Intro Bio over the summer at Shoal's Marine Laboratory: yay or nay?

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<p>I really, really, really wanted to take summer courses on-campus but my family can't afford it and the program doesn't provide any financial aid. Shoal's awards both merit and need-based aid, though, so I'm considering taking introductory biology over the summer. What do you guys think? If I score a 4 or a 5 on the AP Bio exam then I'll enter my freshman year with 8 credits of bio already under my belt.</p>

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<p>nay.........</p>

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<p>How come? Have you been before?</p>

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<p>First, I'm not sure whether they will give you the credits for it. They will allow you to move on to the next level of bio...It's simply marked as fulfilled req. </p>

<p>Second, Cornell doesn't seem to value summer courses, since I read on a lot fo their things, "we do not accept transfer summer credits" and such</p>

<p>imo, though. But heck, if it's free y not, if u really want to.</p>

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<p>Another thing w/e u want to do, a summer bio course will not be comparable to the real bio course u will take at cornell, thus u may be underprepared.</p>

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<p>I fail to see how you can take intro bio and still receive AP credit for it.</p>

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<p>i think he's taking intro bio at the summer thing and he did the ap at high school. so he's saying that he'll have 8 credits (2 semesters of bio)</p>

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<p>But a 5 on Bio AP gets you 8 credits of intro bio and placement out of all intro bio courses, and a 4 on Bio AP gets you 4 credits.</p>

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<p>The e-mail said that if I scored a 4 or a 5 on the AP and did intro Bio at SMH then I'd end up with two fulfilled semesters of biology (eight credits.)</p>

<p>Are you saying I wouldn't have to even visit the island (just score a 5 on the exam) to get eight credits?</p>

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<p>yeah that's what I meant. "5 on AP = up to 8 credits Placement out of all Introductory Biology (Bio G) courses" <a href="http://www.biology.cornell.edu/advising/ap.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.biology.cornell.edu/advising/ap.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>So what's up with the e-mail? It specifically states that managing a 4 or 5 on the AP - along with attending the summer courses - would net me 8 credits / 2 semesters of bio.</p>