Hello everyone,
I am transferring from my college to Cornell to next spring. I want to increase opportunities to be admitted. I want to apply to CALS faculty, to unpopular major, and after admission, change the major to a more competitive one. Is it possible to do so, and how hard is to change the faculty in Cornell?
Per Cornell’s transfer website:
“External transfers face certain restrictions regarding their internal transfer eligibility. Please schedule an appointment with the internal transfer advisor to review your case, as the restrictions vary by college.”
In general, you should apply to the major you actually want. Cornell ad coms are very aware of students trying to game the system and trying to be admitted to less competitive majors.
PS. You aren’t trying to change “faculty”. You are trying to change your major or potentially even your college.
http://internaltransfer.cornell.edu/internal-transfers/colleges-and-schools/ describes the criteria to change to a different division at Cornell after enrolling there.
Your intent seems to be to deceive Cornell, which would create an inauspicious transaction even if you are accepted.
You mean department, not faculty.
When you say “I am transferring from my college to Cornell”, do you mean you will be applying to transfer? I am guessing so from the context of the rest of the post -
In that Cornell students apply to and study in particular schools, the OP appears to have used faculty in a way that could be correct for a limited portion of his post:
faculty. 4. a. Any of the divisions or comprehensive branches of learning at a college or university: the faculty of law.
However, faculty and major cannot be used correctly as interchangeable terms. So that aspect of the post would need clarification.
(The American Heritage dictionary.)
In Canada “Faculty” is synonymous with school or college within an American university.
MODERATOR’S NOTE:
Closing thread. OP created a second account to ask the question.
On a related note, as I have said many times, not everyone learned English in the US. So let’s not criticize on non-American usage of English. I am certain that if one digs, one will find at least one American university that has, as an example, a division called “The Faculty of Arts and Sciences.”
One can admonish the OP for thinking that s/he is the first person in the history of the universe that thought that this was a back door into a college. One can also shake one’s head that an applicant to Cornell should be able to do a Google search. But let’s not be pedantic over language usage.