<p>Just wondering how hard it would be exactly to transfer out of Cornell Engineering into another top college (like Harvard/Wharton/Stanford/MIT/Caltech). This isn’t for me, but one of my friends, who is a Research Presidential scholar there, asked me, and I said I didn’t know, so I thought I would ask here since many of you are more experienced. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I might suggest that transferring from engineering into Wharton would be difficult because the areas of study are so different. </p>
<p>I have not heard of other students transferring to those places, but then again it’s hard to hear about the students who transfer away unless you know them personally (since you’re not going to casually meet them around campus if they’re not at Cornell anymore.) </p>
<p>I can definitely say I don’t hear a lot of talk about people wanting to transfer away.</p>
<p>Funny how faustarp picked out Wharton because that’s exactly what one of my friends did. He was Cornell Engineering undecided and realized he wanted to do business math instead. I believe he had a 4.0 but besides that I’m not sure what made him a successful candidate. But yes, CoE -> Wharton has been done.</p>
<p>haha, awesome…I would have never expected it. good for your friend, though!</p>
<p>thanks for the replies…just wanted to know if there are people who are transfer into these schools from Cornell. Also how hard is it to get a 4.0 in engineering? anyone know? (assuming 4.3 are A+)</p>
<p>In engineering, the classes in first year are physics mechanics, chemistry, writing seminar, programming, one intro to engineering and calculus. Basically all of the classes (except writing) are curved. This means that to guarantee an A, you must get 1 std dev above the mean for every test/exam. Or, in most cases, you if hit avg on the prelims and 2 stds above on the final, you’ll get that A</p>
<p>how difficult and how much effort do you generally have to put in to get an A in those classes? and did your friend have all As in his classes before transferring?</p>
<p>First year engineering students are working very hard. It is an adjustment from highschool and the workload takes some getting accustomed to. The only thing harder than first year engineering is second, third, and forth year.</p>