<p>I used the "search" function on this forum and found a thread. It didn't provide me with a lot of information about GT.</p>
<p>As a student in the I.B. program, I might be able to skip first year at some public universities in my province. In that case, am I automatically accepted through GT? (Let's assume that I get GT.)</p>
<p>I did some research on the Cornell website. It says that Biological Science in CALS requires 3.5 GPA. Are there any restrictions (course requirements etc)?</p>
<p>How hard is it to achieve a 3.5 GPA at UC Berkeley - Letters and Science undecided?</p>
<p>I am currently taking full IB Diploma, and have finished first-year Calculus, Chemistry, Biology, English, Mandarin and Geography (kinda worried about physics).</p>
<p>Never mind. Cornell doesn't offer GT for people interested in Biological Science due to competitiveness. I finally understand what the GT web page means.</p>
<p>^They definitely do</p>
<p>Really? </p>
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Students interested in Applied Economics and Management (Accounting, Applied Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Trade & Development, Marketing and Strategy), Biological Sciences, Biology & Society, Landscape Architecture are considered competitive transfer applicants if their interests are appropriate and meet the GPA, course and profile requirements. Due to enrollment limitations, guaranteed transfer admission cannot be granted.
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<p>I am heartbroken... >"< Looks like it's either rejection or acceptance for me I guess?</p>
<p>But it says 3.5 GPA minimum for Biological Science... so I am confused now.</p>
<p>ah okay , i understand now. you're on the transfer website. I think you're looking at the contracts CALS has with other SUNY's where if you take all the courses and get the GPA, you're in as a junior. </p>
<p>The guaranteed transfer a lot of ppl on this board talk about is offered to regular decision applicants if they are not accepted but Cornell wants to keep the door open. It usually only takes a year so many ppl transfer in as sophmores. There are GT's to virtually every major in CALS, and for bio sci. i think you do need a 3.5 and B's in all required courses.</p>
<p>If you were offered a GT for Biological Sciences, your idea about placing out of all of the first-year classes at whichever first-year school you decide to go to probably wouldn't work. The point is for you to go to to another school for the first year so that they can see that you can do well enough to make it at Cornell.</p>
<p>There will be course restrictions. If you receive a GT, you'll be informed of these course requirements and your required GPA. They vary from major to major.</p>
<p>I don't know anything about Berkeley, sorry. Maybe ask on the Berkeley forum.</p>
<p>I was a full diploma candidate for IB and I got at GT for this past fall. My credits didn't transfer, but that wasn't the reason that I did IB to begin with, so it was fine. Definitely check the website that lists IB exam scores that Cornell accepts, though.</p>
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I was a full diploma candidate for IB and I got at GT for this past fall. My credits didn't transfer, but that wasn't the reason that I did IB to begin with, so it was fine. Definitely check the website that lists IB exam scores that Cornell accepts, though.
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<p>How has IB been preparing you for university workload? Are you a biology major, or biology-related major?</p>
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The guaranteed transfer a lot of ppl on this board talk about is offered to regular decision applicants if they are not accepted but Cornell wants to keep the door open. It usually only takes a year so many ppl transfer in as sophmores. There are GT's to virtually every major in CALS, and for bio sci. i think you do need a 3.5 and B's in all required courses.
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<p>Oh I thought you have to be deferred from early decision in order to get GT. Looks like I might (potentially and possibly) get rejected outright in the regular round.</p>
<p>I have absolutely no problem with GT. I hope that my IB Diploma will prepare me sufficiently for first-year university course load, so I can get at least 3.5 for my GPA, and I mean, it's always nice to go to another university first. It's really fulfilling to be able to immerse myself in two different moods and atmosphere.</p>
<p>In answer to your question: yes, it is difficult to earn a 3.5 in the sciences at Cal. Lower division science classes are curved to a C+. Those classes are also full of premed wannabes who, like you, have completed IB/AP coursework and usually done quite well. But, all of those premeds are retaking Chem 1 for the "easy" A, which really kills the curve. OTOH, UC is extremely generous with AP/IB credit so you could skip the intro classes and take a second year bio course, which has a better curve, but is more competitive since the C students get dropped from the sciences frosh year.</p>
<p>IB prepared me very well -- mostly terms of writing skills and time management and organization. I'm not a Bio major, though, I'm a Development Sociology major.</p>
<p>I applied regular decision senior year, not early.</p>
<p>Can you get gt if you applied to cas?</p>
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<p>Yes. A very small number of Guaranteed Transfers are given to CAS students. The vast majority of CAS GT students I know however, were deferred from early.</p>
<p>I really want a GT. I heard Cornell loves IB students LOL.</p>