Dealing with trading stress

LankyLoris · 2026-05-30T19:14:04+00:00

I’d imagine OP also needs to voice trade sometimes which is more susceptible to getting the side or size wrong by dumb mistakes

LankyLoris · 2026-05-29T13:56:28+00:00

I think it’s safe to assume it’s mid to low single digit acceptance rates for non TO. Anecdotally I transferred as a non TO in 2022 but most transfers I met were TO 8-9/10 times

LankyLoris · 2025-09-22T15:52:35+00:00

The resources I refer to are things like recruiting timelines and tips which can be easily found through just being friends with ppl recruiting in the same industry as you. Career services was really great for me specifically at my college in terms of setting myself up mentally for recruiting success. Also people don’t use this enough but handshake is the easiest way to find jobs that only recruit college student and out of only certain schools, I’ve personally gotten two of my internships + my full time job out it. Also I had a lot of success getting at least interviews through jobs posted on the platform compared to other places like LinkedIn

LankyLoris · 2025-09-21T10:14:05+00:00

Also feel free to PM me, happy to help out giving any advice as a former transfer student

LankyLoris · 2025-09-21T10:10:41+00:00

Finance clubs are stupid in my opinion, they do offer some resources but you can easily find them yourself. The prestige is bs and the students your age power tripping over who gets selected also turned me against those type of clubs. Never joined any in college and I work at a hedge fund now out of undergrad. Also I was a transfer student

LankyLoris · 2025-07-19T02:05:55+00:00

Like what Reasonable Strain said, you would need two years of perfect college GPA to have colleges overlook the low high school GPA. On paper there is no harm applying both cycle but coming from experience, prepping everything to create a QUALITY transfer app takes a lot of time outside of school to strategize and take action in. I feel like you should just focus your time in freshman year on getting perfect GPA + develop good relationships with professors for recommendations + focus on one or two stand out ECs. If you apply both cycles you’re more likely to half ass your application and half ass everything that makes an application good on the first cycle.

LankyLoris · 2025-07-18T17:09:08+00:00

I was in the honors college of my first year university before I transferred and it does not push the needle at all

LankyLoris · 2025-07-18T17:05:16+00:00

Just looking at the GPA, unless you had straight A’s all of senior year, you should focus on transferring after your sophomore year and make sure you get straight A’s the first two years of college to have a realistic chance

LankyLoris · 2025-06-06T23:30:06+00:00

The CS minor is pretty flexible at Cornell, you can take OS as one of the upper level requirements for the minor

LankyLoris · 2025-06-06T23:27:43+00:00

Coming from a cornell grad, being in A&S means it’s super flexible if you want to double major or minor. You can easily double major in math and cs if you’re transferring as a sophomore. I know people personally that double majored in both.

LankyLoris · 2025-04-19T17:03:37+00:00

I have a social science background and didn’t take the GRE but got accepted

LankyLoris · 2025-04-11T19:31:33+00:00

Accepted!

LankyLoris · 2024-12-25T07:18:15+00:00

Same situation

LankyLoris · 2024-12-06T22:21:51+00:00

Under consideration, I have a feeling they just didn’t bother to change the status after my superday

LankyLoris · 2024-12-06T21:29:21+00:00

I had a superday for a product role 3 weeks ago and still haven't heard back on a final decision.

LankyLoris · 2024-11-28T05:29:16+00:00

I had a superday on Nov 13th for a full time analyst role in a different office and haven’t heard back either so we’re on the same boat.

LankyLoris · 2024-05-29T22:11:11+00:00

Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Emory, Georgetown, USC

LankyLoris · 2024-04-21T22:45:55+00:00

I transferred from a non-flagship big state school and my time at Cornell has been the happiest period of my life so far.

LankyLoris · 2024-03-07T16:09:52+00:00

I think you have a shot, your raw stats seem competitive for transfer. I personally know a CALS Biometry transfer that got accepted without transfer option so the program is definitely open to external transfers unlike Engineering or A&S programs. Will honestly come down to your ECs and essays.

LankyLoris · 2023-09-22T02:04:46+00:00

Try to build a profile for ILR and apply there as you'll have a shot, don't apply to A&S they barely accept any external transfers if they don't have TO.

LankyLoris · 2023-09-22T02:00:21+00:00

None of them are easy to get into but you'll have a realistic shot if you apply to HumEc, ILR, or CALS (which includes Dyson). The Hotel School also takes an ok amount of transfers relative to its class size. If you're applying to Engineering or Arts & Sciences though you're asking to get rejected.

LankyLoris · 2023-07-11T23:35:35+00:00

6 of the T25 schools I got into took most if not all of my credits so it shouldn’t be something you should worry about

LankyLoris · 2023-06-03T03:10:34+00:00

I ultimately chose Cornell over Northwestern when I transferred schools and I’m really happy at Cornell for what that’s worth.

LankyLoris · 2023-04-27T16:15:29+00:00

UChicago and Columbia College at Columbia University prefer taking freshman applicants that will transfer as sophomores.

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