<p>I was just looking at this.. so weird. In addition to ^, I would be interested in PAM experiences in general..</p>
<p>Why are you taking PAM 200, intl_echo? I see no purpose in taking it as an ILRie who needs to take LE 240 (or preferably 440).</p>
<p>Take 313-314.</p>
<p>who's your prof for PAM 2000?</p>
<p>i had evans and the prelims/final are pretty straightfoward. what he teaches in class is what he puts on the tests, which means that going to class is essential. problem sets are hard sometimes, but graded very easily. ie: it's possible to get one whole question (out of 5 or 6) wrong and still get a 90.</p>
<p>Anyone know anything about the average gpa for a bio + society major? I don't have a good work ethic, but I generally consider myself naturally intelligent. Can I succeed?</p>
<p>Bio and Society requires a good work ethic. The core courses require a lot of reading and writing. The exams are based on these readings so if you don't keep up...you're screwed.</p>
<p>I was in the bio and society major....and everyone in that major who did well worked very hard. I knew a few people who relied on their "intelligence" to get them through the core courses and they suffered (1 had to stay an extra semester). At graduation...I would say a fair number of students graduated with latin honors.</p>
<p>Well, I guess there is always the possibility of me changing my work ethic (assuming I have a shot at getting in).</p>
<p>i dont think you can classify cornell as having inflation or deflation. it depends on the major. premeds need good grades, and judging by the applied/accepted information provided by HCEC, premed applicants below 3.6 have a much harder time getting into med school than those above 3.6. this could be considered a form of indirect deflation, i guess. a 3.0 at cornell is probably more impressive and harder to obtain than something like a 3.9 at a state school. but i do know some people, in PAM or AEM or econ, who have 4.0's with little effort. i also know some engineers who are about to turn grey from stress who can barely pull of a 2.8. if gpa is going to be very crucial to your post-graduate plans, choose majors wisely.</p>
<p>this thread is pretty old... and st johns is WAY easier than cornell. got plenty of friends there</p>
<p>I am an international student and I researched Cornell and loved its programs on Human Biology, health and society major, with focus on nutrition. Yet I have been reading lots of comments on grade deflation, and I am scared that if I cant pull off a great GPA, my chances of getting into med school will be very slim, as I do not have many med school options either. So is the HBHS major too hard to make me have a low GPA? or can I get a 4.0? I work hard and like to study as well, so what do you say?</p>
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<p>no, you'll do fine if you like to study and work hard. i transfered out of HBHS /ns course because im the slackign time and i dont work hard. to do well in NS classes, you got to memorize a lot of stuff. so you'd definitely do well. and most NS classes deflate so if your grade is lets say about a 93 average, you get a A!</p>
<p>is a 3.0 at cornell better than a 3.5 at a SUNY? </p>
<p>how does one start to measure this?</p>
<p>^You don't. </p>
<p>College rankings are a war of perceptions.</p>
<p>There is one bad thing about Cornell though.......</p>
<p>Those dining hall chairs in Appel need to be reupholstered.....seriously.</p>
<p>I took many nutrition courses at Cornell and I found NS 331 (Biochemical Basis of Human Nutrition) to be the hardest....and many of my friends who also took the course share that sentiment. I never took anatomy (NS 341)...but even my friends who received an A in the course said it was challenging.</p>
<p>NS 441 (Nutrition and Disease) was by far my favorite and while there was a lot of material to learn...the way in which we were tested on the material (quizzes, SOAP notes, short 1-2 page paper) made it fun and very easy to retain the information. </p>
<p>I had a lot of fun with my minor in nutrition...if I could do it again, I would have majored in it (or done HBHS with the nutrition focus).</p>
<p>Thanks! is cool to know that you can actually get the good grades</p>