my letter -_-</p>
<p>ResurgamBell:
I’m probably going to Michigan or Wisconsin - I love them both. I have no idea what I’m gonna major in, but probably something along the lines of history/ethnic studies/public policy/urban studies/social anthropology . . . haha, i have no idea, but I probably want to do something social justice/activism - related. I applied to ILR because I have done some work with unions and would like to involved with unions as a possible career. </p>
<p>Does anybody know if your GT spot gets offered to someone else if you give it up??</p>
<p>my parents live in NYC</p>
<p>hmm… my letter for CALS last year said that although they couldn’t offer me a position in the freshman class, they decided to offer me a guaranteed transfer and it talked about how I was guaranteed admission as long as I met all the requirements… what you guys are talking about doesn’t sound anything like the letter I received last year (though maybe CALS is different).</p>
<p>My letter doesn’t have guarantee any where, but I don’t think its a standard rejection letter either… Any ILR GT get a letter like mine (without the word “guaranteed”) or is mine just… unusual.</p>
<p>I got an e-mail about the transfer option today from CALS. I think they changed the name of the transfer from “guarenteed transfer” to “transfer option.” Here is what confirmed, in my email, that both are the same:</p>
<p>The Admissions Committee is extending to you a Transfer Option to CALS for the Fall 2010 semester in the Biological Sciences program. The Transfer Option is awarded to a select number of students who apply to CALS for Freshman Admission, who have demonstrated a sincere interest in the College’s mission. Candidates who receive a Transfer Option, are provided with transfer planning, advising, and special priority in the application review and selection process. The Transfer Option is a final decision and is not an acceptance; candidates are required to meet a set of firm requirements for Fall 2010 transfer admission to be awarded.</p>
<p>So as long as people awarded transfer options meet the requirements, they are “guarenteed” a transfer.</p>
<p>It is no longer called a GT…but a TO!!</p>
<p>Caemin, thats the rejection letter from ILR. They are just asking you to try and transfer if you really like the school. You should have gotten the GT stuff by now anyways.</p>
<p>Got one to CAS! Wow their requirements are chill…too bad I’d never actually do it. Best of luck to y’all who are!!</p>
<p>Yeah, idk if that’s the GT for ILR. I mean, the HumEc letter was a little ambiguous but it had an FAQ and a form to accept/reject the transfer option (I guess it’s really a TO now, good, I was a little worried about that) for Fall '10 and stuff.</p>
<p>I really don’t know what to do, I’m going to accept the offer and see what follow-up information they send, but I’m iffy about the requirements.</p>
<p>The requirements are exactly what you would have to do if you’d been accepted to Cornell. After looking into it, I see it as a win-win: you get to get rid of all your less interesting general requirements at a CC or easier college and then arrive at Cornell ready to take on the classes specific to your major. And you can save a lot of money if you do a year at a CC. What’s not to love?</p>
<p>Okay, this answers my question left on the other thread. GT is what TO used to be called. </p>
<p>Here’s the kicker, folks. If you go to the Transfer Option Summary page, it says:</p>
<p>"Select and attend an accredited COMMUNITY, TWO or four-year college/university that provides access to the required transfer courses…blah blah blah…“earn a 3.0 in first college semester…blah blah”</p>
<p>This means you can enroll in Third Rate Community College of Craptown, get a 3.0 without cracking a book, and transfer to Cornell. You don’t have to enrolll in someplace hard like Tufts or Oberlin and maybe bust your balls to try to get a 3.0 and narrowly miss or something. You can go to Chickenswitch Two-Year County College, as long as it is accredited, pay 90 bucks for the first semester, and transfer to Cornell. You gotta be kiddin’ me! LOL</p>
<p>Just to make it clear to everyone one more time: It is not called a “guaranteed transfer” (GT) anymore, but a “Transfer Option” (TO). 
So if you are offered a transfer option, then you got a guarenteed transfer on your hands.</p>
<p>As per what it is called…</p>
<p>I think it depends on the college,our letter from CAS says “I offer you a GUARANTEED TRANSFER into the class of 2013” and directs us to a website: cornell.edu/…/GT</p>
<p>^^^
Yeah, it must depend on the college since I got the same option/wording from CAS.</p>
<p>I confirm the statement above. The link in my email directed me to a page titled “CALS Transfer Option for 2010.” Then it made me type my first name, last name, e-mail, click on “I wish to pursue the Transfer Option/I don’t want to purse the TO” and then sign an electronic signature. :P</p>
<p>Ah ok, I wasn’t sure since I have never seen a rejection like that. But I will try and transfer… But if it doesn’t work out, hey I like where I’m going next year so it’s not a problem. Good luck everybody!</p>
<p>Hey guys! I was also a deferred ED applicant from last year and I got a GT for CALS so I’ll be stalking around offering some help as well if you guys need it Good luck to everyone that got the GT! Or rather TO, now.</p>