Hey everyone,
I’m currently a junior at Cornell who is looking to transfer to Columbia. I’m looking to transfer because I want to switch majors (to do that at Cornell requires internally transferring and for the college that I’m interested in here I’m not even allowed to internal transfer as a junior) and also because I seek a change in atmosphere (I have SAD which means that my mood and ability to concentrate is heavily influenced by the weather/climate and obviously Ithaca is an incredibly AWFUL place to go to school).
Although I feel that transferring is an appropriate action for me to take at this point, I have 2 concerning issues that will probs negatively affect my transfer chances and I’m not sure if it’s still worth pursuing it. First of all, I transferred once to Cornell already so I’m pretty sure that transferring again will be a negative for me in the admissions process. Secondly, my GPA isn’t that good (approx. 3.6 currently). I had a 4.0 in my previous college. The discrepancy in the GPAs is mainly due to the difference in location/climate and how it impacts my SAD (the previous college was in the city/good weather, etc).
Given everything that I said above, do you guys think it is even worth applying to transfer to Columbia?
Thanks in advance! Good luck to everyone!!