<p>Since when is SUNY Geneseo inferior to Scranton? SUNY Geneseo only accepts 37 % of its applicants, while Scranton accepts 74% of those that apply. Hardly comparing apples to apples here.</p>
<p>SUNY Geneseo Common DAta Set:
SAT Math 25%-620
75%-700
Reading 25%-600
75%-690</p>
<p>ACT 27-30</p>
<p>Scranton Common Data Set:
Critical Reading 25th%-500
75th%-600
Math 25Th%-520
75th%-610</p>
<p>ACT 22-25</p>
<p>Huge difference SUNY Geneseo is the go to school for the kids who don’t want debt but could get into Cornell</p>
<p>From what I understand, it means that your high school AP “credits” won’t transfer, nor can you apply an international degree toward finishing a bio degree. It says nothing about someone who’s already taking actual college bio classes. It just means that even if you placed out of bio 105 or 106 due to AP credits, you’d have to take them anyway to transfer. </p>
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<p>So you’re not guaranteed, but it IS possible if you’re competitive.</p>
<p>A guarantee cannot be offered - but a possibility is still offered. It seems you don’t think you have what it takes to make it in? There are a lot of people who want to go into those fields, which is why they can’t automatically admit them all. So, just like any other college, you have a compete by applying. </p>
<p>And you really can’t go by those kinds of rankings. They are so general - some colleges are great in one program area and terrible in another. Some are great schools in terrible city areas, while other “lesser” colleges are in highly desirable areas. </p>
<p>I’m starting to think you are just trying to rationalize a decision that you know you cannot have - to stay at Scranton. Not everyone who go to Yale and Harvard end up millionaires at their number one choice of company, but they would like to think they could just because they’re at Harvard or Yale. You can work hard at a “lesser” college and get into med school. You can be mediocre or do well (but perhaps not amazing) at a great school and not get in.</p>
<p>I know the rankings say Gen and Scranton are both 8th, but those are significantly skewed. The “regional university” ranking is kinda messed up to begin with, and every other indication shows that Gen is a much more prestigious school than Scranton.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would apply to at least Bing and UB to transfer next year. If you get in and once you get there don’t like it, you can apply to transfer to CALS. Even though they have agreements with Canton and such, you’d still be better off transferring to Cornell from a top-ranked state school, rather than a lower ranked private or public uni. Don’t get your heart set on CALS though, Bing has an exceptional pre-med program, with in-state tuition. If you wait another year, it would not be smart to do a double transfer, as you would only be at Cornell for one year and would not know any professors. You’re also racking up significant debt that is simply unnecessary, as there are plenty of other (frankly better) cheaper schools that you could transfer to.</p>
<p>I do. Its just that its not guaranteed, what gave you this impression? Anyway regardless or rankings, cost, family issues, etc, I have decided that this year will be my last year at Scranton. I’m looking at Morrisville (which has the contract with Cornell) and Penn State Worthington Scranton. Both are very cheap and I will only spend a year at either of these institutions. So my situation is this, Morrisville doesn’t offer a direct biology program and as I said the BS program is not guaranteed. I could go to Cornell, but I might not be a bio major. A 3.5 is easy for me to achieve but even if I get a high GPA, even if I complete all the required courses, its not a GT. This is what I was saying Nova I could get in but there’s a chance even with high grades I might not get in. With Penn State I could do the 2 + 2 program and transfer to U Park as a bio major. Provided I have a certain GPA. Now going back to Cornell, there might be an option for choosing a secondary major and that could be something like animal science. So I could just go to Cornell and change my major but I might lose a semester of credits.</p>
<p>Well, getting into medical school isn’t “guaranteed” either, even if you’re at the best school in the country, but you’re still taking that chance. That’s why I made the comment about you perhaps not believing in yourself. You seem to think you will be competitive with good grades next year, and that you’ll get in medical school, but don’t think you can make it to Cornell through that program? None of this is making sense. It’s tough when you need to make decisions based on finances, and still try to get the best education and opportunities you can for medical school admissions. But you need to clarify some of your thoughts and where it is you want to go and how you want to get there. It seems you made the Morrisville decision quickly, from what you’ve posted previously. Think this through before settling on it, so you are sure it’s what you want.</p>
<p>Cornell is very difficult to gain admission into. As a transfer student they are looking for very competitive applicants with both great GPAs, ECs, and the demonstrated ability that they do not need their hand held. Cornell is not a school for the mediocre student and most transfer applicants do not have a shot at gaining admission. </p>
<p>There is nothing wrong at looking at really good instate colleges and apply to those. Attend the best one that you could get into and could afford. Suny Bing and Geneseo are considered to be academically superia schools to Scranton. It seems like your parents have realized that their tuition dollars could get more bang for the buck at other schools. Why don’t you try to apply now for the transfer to Bing or Geneseo so you are not transferring again and losing alot of credits in the transfer process. By the way Cornell would never take that computer class from Scranton in a million years. I don’t know if you are aware of Cornell’s academic rigor in comparison to Scranton.</p>
<p>^ I’m not applying to CAS number 1. Number 2 I am transferring in case you didn’t read the previous posts. Number 3 I called and explained to them what the computer class is and they said that they will consider it. And yes I am aware of its academic rigor I don’t come from Mars.</p>
<p>My best friends son went to Scranton and he was very unhappy there. Over the break he showed me the outline for that course and he was appalled that a college even offered such a class considering students learn this information during middle and highschool. Most of your credits would not transfer once they are examined by the school you transfer. My friends son had only 6 credits that transferred and he was very disappointed. However, he is very happy at his new school and his parents are thrilled that he came to the decision to transfer on his own.</p>
<p>When you come on a thread and post a situation there are people who who tell you what you want to hear or there will be people who speak in realistic terms. It is ultimately your choice to hear what you want to hear.</p>
<p>I know, students and faculty members complain about it all the time. I’m thinking about dropping it which would bring me down to 15 credits. And that really sucks that only 6 credits transferred. Did he go to Scranton? Was that from the entire year? I would not transfer if only 6 credits will transfer that’s a very big waste of money.Try another school at the very lease</p>
<p>NNNOOOO !!! I’m applying to CALS which is a state funded section of Cornell. The price is cheaper especially since I’m a NY resident. My father said any way he would only pay that much if I went to Harvard, Yale, etc. Cornell is just as good</p>
<p>Cornell does not have a “state school” they have contract colleges and there is a difference. The cost of attendance at a Contract College for undergrad studies such as CALS is as follows:</p>
<p>$25,401----------Tuition and student fees
$7,800------------Housing
$5,354------------Dining
$ 800------------Books and supplies
$1,630------------student expenses</p>
<p>Grand total for a New York resident to attend a Contract college is $40,985—2011/2012</p>
<p>The same college for non resident students would be $57,125</p>
<p>Post 86 regarding an acceptable MCAT score is completely unrealistic. There is not a single American med school that would accept a student with an MCAT score of 25. OP it sounds like you are listening to what other people are telling you rather than investigating information on your own. </p>
<p>Transfer students who gain admission to Cornell usually have close to a 4.0 GPA and are involved in something that sets them apart from the many candidates that are applying. You will also need wonderful letters of recommendation from professors which make it clear that you are an extraordinary student. I don’t know what your current GPA is but if you care to really understand the Cornell application and the difficulty of gaining admission you should spend some time on the website.</p>