Don't Sweat Rejection: TRANSFER!!!

stargazerlilies
Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:04:23 +0000

For those who want to transfer, please keep in mind:

1. CAS acceptance rate is about 12%, less than the freshman acceptance rate.

2. College classes are harder than HS classes, 4.0’s aren’t easy

3. Cornell rejects transfer applicants with very high GPA’s just like with HS admissions; on the transfer board, a 4.0 Cornell applicant was complaining of rejection

4. For Soph Transfer, they’ll see 1 semester of college, which is nothing, so HS GPA/SAT’s will still be really important. So if your HS GPA/SAT’s are kinda low, I reccommend you wait til Junior transfer

5. Don’t be fooled by CALS, HumEc and ILR’s high transfer acceptance rates - those include GT’s

Going to State U for the sake of transferring to Cornell might not be the best idea. Right now you guys are upset you were rejected and are making plans to go to an “easy” college for the sake of getting into your #1 choice from HS. Well once the hurt of rejection fades, you’ll watch all your classmates get excited about going to a college they love while you pick a college you don’t like for the sake of transferring to one you really want. Then you’ll spend 1-2 years at this school, and the acceptance rate is really low, chances are you’ll be rejected and then you’ll be stuck at this school, or will deal with the hassle of transferring to yet another college. Well, my personal advice is go to a college you genunially like, so if you end up in the 88% Rejected pool for transfer, you’ll still have a good college experience…just my opinion :)

In HS I was rejected from my #1 choice (not Cornell) and went to my #2 choice, NYU. I seriously considered going to a CUNY only for the sake of transferring after 2 years, then decided that was silly and I should go to my second-fave choice. Well now I don’t even like my old #1 anymore, and I’m applying to Cornell for transfer. While my current school hasn’t turned out to be the best fit, I can deal with getting rejected from Cornell because I won’t be too unhappy - imagine picking a college you don’t like for the sake of transfer and getting rejected: what would you do then? don’t set yourself up for misery. sorry if I sound like a pessimist. It’s just I was in your position exactly 1 year ago from today.