<p>well the intro bio courses will cover pretty much all the bio you need on the MCAT (and as a bio major you’ll have to take them anyway) whereas evo bio will not do much for you in terms of that test.</p>
<p>-I think you are a bio major (correct me if I’m wrong) so you dont have a choice. Since cornell no longer accepts AP credit for bio, you have to take 2 out of those 3 introductory modules</p>
<p>keep in mind that not taking a course your first semester isn’t in any way disqualifying you from taking it in the future. even if you’re really enthusiastic putting it off by a semester is no big deal, because you will have so much time to take it in the future. (I found this adjustment a bit difficult after taking most classes for an entire year during high school.) if you took the intro bio that was ecology there would probably be a lot of evolution themes highlighted.</p>
<p>does anyone ever take 2 of the 3 intro classes 1st semester to get them over with?</p>
<p>That would be a smart thing to do I think. For a more focused student at least getting all the required intro courses over and done with would enable him to declare major affiliation sooner and move on to more relevant and challenging major courses where the student’s primary interest may lie. </p>
<p>Even if you aren’t a focused student, it’s still probably better to take multiple intro courses and finish them off. Frees up room for better courses later on. </p>
<p>No point in prolonging the ordeal, is there?</p>
<p>“Since cornell no longer accepts AP credit for bio”</p>
<p>since when does cornell not accept ap credit for bio? the website claims that students can take 8 intro credits for a 5 or 4 credits for a 4</p>
<p>hmmm i don’t know about taking multiple intro courses @ once.
i mean, this is cornell we’re talking about here, and we’re in our freshman year.
classes are difficult, and we’re all going to be adjusting to a big change.
would it really be all that wise to be too ambitious from the start?
besides, isn’t there a credit limit as well?</p>
<p>to each his own, i guess.</p>
<p>Credit limit is pretty huge, dude.</p>
<p>Speaking again from my own (engineering) perspective, which may be out of place in a pre-med’s thread but still may be helpful: Engineers have to take a number of intro courses depending on their majors. Some all have to take, like MATH 1910 and PHYS 1112, other you may not have to if your intended major does not require it, like BIO 11XX.</p>
<p>In any event, there are at least three intro courses all engineers must take excluding PE classes and writing seminars. It would make sense, especially for an engineer lacking any Advance Placement credit (AP, IB or otherwise) to take these in the first semester and get them out of the way. For math all engineers have to take the fixed sequence 1910, 1920, 2930 and 2940, which pretty much reserves one class a semester for math, all freshman and sophomore year.</p>
<p>So I’m going to hazard that IMHO, getting requirements out of the way is the better course of action.</p>
<p>numbers, numbers, numbers.
ap scores, class numbers, credit numbers X(</p>
<p>there needs to be like this scheduling god who holds in his sacred hands
the right course of action for ea. student.</p>
<p>btw, suze, you know what i’m going to do @ cornell?
i’m gonna hunt you down, apologize for my behavior (the devil takes over me @ cc posts) and nag you about physics when i have to get through that course.</p>
<p>ahhh physics. the good ol’ times when my grades dropped from 98’s to 33’s.
on quizzes of course :P</p>
<p>Cornell still accepts credit for AP bio, Intellectual5, but it just can’t count toward the Biological Sciences major anymore. that’s new this year.</p>
<p>^so can we use credits to get out of intro courses and just take more upper-level courses. or is 2 intro mandatory no matter what?</p>
<p>if ur a bio major, u have to take 2 intro modules</p>