<p>argh no fair… My friend said she knew someone with a 30 credits though at Cnell and she was busy but handled it. I mean it seems like I can’t do 30 anywhere, but Cornell. </p>
<p>Maybe I might try 14 my first sem then go beyond that. I mean I really don’t care about GPA, just the challenge. But I guess 14 credits at cornflakes is a challenge. hmmm…</p>
<p>you don’t strike me as someone I would like very much.</p>
<p>ouch harsh</p>
<p>Castiel, what the f***??</p>
<p>^???</p>
<p>^You are off your rocker if you think 30 credits “wouldn’t be too bad.” Yeesh. Seriously?</p>
<p>lol. Well I never said it would be easy, but why not? My guidance counselor told me in h.s. to never take more than 4 AP’s at once and to not skip calc because I would fail. I did it anyways and didn’t get a 4.0 but did well enough (3.7)</p>
<p>If someone can get 8 majors (a sick amount of credits per semester) then I should at least try it and see how it goes. If I fail lesson learned. I mean where else could I try such a thing, other than Cornell.So why not? only live life once.</p>
<p>^30 credit hours seriously? that is wayyy beyond the mark of challenging yourself haha
i would aim for 19-21 credits if i wanted to challenge myself, even that is a BIG challenge</p>
<p>thanks a lot ironic 
any advice for the 150 words activity essay??
ahhh I want cornell soo badly haha!!</p>
<p>castiel, i think you might need to lay off the crack for a while lol. you won’t be patted on the back or praised for taking 18+ credits and doing badly (or even just doing average). no one will be lenient and if i remember correctly, you’re aiming for med school. med schools will definitely not give a rat’s butt if you’re taking too many credits and think that you can get away with a bad/mediocre gpa. stay within the normal range. no one cares how many majors/minors you have when it comes time for grad/professional school. </p>
<p>madi - write about something that you’re actually interested in, even if it doesn’t relate to your major. you could seriously writing about baking cakes, basketball, or knitting scarves with your grandma if you want, as long as you like it</p>
<p>This probably sounds like a stupid reference, but for those who read harry potter, when Voldemort was 16 he asked his teacher what would happen if he split his soul into 2, for horcruxes. The teacher told him its incredibly dangerous and not to do it.He said only an insane person could do it. But voldemort didn’t care. and he wanted to go above and beyond and ended up splitting his soul into 8. 2 was unheard of, and 8 was just insane. But he tried it. And succeeded. I see majors as soul splitting(literally and figuratively haha) so why not go far beyond whats expected. You can either kill yourself or find ur max potential, like voldemort. </p>
<p>If i dont get into med school since I wanted to do something challenging then I could live with it. What I wouldn’t be able to live with is having the chance to do what that kid with 8 majors did and not doing it. I mean he did it with no one else but him to guide him! Probably broke a world record or something. If I could get half as many majors as he did I would consider myself happy. But something in me wants more, I kind of want to beat him. It sounds crazy, and is probably just a thought, but I’ve been talking to CALS and currently am trying to work something out. </p>
<p>Wouldn’t that be just crazy if I didn’t fail. Idk, the possibilities are endless. Gotta try. just got to. </p>
<p>lmao at lay of the crack. Great now this entire thread thinks im insane…But I read articles of triple majors getting into med school and double majors. Med schools have 5% acceptance rates and some even lower! How else am I supposed to distinguish myself 
Even if they don’t care I would just want to try it myself just one sem to see what would happen! surely you know people at Cornell with 25+ credits ironically?</p>
<p>Also this is ALL under the assumption I even get into Cornell! Which could or could not happen. I am keeping my chin up and hoping for the best though, but its all theory. I haven’t done anything yet. NYU caps me at 18 and for now that’s where I am staying. I definetely have to meet with the advisor of Cornell if I do get in, I have like 3 pages of questions to ask him/her lol. </p>
<p>But I seemed to pull the cc topic away from Cornell and on to me, which I strongly apologize for. I definetly didn’t intend to make the last few pages all about me. </p>
<p>So back to Cornell: for those of you that visited, how do you guys like the campus? I think it’s really gorgeous!!! But the snow is insane. haha good thing I like the cold. 1.5 months for decisions as the above poster said! I can’t wait!!!</p>
<p>^^^ Dude… you compared yourself to Lord Voldemort…</p>
<p>■■■?</p>
<p>castiel - nope. the most i know of is someone with 18, and he’s in architecture so it’s mostly studio</p>
<p>and word, i love the cold. i think i’m the only truly happy person walking around when it’s snowing.</p>
<p>@ ironic. It is impossible to take 30 units, unless you are stacking up with easy GEs. If you were to have 30 units with lab, that does not fit your schedule UNLESS you only sleep for 5 hours a day, and eat only breakfast or dinner. Also, HARRY POTTER IS A FICTION… TRY TO COMPARE YOURSELF WITH NON-FICTIONAL CHARACTERS!!!
and I don’t buy that 8 major guy. I would buy it if he minored in 7, but 8? Was he able to graduate in 4 years? or did he switch his major 8 times?
Why don’t you try to be good, more like professional, at one thing instead of knowing a lot of thing. As you compared yourself with fictional character, I will talk about Sherlock Holmes. When Watson was talking about solar system, Holmes said: “What the deuce is it to me?” he interrupted impatiently; “you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.” One of my favorite quotes. I think it would be better to be professional at one thing rather than just being a mediocre at A LOT OF thing… pointless.</p>
<p>omg Voldemort!!!</p>
<p>Hi, guys. Just a quick question, if I want to explain I will finish my bio courses with lab in summer school( I am applying CALS as a junior), which address should I email?</p>
<p>@2010 Ya, I was also wondering the same thing. How do we “prove” we will be taking a bio class?</p>
<p>@ironically: yeah my roommate went there this weekend, and the snow was piled feet high! my interviewer last year said that some people even slip on ice and get hurt. Ouch.</p>
<p>to everyone else: It was just a comparison, no where in the world did I say I was Lord Voldemort. And people compare themselves to fictional characters all the time…essayists do it all the time. Just drop it. Talk about something else, because I have my mind set and I’ll see what I can do.</p>
<p>and no that 8 major guy did not graduate in 4 years, and went there during summer as well. also had ap credits.also I hope you realize that is exactly what I want: to sleep for 5 hours and eat only breakfast and dinner.</p>
<p>and since when is the definition of good and more professional only knowing one thing? But like I said let’s forget this conversation ever happened. </p>
<p>azonic and 2010: send a letter with your app stating what classes you plan to take. Also, email <a href=“mailto:cals.admissions@cornell.edu”>cals.admissions@cornell.edu</a> or something its called, just go to cals undergrad website and contact, the email is there.</p>
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Dude, not only did you compare yourself to Voldemort (why would you do that?!), you put him up on a pedestal…</p>
<p>I did nothing of the sort. I said he found his maximum potential, whether it be in the good or bad, and in this case bad. Not all characters have a singular connotation to them. You can see what you choose too, in this case I see an evil, but smart and risk taking individual.</p>
<p>and nowhere in there did I say I am voldemort, I said I see majors as soul splitting so why not go and beyond like Voldemort did with his “soul splitting”.</p>
<p>And can you let it go and talk about something else please? thanks.</p>