<p>You can actually do those things for gym class! I'm in! (loooove skiing!)</p>
<p>Premeds don't have to take either Multi or Diff. Premeds in all colleges only have to take 111 (calc 1), and 112 (calc 2) is "encouraged". Nothing beyond 112, though (multi and diff are both 200-levels)</p>
<p>d@nte, there's a big ski/snowboard club here that's very active.</p>
<p>How different is Cornell from high school, socially? Is the student body clique-y or welcoming?</p>
<p>As a premed I accepted Calc AP credit so to satisfy med schools' math requirements I actually took both Math 213 (Multivariable Calc) and Math 221 (Linear Algebra w/ diff equations) freshman year. Fun times.</p>
<p>Cornell's a lot larger than HS so you're not going to know everyone like you would in HS. People eventually develop a group of close friends that they hang out with but because the school is so large you get to meet new people every semester. I've found that freshman year is the best time to make friends.</p>
<p>How much calf muscle do people build their first few months at Cornell? :)</p>
<p>I was used to walking for 45 minutes each way from home to my HS so walking to class at Cornell wasn't a big deal for me. Once you get into your sophomore and junior years and live on West (ie have to climb up Libe Slope), that's when you become really fit.</p>
<p>Hey, cornellstudent09, very nice to know you. I am currently a student in a big state university and considering transfer to CALS. My question is what is the real differeces bewteen the endow college and state-contract college in Cornell? Since I really don't get used to the big lecture class (in fact this is the one reason that I consider to transfer), what is the ratio between facility and student in the state-contract college? Thank you!</p>
<p>Hey for the placement exams.. If I haven't taken Bio AP yet, do I get credits for Bio 101 if I passed its placement exam? Or do I just get the permission to take harder courses? Also, if I can get the credits for Bio 101 for example, the credits would counted towards Med School's requirement right? Thanks!</p>
<p>Also is there a lot of different placement exams avalible? I read on CC that with the exams I can skip most of the intro courses, such as math 192. But on the orientation schedule (<a href="http://newstudentprograms.cornell.edu/orientation/placement.html%5B/url%5D">http://newstudentprograms.cornell.edu/orientation/placement.html</a>) I could only see the ones with equivalent difficulty as AP Math BC exams, and there are not many different exams too.</p>
<p>Med schools generally will not accept AP credits for bio. Even if you skip intro bio, you would still have to take two upper level bio courses w/ labs in order to satisfy the bio requirement for med school. This is because med schools know that high school bio AP classes are a joke. My advice: Take Bio 101-104 at Cornell.</p>
<p>Mak5im, just as a side note, you probably don't want to skip 192 unless you're a genius at math. 191, sure, but almost everyone takes 192, just because it's MUCH harder than anything you could encounter in high school and is very engineering-specific, and you probably won't be prepared if you take en engineering 200-leve right off the bat.</p>
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I'm in the same boat as orange and is interested in maybe switching into other school (from engineering to architechture...or maybe bio?). When is it considered too late for such thing?</p>
<p>I applied to CALS for Biology becaus they told me CALS would be more science oriented. However, now that I know I have to take half the classes for my major from Endowed Colleges (Physics, Chemistry, Math, English ect) and I would have to take additional CALS classes outside of Biology that I am not interested in, I want to transfer to CAS. Can I do this even before I start at CALS?</p>
<p>Hey i was just wondering about the places where you can get haircuts at Cornell. I'm asking because my hair is always cut badly whenever I go away for extended periods of time. I'm sure the stylists at Cornell are trustworthy, but I've had many bad experiences with coming out of a different place after a haircut with my hair completely different than what I wanted.</p>
<p>@norcalguy- how were multi and diff at cornell cause my teacher currently does proofs everyday its insane. do you suggest i repeat precal + cal for a higher GPA for premed since gpa is really important?</p>
<p>also for intro languages courses, do they expect you to know basics or do they start from scratch? cause im thinking of mandarin maybe but i dont know anything even though im mandarin -_-</p>
<p>Multivariable was taught extremely poorly. Linear algebra I liked a lot more. Both were okay in terms of difficulty. I wouldn't recommend taking precalc at Cornell (I don't even know if such a class exists) but you can definitely retake Calc I and II at Cornell as a premed. If you take multivariable and/or linear algebra you can expect at least 1 proof per prelim. The only thing is that you would forfeit your AP credits. I got 8 credits applied towards the 120 I need to graduate so that's like saving me two classes.</p>
<p>Chinese 109-110 is pretty insane. My roommate who's a pretty smart guy took it and found it to be his most difficult class. It is very time consuming. A lot writing essays in Chinese and a lot of memorization of words. Chinese 101-102 I don't really know about.</p>
<p>For language courses, is there some sort of diagnostic test that you could take in order to find out which course is at a suitable level for you? I'd also like to take Mandarin but have no idea which course I would choose, as I have done some Mandarin, but haven't taken it that far.</p>
<p>What's the difference between bio in CALS and bio in A&S? Can you get a B.S. if you do bio in A&S?</p>
<p>No. You will be awarded a BA. There's no difference in terms of how it's considered by employers or grad schools. The major requirements are the same but for CAS you have a lot more liberal arts requirements outside of the major which is why you are given a BA rather than a BS. </p>
<p>Plus, you're eligible for induction into Phi Beta Kappa (the oldest and most prestigous honor society in the country). Since it is an liberal arts honor society only CAS students are eligible for the Cornell chapter.</p>