Students Refect: Internal Transfers

By MARIAN CABALLO Sun Staff Writer

Nearly 80 majors are offered among the colleges and schools at Cornell, and finding the right one requires some students to transfer to other colleges and schools after admission.

Prospective students apply for admission into one of Cornell’s eight undergraduate colleges and schools: the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, the College of Engineering, the College of Human Ecology, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.

Upon further exploration of the University’s academic resources, students may decide to transfer internally.

“‘Any person, any study’ is 100 percent compatible with students’ exploring their interests and learning that their goals have changed,” wrote Jonathan Burdick, vice provost for Enrollment, in an email to The Sun. “If that self-discovery is happening to a Cornell student, at any point after the first semester of enrollment, they’re eligible to apply for an internal transfer.”

This was the case for Isabel Hou ’24, who transferred from the Nolan School of Hotel Administration to ILR last fall as her interests shifted from business to law.

“The ILR curriculum is much better suited for me as a student with a desire to pursue classes that focus on analytical writing and critical thinking,” Hou told The Sun. “I am certain I made the right decision in transferring.”

Kayciel Ramos ’24 switched from Dyson to CALS last fall to pursue a major in information science.

“[Transferring] was sparked by not feeling motivated or engaged in the classes and not doing well,” Ramos said.

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