chances of transferring?

wavedasher
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:03:45 +0000

Wavedasher -

We should assemble an army of Cornell students and alums who protest against the current admissions policy, and make an organization out of it. Maybe Cornell will then listen up.

Although, I fear for our safety because some of those community college transfers might attempt to assassinate us…



We would be hard pressed getting signatures for that kind of petition. Due to it being a really sensitive issue, most people who in fact do agree would be hesitant to sign up/voice their thoughts.



"What matters is that they admit passionate students from diverse backgrounds. Each student either from a community college or top 20 university has something important to add to the Cornell community. "

I don’t see how a student from a community college would add more to Cornell than a qualified freshman or a qualified transfer from better universities.

Also, many, many people have that passion. What sets the bar is academic qualification. This is a top school, after all.

“The admissions committee sees the importance of transfer candidate, you guys should too. I think they are fine.”
I’m fine with having a reasonable number of qualified transfers entering Cornell. I’m not fine with the high number of guaranteed transfers offered and GTs from community colleges. I would be fine with GT if they didn’t offer SO MANY students GT and if they were given with discretion.



I’m glad someone else agrees with me on these issues. Last time I made a thread on this, I was attacked by all the old guys and some students (who I’d bet were offended transfers).