<p>If you are going to be a science major you will take enough other science courses that any questions about the rigor of the CC courses will be answered by your results at Cornell. </p>
<p>If you are not a science major, then I agree with BDM that it would help to take enough science at Cornell to prove your point. How much is this? Ask your premed advisors. This is similar to someone who APs out of the intro science courses and does not major in science. The premed people should be able to help you figure out how much, and what, courses you need to take. It probably does not have to be a huge amount, and I would be surprised if you need 2 per semester for the rest of college. That is enough to get a science degree, and you do not have to do that for med school. </p>
<p>Your score on the MCAT is also going to be important. The higher it is, the less anyone will care that you did a year of CC before Cornell.</p>
<p>If you did CC for financial reasons, and did well at Cornell, then at least some of the people on the admissions committees will love you for “distance travelled.”</p>