I am trying to transfer from binghamton to cornell, but the required course loads for first year transfer for me is way too much so I was wondering if I could just try and transfer after 2 years instead of after 1 (my freshmen year in binghamton)?
My question is it is harder to transfer to another college after the second year rather then the first?
“the required course loads for first year transfer for me is way too much”
The course load isn’t going to get any easier if you succeed in transferring to Cornell.
It is going to be difficult to transfer either way. You will need all A’s in difficult classes with a full course load if you want to have any chance to succeed in transferring. I think that the main advantage to transferring after two years is that your high school grades will be far less important.
Your posting history shows you plan on medical school. If you find freshman year hard you may have to change your plans.
As @DadTwoGirls said, it won’t get easier. As a fellow transfer student (and pre-med!) student, I suggest you look at what’s more important to you: medical school, or transferring?
A lot of pre-professional students (pre-med, pre-law, etc.) think that once they transfer, they’re out of the woods. What they don’t realize is that with their new (possibly more difficult) school, come intensive upper-level courses, studying for their respective pot-grad admissions tests (MCAT, LSAT, etc.), and scrambling to find meaningful extracurricular activities ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
If you find the introductory courses at Binghamton difficult, then Cornell’s upper-level courses will be, for lack of a better word, hell.
Why do you want to transfer from Binghamton?
To be completly frank I want to transfer to cornell because of the prestige. My parents lower my self esteem so much by thinking binghamton a crap school and that attitude kind of latched on to me. It’s annoying and I honestly have no idea what to do
How much do medical schools value what college you are from over the actual achievements you accomplished in your school? And does what medical school you end up going to really matter in your career in the long run?
Transferring to Cornell is not the answer to your problems. Sit down, and forget about your parents’ opinion of your school. Think about what you want. Ask yourself this: Am I happy or unhappy where I am, and where I’m going? Why am I unhappy? Given my current options and personal ability, what can I do to change my situation for the truly better?
Medical schools do not care whether you went to Harvard or a third-rate state school. They care about GPA and MCAT scores, among other things. Now, where you go to medical school is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, and WILL affect your career in the long run, but that topic is best left at that, since we’re talking about the subject of transferring.
If have more questions regarding transferring and medical school, feel free to privately message me.
Best of luck!
However, most pre-meds are grateful to get into even one medical school, so they may not have much of a choice in terms of cost or ranking of medical school (about half of pre-meds who get to the stage of applying to MD medical school in the US get shut out and have no choice at all).
@ucbalumnus Yep. You’re right about that. I’d personally count my blessings if I got into one medical school. However, there’s no denying that going to a lower / higher ranked med school ultimately affects your residency matching.