Physical Education

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>I was wondering if the P.E. classes at Cornell were something more exciting than the average high school, play-basketball-fool! classes. </p>

<p>Furthermore, are students required to take public showers after attending these classes? I have a problem with that--I'm EXTREMELY modest. Maybe too modest. Having to wear swimming trunks at the swim test will be hard enough.</p>

<p>What classes at Cornell require attendance? I have always looked forward to the idea that I didn't have to be present if I could pass the class. I also looked forward to no homework in college? I ask this question because I read that students are allowed three absences in the 12-week course in P.E.</p>

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<p>you're paying for the class so you might as well attend</p>

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<p>If you don't like showers, then pick a sport that you don't have to take a shower afterwards, like rifle or archery.</p>

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<p>Classes range from skiing to massage, and are really cool.</p>

<p>you aren't required to shower or anything.</p>

<p>Small classes usually require attendence. Big classes usually don't.</p>

<p>You will have homework in college, sorry.</p>

<p>Different PE classes have different attendece requirements.</p>

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<p>massage? haha that is awesome</p>

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<p>I'm real excited about PE in college. I'll be able to take golf.</p>

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<p>i hate the swim test requirement
but do we only have to take PE in freshman year?
is there a Rifle Team at Cornell?</p>

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<p>You can take PE anytime during your four years at Cornell.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.pe.cornell.edu/physed/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pe.cornell.edu/physed/&lt;/a> The PE Website
<a href="http://www.pe.cornell.edu/physed/courses-s06.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pe.cornell.edu/physed/courses-s06.html&lt;/a> Spring 2006 Semester Courses (I'm taking skiing, snowboarding and telemarking the following years)
<a href="http://www.pe.cornell.edu/physed/courses-f05.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pe.cornell.edu/physed/courses-f05.html&lt;/a> Fall 2005 Semester Courses (I signed up for and dropped Taekwondo, plan to take intro to hockey next fall)
<a href="http://www.pe.cornell.edu/physed/pe_sum05_list.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pe.cornell.edu/physed/pe_sum05_list.html&lt;/a> Summer 2005 Inter-semester Courses</p>

<p>Courses should stay pretty much the same from year to year.</p>

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<p>If I wanted to take PE the first semester, would I be able to fit in 5 other courses aside from that? Like I have 4 courses + the writing course already picked out, so would I be able to take PE that first semester too?</p>

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<p>You should be able to do that, but 5 courses will probably be a lot of work, unless they are courses that you are choosing not to take AP credit for and you already know the material. I think most people do 3 + the writing seminar to do 4 courses. That is what I did and I found it to be the right amount of work, however I had no prior (AP) experience in any of the courses I took which may have made it a bit harder. But yes, you could certainly do 5 courses plus PE, but you might find out that you have less free time than you want.</p>

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<p>Thanks psquared! </p>

<p>The courses that I want to take aren't any that I've had AP credit in, although one of them, Intro to Western Civ, is something that I know a lot about. I'm a huge history dork and have already taken honors global history and spend waaaay too much time reading any sort of history from Antiquity onwards. Do you think that'll be all right then? </p>

<p>I guess I'll look over my schedule plan when it comes time to actually register. I may not even be able to do all the courses that I picked out, so I guess I'll see how it goes.</p>

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<p>hey abike, you shoot too?</p>