I am currently studying at Haverford College but I’m looking to use my guaranteed transfer to transfer into Cornell next year. The only problem I have is that Cornell requires me to have 2 semesters of Biology in order to transfer (I’m going in as a Biology Major). However, my college only offers Biology courses to Sophomores. I contacted Cornell and they advised me to take Biology courses at nearby colleges, perhaps community colleges, over the Winter/Summer to make up the credit. The Registrar also said that "In most cases students that need to take both Biology I and II over the summer will enroll in a 3 or 5 week Bio I course, followed by a 3 or 5 week Bio II course. "
I’ve looked around and haven’t found much. Has anyone else been in the same situation? Does anyone know where/when I could go to make up both semesters of Biology?
Thanks in advance!
On a side note: I messaged QCC about taking both Gen Bio I and Gen Bio II over the summer. They responded by saying that since Bio I is offered at the end of the summer, the timing wouldn’t work. They then advised that I take Gen Bio I over the winter if it was offered. However it wasn’t on last year’s syllabus, http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/winter/ , so I’m assuming it won’t be on this year’s either.
Why not ask the office at Cornell which made the reference? Such truncated courses, and then at a community college, would leave me wondering about the rigor of the coursework, I must say.
You’re a freshman? Did you know you would enter Haverford and immediately transfer? Is there something you find intensely displeasing there?
OP applied to Cornell last year and was put in this “guaranteed transfer” as a sophomore to Cornell. A nasty policy that hurts other colleges retention rate.
Looking at QCC’s website, the Winter session is an extra short session, and a course like Biology would not typically be offered during those sessions. What you would want to do is take Bio I during the Spring semester (Jan-May) and then take Bio 2 during one of the summer sessions. The summer sessions will be challenging because you will be condensing a semester’s worth of work into 5 or 7 weeks. Be prepared to work hard! You can also look at other schools, especially other community colleges. The community college near me in upstate New York offers Bio 1 and Bio 2 in a sequence in the summer. You would eat, breathe and drink Bio but you’d get it done.