<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I was looking into the New College of Florida. I like how they are an honor's college and they have small classes. The only thing that concerns me is that the professors do not give out grades; they give out evaluations. I wonder if this would hurt my chances getting into veterinary school. I am interested in doing the Biology major there. It seems as though many of the new college students get into ivy leagues for grad school. I think this would help me get into Cornell which has the #1 veterinary school in the nation. New College of Florida is also affordable for me since I am a Florida resident and they have Bright Futures. I noticed that the college will transfer a maximum of 52 credits. If I apply for spring I will have 63, but if I apply for Fall I will have 82. If anyone can chance me and give me some information, that would be highly appreciative. </p>
<p>Here are my stats:
- I have a 3.65 unweighted GPA
- I have all A's in my prereq courses
- I will have an AA degree from a Florida public community college
- I work at the school and I'm a certified tutor; I help mostly with science and math.
- I am president of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society</p>
<p>Is your GPA from the CC or from your high school? How are your SAT/ACT scores?</p>
<p>Otherwise, with a good essay you should be okay…but I think to get a more accurate picture of how all this will work for you with transferring credit, you should speak to someone in admissions.</p>
<p>New College does have an excellent biology program and graduates are competitive for admission to elite post graduate programs. While you don’t have grades, most schools will consider you an A student if you pass all your contracts. Not only will you have very detailed evaluations from professors on your transcripts, you will also have a thesis to include as supplemental material on your post grad applications…something that really makes NCF students stand-out.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>That was my GPA for college. I did speak with admissions today! They said I would have to take some tests for some courses. For example, I will have to be tested on my general chemistry. I guess at new college, I will have to take a test to see if I can move on to organic chem. I’m not sure why they do this. I have A’s in my science courses. How do you know that schools will still consider students as “A” students if they pass the contract? What if there is a case when the professor thinks you are a “C” student? I’m just curious on how that works.</p>