is ILR grade inflated or deflated?

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
1

Hey CC.
I have two questions:

  1. Are there some non-traditional students in ILR?
  2. are grades in ILR harshly deflated?
2

What exactly do you mean by non-traditional? There are students from all walks of life at Cornell, so you’ll find a wide variety of people in each of the colleges.

Cornell in general is known for grade deflation, but I haven’t heard of that specifically applying to ILR. It’s mostly the case with classes that have a lot of curved exams, and I don’t think ILR falls under that category.

3

Older students :slight_smile: @Ranza123

4

Gotcha! I personally know older students at Cornell, so it’s not uncommon, and I have no reason to believe it would be different for ILR than the Cornell population in general. There are people who took time off before college to work or serve in the military, plus some classes have graduate students (who range in age from just out of undergrad to much older) mixed in. Most likely nobody will even ask or question how old you are!

5

Thanks :slight_smile: you are very kind. By the way, Do you know someone who changed his/her major even after they externally transferred to Cornell?
I am a prospective transfer and I am torn between SHA and ILR. Have a great day!

6

Switching between hotel and ILR is more complicated than just changing majors; it would involve an internal transfer. For hotel you need to be either a freshman or sophomore to transfer internally, and for ILR you need to have at least four semesters of residency remaining (which basically translates to the same thing).

Here’s info for hotel internal transfer: https://sha.cornell.edu/app/sso/ugrad/internal-transfer-info.html

Here’s ILR (if you scroll down): http://internaltransfer.cornell.edu/internal-transfers/colleges-and-schools/#7

Both schools are very different in general; I would research both carefully if I were you and decide which one best aligns with what you want to study and what you want to do after graduation. Both have the potential to lead to similar career outcomes, but obviously each specializes in different things that might make one better suited to lead to a specific career path.