<p>How much can your grades drop for Cornell to not want you anymore? Say, what if your GPA drops from 4.0 from when you applied to 3.0 last semester?</p>
<p>anyone? thanks :D</p>
<p>you need to provide more context. are you a senior in high school, a transfer? did your overall GPA drop like that, meaning you probably failed many courses, or did you just have an off semester?</p>
<p>I just graduated high school.</p>
<p>I hope they will see it as an “off” semester lol. I didn’t fail any courses, but I got my first C in high school. My overall GPA is 3.67 but for this semester, I have a 3.0. All my other semesters, I had a 4.0, so it’s somewhat a big drop.</p>
<p>xD</p>
<p>I am sure that’s not a problem. you passed all of your classes, and got decent grades in most of them to balance out the C. don’t worry.</p>
<p>thanks! 
I was actually getting pretty worried, lol.</p>
<p>I heard a story from my sons high school, a senior who has been accepted to Cornell, decided to turn in someone elses work for a grade, and was caught. Apparently this was all reported to Cornell as well. What happens in a case like this? I cannot even imagine how the kid and parents feel…(so I guess don’t feel so bad about a couple of slightly lower grades…).</p>
<p>Oh, I also have another question haha.</p>
<p>If I already took Cal I, Cal II, Multivariable Cal, and Lin Al at a university, do you recommend retaking them at Cornell? What about Bio I and II, & Chem I and II? I got mostly As and a couple B’s in all these classes.</p>
<p>Would it be stupid for a freshman to take DiffEq? It’s only math course left for me. (I’m doing engineering.)</p>
<p>why would it be stupid?</p>
<p>and try to place out of as many classes as you can… theres no point in retaking classes unless you only took 1 half of a full yr course and the 1st half you learned is different from cornell’s first half.</p>
<p>the intro bio courses aren’t exactly Bio I and II so you might want to check to see whether the specific intro courses offered are comparable or not. the Cornell courses have more specific focuses and are not taken in a sequence.</p>
<p>aside for those issues, do you need these courses for your Cornell degree? because if the credits transfer then you’re probably all set and don’t need to re-take them.
(is this an issue for med school? I know last year I heard rumblings about the idea that you need to take more classes <em>at</em> Cornell if you’re intent on applying to med school later.)</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t retake anything(with a few exceptions which I will list below) unless you feel you didn’t have a good understanding of the material from the course you did take. Also even if you didn’t get everything in the classes you took, most engineering classes will only use a subset of the math used in other classes or will use it in a different way, so you can either just review the topics related to the class when they come up/go to some office hours, or the class itself will review it to explain the new application that wasn’t covered in the applicable math class.</p>
<p>As for differential equations material wise, its pretty stand alone, as long as you understood calc 1 and 2 decently it doesn’t directly build on it like say calc 2 builds on calc 1. You should be fine.</p>
<p>Exceptions to always skip rule, if an AEP major, take honors versions of physics instead of skipping it. If a CHEME, take honors chemistry instead of skipping it.</p>
<p>Yeah I was actually planning on applying to med school… Hmm, would you guys recommend trying to graduate in two years? Or should I try to stay here longer to study more for the MCAT?</p>
<p>The reason I’m asking is because I previously took the classes at a tier four school and I’m not sure if I learned enough material. I’m pretty sure that school did not cover as much material as Cornell would. Even if the credits did transfer, I don’t think I have a good math/science foundation for engineering.</p>
<p>Thanks guys for your replies! I really appreciate it!</p>
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<p>Two years is unacceptable for med school. You’ll have to stay at least 3. But, even if you graduate in 3 years, you’ll likely still have to take a year off. Med schools do not like people who rush the process. And they want to see 3 years’ worth of grades by the time you apply. That can only happen, if you’re planning to graduate early, if you take a year off after college.</p>