<p>Ok I was definitely crazy when I first posted that schedule...after looking at it, with the AP credit I should have I could take no more than 4 major courses in any semester and still finish graduation requirements in 7 semesters for a major in Operations Research and a minor in Engineering Management. </p>
<p>And man, the courses look so interesting. :)</p>
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<li>when do we get to pick classes?</li>
<li>when do we get an academic advisor?</li>
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<p>which school has the highest and lowest graduation rate?</p>
<p>Is the economics program at cornell good? And how hard, workload etc, would you rate the major on a scale from 1-10(10 being the hardest)?</p>
<p>abike11:
1. Depends on your school. CAS you have to pick classes when you arrive and get your slips approved/stamped for some classes. For CALS and Human Ecology, your classes are pre-assigned. I don't know about the others.
2. You get an advisor automatically assigned to you and you meet with them during the first week/second week of orientation. This advisor is not really very helpful. When you declare a major, you get an advisor that's more relevant to your field of study.</p>
<p>megaman123:
I'm currently an econ major at Cornell. I find the economics program to be fair. Though econ is not an easy major, compared to many others, the workload is fairly light. In order to declare for econ, you only need 101, 102 and Math 111 (equivalent of Calc AB). After that, I believe you need to take an additional 8 classes that are 300 and higher. The average grade for 101 and 102 is a B/B+. However, with a little hard work, you can do a lot better than the average. The curves in those classes only curve up, not down. If you'd like more info, feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>I was accepted ED to CAS as a Biology major (path of premed) and I have a few questions:</p>
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<li><p>If I have AP credit for some classes, then should I not place out of any classes (for example biology) since I want to maximize my GPA?</p></li>
<li><p>When I sent in my application I wrote that I would take a community college psychology course. But since I need to register based on a rolling registration (high school students can only sign up after all the regular students are done, sometimes leaving no room), would I get rescinded by Cornell for not being able to get the course?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you think I would be able to get an A in intro. biology course if I got a 5 on AP Bio and 750 on SATII biology? What if I studied the material for hours and hours isolated like a hermit in one of the corners in the library? Would this still not help get a grade at least above the curve, or is everyone just so smart that I would risk popping a blood vessel? From what I hear I almost, I said almost, regret getting accepted into Cornell because I might have had a fair shot at somewhere like Stanford or Duke. Do you think the grade inflation is significantly higher at those schools?</p></li>
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<p>Oh one more question.</p>
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<li>How much do office hours help? Is it like a 1-to-1 thing or is it like a group of students? Do they ever hint at what will be on the test?</li>
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<p>How would you maximize your GPA if you don't test out of things? Those credits just make it so you don't have to take intro courses, they don't give you a grade in those courses, right? Aren't intro courses supposed to be the "hardest" classes, anyway?</p>
<p>I have a question about transferring college credits... If I am taking an intro Italian class at U Albany as a high school senior, and will be getting 4-8 credits (depending on whether I decide to do this again next semester... aka, will I really want to work at it?), will the GPA transfer from U Albany and count for/against my GPA at Cornell? I am unfamiliar with this aspect of credit transfers... I really want a clean slate at Cornell... unless I can pull a 4.0 our of my @$$.... that would require a 97 (and some actual work) this marking period...</p>
<p>You get a grade in all courses unless you take them pass/fail. Some courses are only pass/fail, such as phys ed (based on attendance), but you will get grades in your intro courses.</p>
<p>The intro courses are designed to give you an idea of what you want to do. You'll be taking a variety of things so you can say, "I liked this, I didn't like that, that was way too hard..."</p>
<p>Biology is not so ridiculously hard that if you study a lot, you can't get an A. I know plenty of people who took it and received an A. On the flip side, I know plenty of people who didn't, lol.</p>
<p>How hard is intro to psych</p>
<p>litagee what are you majoring in?</p>
<p>Intro to psych is not hard but getting in as a freshmen can be a little difficult. Even though the class is very large, the demand is very high. There is always a waiting list. Dr. Maas is a very charismatic and popular lecturer. If you can, you should try and catch his "seminar" about sleep and peak performance during orientation week.</p>
<p>i just recieved my financial aid package wasn't great
1.how do you pay for college
2. loans- how do u getthem without a cosigner</p>
<p>I don't know if you can get a loan without a cosigner.</p>
<p>I don't know much about FA...</p>
<p>not to get personal but do u recieve FA and do u do work study sparticus or any other cornellians?</p>
<p>I am not on FA, but don't worry; I really don't deserve it. I don't do work study, but I do have a campus job. They're easy to get, and for FWS students, you have the advantage of being half the cost of a non-FWS student. (the government pays half of your salary) It's very attractive to employers.</p>
<p>What's FWS?</p>
<p>Federal Work Study I think. It also stands for Freshmen Writing Seminar, heheh.</p>