<p>Is adderall use prevalent at Cornell?</p>
<p>I’m going to be transferring next semester and just wanted to know about your experience there. </p>
<p>How were academics? Difficult or impossible?
Also, how is the job search and how does ILR career services help one out? </p>
<p>I’m thinking to go into the business field (possible consulting or I-banking). I really like ILR’s well rounded program and flexibility. I possibly may want to go to law school as well so that’s why I chose ILR. However, I am concerned about finding finance/banking/consulting job after I graduate considering ILR places emphasis on HR, Labor, etc. Will ILR’s program help me break into the business field?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help!</p>
<p>Soooo I basically read through all 30 pages… Yippie. ahah</p>
<p>Someone brought up a question but it was never answered:
“… I was accepted as a Science of Natural and Environmental Systems (SNES). Does anyone know anything about this major? While the SNES major covers some biology, it seems to also involve some social/economic/political environmental policy courses. How different is a SNES major for a traditional Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major? As a straight-up Bio-Guy, will I be disappointed in either the curriculum content or the post-grad opportunities offered by the SNES major? For instance, is SNES a plausible path to med. school? Is SNES an academically difficult major? (Supposedly it is an interdisciplinary major, so I think it involves more chem and physics than a biol major.) Do you know if that is correct? … Is it possible to change my major? Should I try to change before or after I get to Cornell?”</p>
<p>I cut out the main information more or less related to me. I’m in SNES, but I am somewhat interested in AEM. I’m also not sure whether I should change SNES into something more bio based. Is it common for others to double major with AEM? Because it takes a while for my brain to completely soak in new information, would I even have time if I might plan on participating in a sorority (if not, then at least somewhat of a social life) and clubs?</p>
<p>& Honestly, what do you think is the average GPA? I am most likely planning to go to grad school so I hope the rigor of Cornell would hinder my chances.</p>
<p>Sorry for bombarding you guys with so many questions… Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t know that much about SNES and i can’t answer the specific questions about the curriculum…but I do have a good friend who is double majoring in SNES and AEM. He also has a part time job, is involved in a couple of clubs, and is in a upper tier fraternity (much more of a time commitment than a sorority). He’s not a super genius or anything, so I’d say based on my observations, that it’s definitely possible if its want you want to do!</p>
<p>I really have no idea what the average GPA is. I’m sure it varies a lot by school. Even the GPA requirement for dean’s list differs based on school.</p>
<p>Thanks alamode. I feel a bit less intimidated now. (For those who caught my typo, I meant “wouldn’t hinder” lol…)</p>
<p>Sorry if this question’s already been answered, but if I were to, how hard is it to transfer out of Cornell into another top institution?</p>
<p>“this was brought up in another thread… ->
do transfers and non-transfer students get along well?
Also, if you know anyone who transferred from a pretty decent college (but ranked lower than Cornell), how are they doing at Cornell now? (are they getting good grades?)”</p>
<p>I was a transfer last year, and had zero problems integrating into the non-transfer community (although, if you live on West, you’ll have a great circle of friends who are transfers as well). I think a lot of that had to do with joining Greek Life, but I am sure it can be done otherwise if you are fairly outgoing and make an effort to go out and meet new people.</p>
<p>I transferred from a state school with a 89% acceptance rate, where a great deal of the students have a GPA of less than 2.0, and is generally known as a “party” school. I’ve been able to get Dean’s list for 2 of the four semesters I’ve been here-- if you have decent time management skills, there is no reason that you can’t successfully transfer and get good grades/have a social life/ be involved on campus.</p>
<p>@WongTongTong:</p>
<p>I would not have that attitude before having attended Cornell. You may end up really liking it!</p>
<p>Also, in terms of top schools Cornell Engineering is outmatched only by CIT/MIT/Stanford, and at the undergrad level the differences aren’t that significant. I recommend joining the car racing team at Cornell; I know several freshmen Engineers there who already have high paying job offers.</p>