<p>this kid in arts& sci screwed up his grades, so he’s attempting to transfer from arts& sci to engineering (not a very bright person) to rectify his gpa…</p>
<p>and his parents are willing to donate 500k, yes, 500k, to, ah, *ease * that process a bit.</p>
<p>not that i’m commending this act, or anything, but is the money even necessary?
what is the transfer policy@ cornell anyways?</p>
<p>not that i want to help this d**k but now i’m curious.</p>
<p>I will try not to bring up the stereotypes about these two colleges in this discussion. However, I truly believe that if one is hardly successful in one college in Cornell, it will be VERY difficult for him/her to be successful in any other colleges, especially from A&S to Eng (or vice versa).</p>
<p>I don’t know if the money is necessary or not, but the committee who is in charge of reviewing the application for transfer among colleges would have to decide whether the decision for transferring would benefit the student (i.e., whether (s)he could be successful after transferring or not). Also, the person will have to take engineering classes to show the intention of transferring. Doing so will also show how his/her grades are going to be after transferring - an indication of how likely (s)he is going to succeed after transferring.</p>
<p>How would transferring from A&S to Eng rectify his GPA…?
Aren’t Eng classes usually a lot harder and have lower median grades?</p>
<p>like i said, the guy isn’t very intelligent.
he just hides in mommy and daddy’s wallet when he gets into a spot of trouble </p>
<p>but he did make me curious about the whole process.
i also see a lot of posts where applicants debate whether they should
apply to college x. they don’t want to go to simply b/c it has a higher acceptance rate,
and plan on transferring to college y.</p>
<p>Not sure what you meant by:
</p>
<p>Depends on the major in engineering but internal transfers into engineering are very rare. Usually people leave eng to goto A&S, not vice versa. </p>
<p>The money wont do the kid any good in all likelihood as an internal transfer unless his parents get chummy with Skorton or someone else important. The minimum GPA required for ALL engineering fields is a ball-breaker unless you are good with Calculus, Physics, and analytical problems.</p>
<p>Out of the people in the eng school I know that I would not consider bright the ones that are successful work their butts off, the others fail and transfer into A&S.</p>
<p>awww now that’s a bit offensive seeing as i’m in a&s and darn proud of it 
i’m sure that’s not you meant though…right?</p>
<p>@fr3nds04-
i meant that there are some who apply to colleges that reputedly have higher acceptance rates, with the intention of transferring to another college they really want to get in once accepted.</p>
<p>for instance, a ny resident might apply to cals, with the intention of transferring to say, ARTS AND SCIENCES:) once they’re accepted</p>
<p>I did not mean that to be derisive of A&S in the least. I don’t think there are any “easy” majors at this damned place. What I mean is that the demands placed upon Engineers, thanks in part to the high ranking of the college, drive those engineers who cannot satisfy the requirements to leave the college because, logistically, it’s the only thing they can do.</p>
<p>yeah, i hear engineering is a beast, which is why i found my pal’s ingenious plan a tad idiotic.</p>
<p>" the others fail and transfer into A&S. "
Transfer into CAS following poor performance would hardly be a shoo-in.
This actually came up at this past weekend’s CAS info session.</p>
<p>The retention rate in COE is actually very high, especially for an engineering college.</p>
<p>well, that doesn’t make much sense. transferring from A/S to Engineering is unlikely to help the kid’s GPA at all. Both schools are very very demanding and challenging. </p>
<p>uhh… it might possibly help to donate money, but it is still highly pathetic. if i were that kid, I’d either transfer to another college that’s less rigorous than cornell, or buckle down and get A LOT of academic help from tutors and such. or transfer to an easier major in A/S.</p>