<p>My son attends Saint Peter’s University and he will be a first semester sophomore this September. We are Hispanic and he is the first in the family to attend a college, but he is unhappy at the current school he is in. He wants to attend Cornell so much, so i am thinking about letting him transfer to Cornell. What does it take to get in? what things must a student do like internships, volunteering, etc? My son has a 3.6GPA and did the following: 1.Volunteered at Bayonne hospital, 2.st. Mary’s hospital, 3.Christ hospital, 4.Medical center, 5.Newark Beth Israel, 6.Monmouth Medical Center. He volunteered for a 7.congressman, 8.shadow our family’s endocrinologist, 9.red cross, 10.Liberty Science center, 11.Stem cell research at his school, and 12.an internship in Washington d.c. in the congressional offices and in involved in a few school clubs/organizations. He seeks to transfer to Cornell because he is unhappy at his current school and i only ask because as a mother i want him to be happy. I also want to know what other schools should my son apply to with all the things he has done?</p>
<p>It’s very hard to tell with transfers. There is no harm in applying.</p>
<p>I worry about him, he loves Cornell so much, and as a mother i just hope to see him happy. What school do you attend Vivianvolka if you don’t mind me asking?</p>
<p>I say he should go for it. Has he visited the university / school within Cornell that he wants to transfer into? We just visited Cornell a couple weeks ago and our tour guide transferred in as a Junior from another school and is as active as your son and he really seemed to be thriving despite not spending his freshman/sophmore year there… can’t hurt to apply, but, contacting Cornell admissions and finding out specifically how the coursework he has taken and the coursework he would need to take compare would be really good. I should try to hunt down the name of the tour guide… Arlen… he was Armenian, he knew he wanted to go to Cornell and persisted and got in… and he seemed really open to talking to people about his experience as a transfer student.</p>
<p>Yes my son and i visited Cornell about a week ago, so we can go for a tour, and the information session, while doing some roaming of our on of the campus. Thank you for the information hockeymama, my son would happy when i tell the information you told me. I don’t want him to give up or feel like he is not good enough, because he loves Cornell so much. Wow as a junior, that would inspire my son. I would contact Cornell admissions about the coursework, and thank you again hockeymama, bless you.</p>
<p>I am just a hopeful applying to ILR</p>
<p>The good news is that if he puts in all the effort to transfer, his chances are actually higher than they would be if he was applying as an incoming freshman.</p>
<p>Congrats Vivianvolka, you would definitely get in. His chances are higher? I did not know that, i thought transferring in would be harder.</p>
<p>Yes transfers have a much better chance of admission that incoming freshman. We’ve had numerous students from our high school rejected as high school seniors, but admitted as transfers after 1 to 4 semesters somewhere else.</p>
<p>Transfer admission to CAS and Engineering is limited and highly competitive. This fall only 34 transfers enrolled in CAS, and 23 in Engineering.</p>
<p>Cornell only accepts transfer students for the fall term?</p>
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<p>Depends on which of Cornell’s Colleges it is.</p>
<p>I think my son wants to apply to the liberal arts and sciences college, if i am not mistaken. Do you have to be a science major to apply to the liberal arts and sciences college though?</p>
<p>The college is Arts and Sciences, but can he apply to a different college such as, the college of Human Ecology even though he is not studying Ecology?</p>
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<p>The College of Human Ecology does not offer an Ecology major…</p>
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