<p>Scheme is similar to Lisp.</p>
<p>I prefer C first and then any combination of C++, Java, Scheme and assembler.</p>
<p>If you want a head start, go to <a href="http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php%5B/url%5D">http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php</a> and
view the CS61A,B,C lectures. You can find some good introductory CS math videos at Ars Digita University. Shai Simonson is excellent.</p>
<p>they aren't that hard.....i mean, they're not that easy, but if you got into Cornell I'm sure you'll do fine. Learn how to enjoy life, spend time with friends and family. Read a good book.</p>
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<p>Not everyone at Cornell have stellar gpas. Its called a bell curve. By definition, some students wind up doing poorly.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the great responses. I think I will now start off with Python.
What if I wake up early and study in the mornings, and really have fun with my friends in the evenings in the summer. Great plan? :P</p>
<p>I have recently received my financial aid package. I am offered some great scholarship! And now it is set that I will be going to Cornell! </p>
<p>Poor me! But I also have an English language problem. I got only a 590 and a 570 respectively on W and CR (though I had a 800 math). </p>
<p>Will coming a month earlier before school starts help my English at least a little bit? Are there any summer courses for international students at colleges (Cornell)? When I watch movies in English, honestly I don't understand 100%. What if I don't get professors' lecture?</p>
<p>Your English reads fine to me...</p>
<p>If you speak as well as you write, I don't think you need to worry too much. Your SAT score doesn't mean much, so don't take it too seriously.</p>
<p>You must learn calc 1, physics 1, and c++ or java in the summer.</p>
<p>Cornell has lots of Asian students and they know much more about science that American ones. And if they are from China and India, they probably know more maths and physics than you will learn in your lifetime. The average American high school grads can't compete with them at all.</p>
<p>For course materials, go to <a href="http://www.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">www.mit.edu</a> and click opencourseware. The rest is self-explanatory.</p>
<p>For physics, buy University Physics by Young & Freeman</p>
<p>For calculus, AVOID JAMES STEWART. IT IS VERY WATERED DOWN. Get "Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach" from amazon. ISBN=0486404536. It is only $17.79. Study the whole book if you can.</p>
<p>I hate java so much. I think Azureus is the only program that redeems it (and I still like uTorrent more). C# is where it's at. It's basically Java on steriods without the slowwwwwwass JRE. The only thing that I like Java for is the platform independent factor.</p>