Chance a Hopeful Transfer?

diabl0
Fri, 30 May 2014 00:54:36 +0000

So I’m really upset and about the list of colleges I got accepted to. I basically got accepted into all my backup schools and rejected by all my dream/reach schools. I think…scratch that - I know - I got rejected because of my mediocre SAT scores. My parents are not allowing me to take a gap year, retake my SAT’s and reapply so I’ll be going to a Liberal Arts College (WITH NO AID, I REPEAT - NO AID) this fall hoping to transfer out ASAP to a college that’s more me.

I couldn’t help but notice how high the acceptance rate for transfer students at Cornell is (compared to other Ivy’s).I am an international student and plan to major in Economics and it would be a dream if I could transfer to Cornell. But I really know nothing and I mean NOTHING about transferring.

Hence I have 3 quick questions I would like to ask you all:

1) What is a Junior Level Transfer? And are there other “types” of transfers?

2) I want to prepare my transfer ASAP. What grades/EC’s would I need to obtain in order to score a good chance at Cornell? My grades before and during High School were a mix of A’s and B’s. Eh, mostly A’s.

3) When should one transfer? Beginning or end of sophomore?

I know these questions seem super amateur but I really know NOTHING about transferring colleges.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.