<p>I definitly will. I should prob send it to everyone who has the vague transfer paragraph. I’ll be skipping lots of classes tomorrow to check my e-mail :P</p>
<p>thx, i’m really nervous.</p>
<p>Add me in then, I’ve got the same message.</p>
<p>seriously, don’t be too nervous. Rejections didn’t have that paragraph, and if they’re offering us a transfer OPTION, that means it is something in writing, not just a “please transfer to us.” Plus it says we will receive a letter, “from the undergraduate college to which you applied.” Which means that our individual colleges will send us their outline for what course we’ll need to take and what grades we will need to get. I can’t see it being anything other than a guaranteed transfer.</p>
<p>I Want That Paragraph. Please.</p>
<p>I still remember my Cornell rejection letter…there was no mention of a transfer option. So…hold your heads high guys!!</p>
<p>i have the bad feeling that all the ILR and CALS ppl got that transfer thingy…i hope i am wrong though</p>
<p>nope, someone replied that they were rejected from CALS. Keep in mind that this is such a small sample group, and CALS and ILR for w/e reason was not really represented at all in the admissions thread. I seriously have a lot of hope, and a great feeling about this.</p>
<p>How many people got this option anybody know? </p>
<p>And I mean I would love to got Cornell, but it just seems like it would be hard to leave whatever school you to freshman year. Freshman year is when you make a bunch of new friends and relationships and start all lot of clubs, seems like it would be hard to leave all that and start all over at Cornell as a sophomore where a lot of people already know each other.</p>
<p>that being said I’m prob. still going to take it hahaha</p>
<p>i might go to a school wher eabout 100-200 ppl from my school go every year, so i will be basically spedning an extra yr in HS, still living at home…so it wont feel like im leaving college itll feel like another yr in HS.</p>
<p>ItalianStallion9, that’s what we’ve (myself, Dr_Mom’s son, and bunch of others here) have been planning and dealing with for almost a year. It’s tricky and difficult, but if Cornell is ultimately your goal, and you work at it, you will go to Cornell in the end. :)</p>
<p>diehldun, can you explain how it gets tricky and difficult. My moms asking 1001 questions</p>
<p>It’s hard to uproot yourself after 1-2 year at another college…I’ve been there. But, if Cornell is where you truly want to be it’s a sacrifice you will have no trouble making. I personally think transfers are the most social bunch on campus and we really help each other adjust.</p>
<p>I went into my 1st college knowing I wanted to come to Cornell (and I didn’t have GT) so I knew I’d have to do well. I focused on my studies and got involved in ECs…orchestra and the swim team and honors program. I worked my butt off and pulled off a 3.8 my first semester and 4.0 my 2nd. The only time it got tricky was when I needed to keep my desire to transfer a secret. I didn’t want to offend anyone. It was awkward creating a sophomore year schedule and planning for my 2nd season on the swim team and picking a room…my friends got upset when I told them I couldn’t live with them without giving a good reason.</p>
<p>You can make it work…and congrats on the GT!</p>
<p>Pretty much what dewdrop87 said</p>
<p>hey fellas. a GT student here for ILR…initially, i thought that it would be so easy to transfer given the GT, but it is actually quite hard. Emotionally speaking, it’s been draining for me to wait the whole year at another school and trying to keep myself motivated, etc…it’s actually pretty frustrating…</p>
<p>Also, ILR GT contract says that u need to keep ur gpa at 3.3 or above and shouldn’t get grades below a B in any class, which isn’t an east feat esp. for Freshmen. But, u should work hard and look forward to Cornell, otherwise u might not make it here. Btw, gl guys.</p>
<p>thanks guys!</p>
<p>dewdrops87–I’m confused now about your story. I thought you were a GT, but now you talk about getting a rejection, but still transferring to Cornell after working hard. Did you transfer in your junior year as a regular transfer applicant?</p>
<p>New (possible) GTs–I think you have to really want to go to Cornell for the GT to work for you. It’s definitely not for everyone. I don’t know the statistics of it, but there are many who have it offered to them who decide not to send back in the form or who get into their first school and like it, or who get into their first school and decide the move isn’t worth the hassle whether they like their first school that much or not. There are others, I’m sure, who want the GT to work out but who, for whatever reason, either don’t get the required preparatory coursework done in time or don’t get the grades they need. There is still a lot of uncertainty with the GT. What my S says, though, is that the GT is his to lose. With the GT, he was no longer competing against anyone else but himself. That gave him a feeling of empowerment, I think, to go for it. So far, his goal has not changed, and he has stayed on track to achieve his goal.</p>
<p>Here’s my story:</p>
<p>I applied to CAS at Cornell for Fall 2004 admission and was rejected flat out (no GT)</p>
<p>I applied for transfer to CALS for Fall 2005 admission, was accepted and entered Cornell as a sophomore as a regular transfer applicant.</p>
<p>I have plenty of buddies who were GTs so I know a little bit about the GT process.</p>
<p>wow!!!It has been a year since I received that thin letter from Cornell, and thought it had to be a rejection. (I wasn’t dare enough to check online) Like Dr_Mom said, this thread is moving into a new generation!!! To 2012 GTers, consider very carefully if you want to spend your freshmen year at your second choice college since it is harder to fulfill the requirements. Further, if you enroll in a college which is pretty much at the same level as Cornell, you may be really unsure if you want to transfer.(personal experience, haha) Anyhow, I do think GT is a good thing, at least it allows you to experience a year at another college and saves some $$$!!!</p>
<p>dewdrop87–OK, thanks. That’s interesting that you got into CALS as a “normal” transfer after just one year. Did you by chance go to a SUNY your first year? I’m just wondering if CALS was more receptive to a 1-year transfer from a SUNY school.</p>