<p>There I asked it. What is the thing that makes you most want to leave/ transfer out of Cornell?</p>
<p>Nothing. I love Cornell. There I said it.</p>
<p>Uhhh, isn't this the same thing as what you don't like about Cornell?</p>
<p>Nothing in the least. I transfered into Cornell and this University really has it together. </p>
<p>"Uhhh, isn't this the same thing as what you don't like about Cornell?"</p>
<p>no, everybody has something they dislike about their school or something they would change. But, the majority of these students wouldn't want to transfer out simply because of something small they dislike. There's a clear line between something you dont like and something that makes you want to consider transfering out.</p>
<p>Wat's with these negative threads...? I feel like one is enough.</p>
<p>Oh come on! From CollegeBoard: Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 96% That means from freshman to sophmore year 4% of the kids at Cornell took the initative to leave. So, there has to be something that is irkful enough to make you CONSIDER leaving Cornell.</p>
<p>there are some, i know some people who've transfered out and here are their reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>One transfered to a school in philly (not Penn) after one semester, but I have no idea why. They were an art major, so then again I have no idea why they do the things they do anyways. </p></li>
<li><p>We all remember bball on this board. He trasnfered out because he wanted a school with a higher SAT average than Cornell. His words, not mine. </p></li>
<li><p>One of my friends transferd out because he wanted to be closer to home (Los Angeles). He was young and brilliantly gifted, but the distance was too much for him and his family.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Well, Introuble phrased the question so it seemed like that everyone had something they disliked enough about Cornell that they want to transfer out.</p>
<p>For me, I'm not considering transferring out at all.</p>
<p>Introuble111, there are many reasons why some people do return their sophomore year. I know this one kid who lives down the hall that left for home during first semester and will probably not be back next year either because his mom's cancer flared. Some of these students leave for family reasons, medical reasons, maybe they're flunking out, maybe they're starting their own business and can no longer devote the time necessary for school. I know one student who believes she is in way over her head being in engineering. There are many, many reasons that are as varied as the student body here. I'm sure if you asked the student body here, almost everyone is happy here and wouldn't transfer out.</p>
<p>If you want to talk percentages here is a breakdown of students returning for their sophomore year at other elite colleges:
99% Yale
98% Harvard
98% Princeton
98% Stanford
98% MIT
98% UPenn
98% Dartmouth
97% Columbia
97% Caltech</p>
<p>A 96% retention rate is still on par with other similar universities.</p>
<p>That 1% difference is statistically significant if we are talking about a school with 13,562 undergrads.</p>
<p>Four kids out of ONE HUNDRED don't stay. No offense but how useless is this to talk about? I mean really...FOUR KIDS OUT OF ONE HUNDRED!!! For some reason this thread irks me. It's just poking at Cornell to find some problem. Oy Veh...</p>
<p>Where is bball when you need him?</p>
<p>After this, we can make a post called 'What makes you want to LEAVE Northwestern" and he can reply to that one too.</p>
<p>True, the 1% difference is always statistically significant because that's how math is... 1% is different from 2%. But you're forgetting that we're talking about percentages here. The reason you convert numbers into percentages is so that you can fairly compare different ratios on the same scale (of 100 to be exact). Before you try to teach us statistics on an internet forum please learn some yourself.</p>
<p>And trust me, there are many many more happy people here than people who want to transfer out.</p>
<p>Actually, you're only talking about the incoming freshman class. The statistics are for freshmen returning for their sophomore year. Not the all undergraduates.</p>
<p>Also, you need to factor something else in those results. Cornell University is an Ivy League school, but people take that for granted because it is so much larger than all the other Ivies with the exception of University of Pennsylvania, which isn't that far off. There are some people, who do not have the academic strength, but possess some other skill that gets them into Cornell. However, when they can't handle it, they have to transfer out or something.</p>
<p>Well, there are the people who don't make it, and get kicked out of Cornell. I know of a girl who got an F in chem last semester, and is leaving Cornell now. </p>
<p>Most of the people that I know who considered transferring are the people from NYC, the people who miss their home and the city. So pretty much the people who want to be closer to home. Never heard of people transferring out because of Cornell itself.</p>
<p>I believe this thread is a bit stupid.</p>
<p>Some schools urge any kids leaving school to take a "leave of absence" so it doesn't look like so many kids aren't returning. (Just rumor, but I heard that Harvard is one that does this a lot.)</p>
<p>Kyt I believe you are a bit stupid. Also, Odyssey, how sure are you Cornell doesn't do this. Also, the 1% IS not only significant it is ALSO statistically significant so I dont understand your view on that one. Finally though, I got an answer, academic rigor.</p>
<p>ok....LOOOOVVVEEE Cornell...but if i HAD to pick something, i would say that it would be cool to have a predominance of a more Cambridge/Oxford type housing system, with 4 yr houses and stuff. i am ecstatic about Cook, Bethe et al houses and hope to live in one next year but i wish that everyone had to live in these types of houses for all 4 yrs. that's kinda bizarre and i know that everyone hates living on campus but if everyone had to then it wouldn't be weird to live on campus and everyone would be together. it's not really a complaint, but i mean if you're fishing for stuff, then i guess this. but i would never leave cornell obviously i'm just saying. this is more of a response to a query of what do you not like about cornell but not why would you leave cornell because i never would. ok shutting up now.</p>
<p>I don't know whether Cornell, Princeton, Yale or any other school does the "leave of absence" thing to fudge the return rate numbers. My point is that the percentages of return rate cited aren't necessarily reliable and they likely don't predict anything (whether or not there is a statistically significant difference between the rates for two schools).</p>