chances of transferring?

wavedasher
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:01:33 +0000

This is a direct quote from the Cornell document that was posted. Very curious. I’m not sure why ILR has decided essentially to make 1/2 of their students transfers.



I see no reason other than to lower their freshman admit rate? which is of course the more publicized of the 2 rates. Better ask Uncle Ezra…but I’ll bet he’ll prob give some very general and vague answer about how transfers add diversity to the school, Skorton was a transfer, etc…



I’ve been thinking, do you think it’s fair to be comparing Cornell to other top schools and calling it’s prestige low? Or do you think maybe that Cornell is just a unique school with its own purposes and missions, much different then most other top schools?



Cortana, like I mentioned previously, Cornell’s prestige is nowhere near as low as Lazykid and I are making it out to be…we’re just bashing it hard cause we both know that it could do so much better (plus we get ****ed when we experience something of the Hofstra sort every now and then). In the real world, Cornell still gets a lot of respect and name recognition, esp. since it has the Ivy label. However, its “any person, any study” motto is obsolete and despite its specialty status as a land grant institution, I feel it should still follow in the ways of other top schools due to the way college admissions works nowadays (meaning rankings/perception, which are influenced by admit rates, SAT averages, etc. are crucial).