<p>Oh, I see, diehldun. Your requirements must be different in ILR. It seems like your other grades would pull some weight over just that one, though, doesn’t it? Please keep us posted! ILR seems fairly flexible and agreeable with their GT program–from what we’ve heard on these boards, anyway. My sense is that they want more of their GTs rather than less to show up on Cornell’s campus. </p>
<p>Keep in touch! My S has his meeting at Cornell before he goes back to his college for spring semester, and we’ll be happy to report back any general kind of news that might be helpful to other GTs.</p>
<p>hello~i just got my last semester’s grades and they’re not good! i just really have to work my butt off next semester…would they really take the second semester midterm grades into account??? i just wanna know if i should just give up GT or try. i’m just wondering if cornell’s gonna reject me even if i get good grades next semester because my first semester grades are lower than 3.3!!! i’m so bummed out right now</p>
<p>Spark07, definitely don’t even think of giving up yet! If you don’t mind me asking, which school did you get a GT to? Regardless, if you haven’t yet, I’d begin a dialogue/communication with your school-specific GT counselor; it’d only help you! At least for ILR, the requirements are 3.3+ GPA and nothing lower than a B.</p>
<p>During my meeting, he emphasized good (at least meeting the minimum requirements) second semester grades, especially for the mid-term report. GT decisions can revolve around them, for the better or for the worse. So, if you remain deeply committed to your GT, definitely do not give up!</p>
<p>i’m a GT to policy analysis and management in school of Human Ecology…i have a phone appointment with the head person in charge in Human Ecology today…I’m at least gonna have him approve my course schedule for next semester…urrrgh! i love cornell too much to give up!!! I’ll rock my next semester and hopefully end up in ithaca!!!</p>
<p>Oh, spark07–I’m so sorry to hear about your grade report. College courses can be tough and so different from high school. Top h.s. students can have a rough go of it for a semester or so in college as they adjust, especially if they are not used to asking for help from teachers, needing any help, etc… </p>
<p>Do let us know how you make out with your phone meeting. It could be that the GPA requirement is cumulative over the first year (meaning by May total but possibly not for each semester on its own), but I certainly can’t know that for sure. You’re doing the right thing by calling your college at Cornell.</p>
<p>Hang in there, and don’t despair because of a lack of complete and accurate information, ok? Let us know how you make out!</p>
<p>I hope your son’s meeting at Cornell was as informative and revealing as mine. Just called my parents and I’ve heard it’s rather chilly over in NY right now; I’ll be honest, if I do successfully transfer, I am REALLY going to miss this lovely southern California weather.</p>
<p>Anyways, to all GTs: when or have you already mailed in some of the various forms? Just a few days ago, I mailed the mandatory GT application forms in, and am going to see the registrar tomorrow to submit last semester’s (somewhat disappointing) transcript. </p>
<p>I can’t believe how fast this GT process has gone by, at least for me. Literally, in about a month or so, we’ll be mailing mid-term reports, and by April we will all ultimately know. I’m both excited and anxious at the same time.</p>
<p>Well, I thought I’d check in and see how other fellow GTs are faring. Good luck everybody, for a successful second semester (at least until we submit the mid-year reports!)</p>
<p>Yes; my S’s meeting at Cornell went just fine–thank you! He came back more encouraged overall, I think, more confident over the GT process and his success so far with it. He is doing well, just needs to keep doing more of the same until he sees it all the way through. I’m not sure that we learned anything everyone here doesn’t already know, but it was good to get a confirmation of things from the school. Midterm grades for spring are important in making sure things go smoothly over the next few months. That’s still a stressful thing to think about, but my S met the requirements once now; he just needs to keep it going. That’s what we keep telling ourselves, anyway! If anyone went a bit short on a grade here or there last semester–don’t lose heart. Admissions will likely take a look at everything in context, I think, including your major and future plans, when they make their decision. Your chances are not over, I would say, until they say they are. So, keep plugging away doing the best you can do!</p>
<p>Unlike you, diehldun, my S’s current college is in NYS, so he’s used to the weather and won’t have a big change in that next year. I keep kidding him, though, that his current campus is FLAT–that will be a <em>big</em> change! I’m pretty sure he’ll have the “freshman 15” he’s put on gone quite easily in no time stomping around those hills at Cornell–if all goes well! ;)</p>
<p>Keep in touch, everyone. We have a ways to go yet! When I used to teach college, I always thought the spring semester dragged compared to the fall, but diehldun’s right–it’s just the same 15 weeks, and it will go by quickly in the grand scheme of things. If you’re in the Northeast, by the time spring starts to feel like it’s really here, you should finally know what’s going on for real with this topsy-turvy college experience you signed on for. </p>
<p>Just a quick question, if you don’t mind: when is your son planning to mail in the second (this) semester mid-year report? He sounds like he’s on a great track. Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi, diehldun–He’s vying for a spot in a different college than ILR, remember. His midterm grade report isn’t due at Cornell until right around his actual midterm grade time at his current college, which is in the middle of March. Sounds like your application process all might be a bit earlier?</p>
<p>It varies from college to college. I heard numbers around 50 for CALS last year–someone else might have something more exact or substantiated than that, though.</p>
<p>no…not at all. Usually with a guarantee transfer, the admissions committee likes what they see in the applicant…but they don’t know if they would succeed at Cornell…so they tell the applicant to go to another college for a year, maintain a certain GPA while taking specified courses and they will be guaranteed acceptance upon completion of the terms…and that can take anywhere from 1-2 years</p>
<p>also note…you will only be considered for guaranteed transfer if you indicate on your application that you would consider…at least that’s how it worked when I applied to Cornell a few years ago</p>
<p>I don’t remember indicating on my application that I’d consider a GT, but I was offered one regardless. Maybe it varies from college to college?</p>
<p>I never had that option on my application. However, I think that Cornell chooses to put you in that category based on your academic potential. I mean some of my friends were put on the waitlist while others got the GT. The GT is better to an extent b/c you actually have a shot for the following year. Those who were on the waitlist were never accepted so this just proves that a GT is a good bargain.</p>
<p>I was told by an adcom if I wasn’t accepted, I had a good shot at being a GT. I would honestly love getting a GT. You get two college experiences, you can go to a cheap state school and save thousands in tuition, and you don’t have to take that awful swim test. I’m all for it !</p>
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