<p>I'm only a lowly freshmen in his second semester but I'd like the attention :D!</p>
<p>would you make the same choice to go to cornell now that you have been there for 1/2 year?
what are the good points and bad points?</p>
<p>do u make friends mostly from classes? or from clubs or from sports?</p>
<p>Is it possible to graduate on time as a CALS biological sciences major while only taking 4 classes per semester?</p>
<p>would you make the same choice to go to cornell now that you have been there for 1/2 year?
what are the good points and bad points? </p>
<p>I’d say so. It’s close to home, was my top choice, and has of course the reputation. Good points - it’s beautiful in terms of nature, if you need help in any aspect of your college life there is someone to advise you, I’ve found professors who genuinely take an interest in their students, including one who I got to know and has given me some insight on the future. The weather isn’t that bad honestly. I’m from NYC so it isn’t too bad of a change, but I know people from say the South or midwest who aren’t as acclimated to it. The ‘middle of nowhere’ complaint doesn’t really affect me that me. There’s college town and relatively close urban centers. Sometimes it’s difficult to get a straight answers though, because there are so many people you can talk to, things might not be clear. I also hate the bandwidth cap lol. DC++ is great though. These are pretty minor though. I also thought I would finally escape ******bags, but alas T_T. Overall, I’m glad to be here though. </p>
<p>do u make friends mostly from classes? or from clubs or from sports? </p>
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<p>Is it possible to graduate on time as a CALS biological sciences major while only taking 4 classes per semester? </p>
<p>I would think so.
[Cornell</a> Biology :: Core Requirements](<a href=“Biological Sciences | CALS”>Biological Sciences | CALS)</p>
<p>what about 3 classes per semester?</p>
<p>I hope I am not intruding into the thread too badly, but I’m a current CALS bio major so I think I can probably say more about socceroc93’s question.</p>
<p>first of all, it really depends on what you’re bringing in in terms of AP credit, not in bio but in other courses. you can check on that info here: <a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/downloads/adv_placement_intl_credentials.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/downloads/adv_placement_intl_credentials.pdf</a>
and here’s the CALS graduation requirements:
<a href=“http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/registrar/current-students/cals-graduation/upload/New-Grad-Requirements-effective-SP-2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/registrar/current-students/cals-graduation/upload/New-Grad-Requirements-effective-SP-2011.pdf</a></p>
<p>but besides just overloading you with links, I am curious about why you would want to take only 3 classes per semester. I do not think there are many combinations of three classes where you could get over the 12 credit minimum to be a full-time student. I have taken 4 classes a semester for most of the past semesters, and it has certainly worked out for me in terms of bio major prerequisites. I started out with lots of AP credit, though, so I did not have to take a lot of general CALS requirements.</p>
<p>^ are you a premed student (assuming from bio major)
Do you think using your AP Credits to skip those lower level courses in science made life harder for you / made it harder for you to get a good GPA because now you need to take higher level courses? What should premeds do?</p>
<p>no, I’m not premed (and never was, never wanted to be.)
I used my AP credits to fulfill CALS requirements, like the writing/oral communication and humanities requirements. I got credit for a language AP I took, for example, and a history one. I think this is a great way to go, and I would recommend it to every type of CALS student. I chose not use AP credits to jump ahead in the biology major because I thought it was important to take critical intro courses at Cornell. I can’t know how this decision affected my GPA, because I’m just not sure how I would have performed if I’d taken a more advanced science course straight away.
for premeds specifically, I think that most med schools want to see certain courses taken in college, not covered with AP credit, and you will want to check those lists carefully to ensure that you are actually taking those courses. I have to admit that I have not investigated this very carefully, since it doesn’t pertain to me directly, but I do know that such requirements do exist.</p>
<p>I see. Is there a good job market for bio majors (all types) in Cornell after they graduate do you think? I am planning to be a bio major too and i want something to fall back on.</p>
<p>Of the biology majors I knew, that I know what happened to, two are biology professors and one is a HS science teacher. Most of the future doctors I knew from there didn’t major in biology, curiously enough.</p>