So I also applied to Cornell for a Spring transfer and I'm super nervous!
School: Berkeley City College
GPA: 3.7
Applied to: CAS Philosophy Major
Recommendations: 4 strong ones
My extra curricular looks pretty good as does my current internship at a law firm, plus my essays were all about how my Dad is sick and how I grew up with Middle Eastern activists, but I'm still pretty bummed out because I heard they only take a couple people for CAS :'(
CAN SOMEONE MAKE ME FEEL BETTER!!! This is like all I've been thinking about... NYU is my back up but I'm drooling over Cornell!
@mac415 for aem they say under recommended to take one full year of biology; labs not needed. This basically means bio 1 and 2. Then again after reading more, the courses don't have to be bio 1 and 2 but rather any biology/life science class. This means it could be botany, zoology, etc.
Then it also says either a physics or chemistry course. The physics I took will transfer because it was pre-approved.
Lastly they recommend taking the humanities/social sciences, which I have taken a few.
Had to have another copy of my high-school transcript sent. This time I asked for a delivery confirmation. Looking to have my midterm grade report in by the end of the week.
My midterm grade report should be in by the end of next week. I find it strange that they have said this on my application status page though "Your materials have been received. Your application has been forwarded to the admissions staff for review."
Does anyone else have this even though they haven't submitted their midterm report?
Where did you hear that from? From my understanding, they provide decisions on a rolling basis through November. In fact, last year's earliest spring admits didn't receive their decisions till November (from this site at least). I believe they begin sending out notification emails for missing materials halfway through October.
I'm with @Tung on that. They specifically say on the site (check my status) that decisions will come in on a rolling basis through November. In October they notify applicants of missing materials.
From this site on the 2012 spring forum, the earliest decision was November 1st.
@aigiqinf: If you have any questions about the PAM major, feel free to ask. It's the best major at Cornell (I'm completely serious when I say this).
I can talk about the major topics covered in the major, professors' political leanings, their research interests, structure of the core curriculum, off-campus opportunities, professional fields the majors enter after graduation (highly versatile), etc!
One thing I wish that I had known before deciding to major is: if you are enthusiastic about policy, the major will be much easier. I know this sounds obvious, but I would say majoring in policy is 30% intelligence, 10% diligence, and 60% obsession/strong interest. I'm not saying it's easy, but people who tend to be proactive in understanding policy problems are the ones who do most well and grab the professors' attention. And if you don't enjoy policy (NOT politics, you can love politics and hate policy), you are in for a few years of stagnant, depressing course load!
officially everything submitted, although on the status page they still havent received my college transcript/college report.
Now its time to wait. although right now im feeling pretty pessimistic, i read through my essays again and found too many things i wish i would've changed when i had the chance...
anyone know how ILR transfer chances are? i know CAS has the lowest acceptance rates, not sure about ILR for out of staters
Hope everyone's excited to get their decisions! They don't wait-list for transfers right?
I don't think so... someone did claim to me in a PM that they received a guaranteed transfer offer when they applied as a transfer applicant, which I could only imagine would happen if a school really liked you but you were missing prerequisite courses.
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officially everything submitted, although on the status page they still havent received my college transcript/college report.
Apparently my high-school transcript got lost in the mail, so I had another one of those sent. I'm also hoping to have my midterm grades sent off by Friday.
