<p>I have three questions. If you respond, I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>1) Cornell's website says:
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*Advanced-placement credit will count toward the graduation requirement but not always toward major or distribution requirements.
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So to satisfy the Calculus I prerequisite for CALS/AEM, will I have to retake Calculus I (I'm already taking, or "retaking," Calculus II because my school wouldn't give me a higher-level math class my first semester) even though I got a 5 in Calculus BC in high school?</p>
<p>2) How do I figure out the parallels between courses, and whether they will transfer? Two of Cornell AEM's prerequisites are Biology I and II, without labs, but none of my school's biology offerings (which are severely limited since my school's not very diverse in academia) match that really. The closest-named courses that my school offers are Principles of Biology I, and II, but they include labs, and are 4.5 credits--and like 6 hours--instead of 3 credits. I don't want to waste 6 hours a week in a worthless class, especially since no one in my college even takes these classes besides (the few) science majors.</p>
<p>3) Speaking of wasting time . . . As of now, I'm nowhere near competitive for Cornell. My GPA in high school was like 3.0, I took barely any AP courses, I had no leadership positions, nothing really, although I did work all throughout high school and had a 2200+ SAT score. But I really want to go, as ****ing vain and pathetic as it is, the college I'm in isn't even ranked, and I've convinced myself that as a junior transfer I will have done enough to prove I'm worthy and will have beat the odds. Please convince me that my chances are so low that I should drop my plans and not even think about Cornell again, so I don't waste my time.</p>