<p>Alright so this question is about required/recommended courses for transfer students into the PAM program at Cornell.</p>
<p>Would it really hurt me as a spring transfer to be missing calc as a required course if I have all the other required courses plus a good number of the recommended courses? </p>
<p>I can easily squeeze in an intro to psychology course, but I am a bit weary about jumping into a Calc course. The fact of the matter is that I greatly dislike math. And worst of all, I can't fit a Calc course into my current academic schedule.</p>
<p>From all the information that I have gathered on this site, visiting Cornell, talking with my counselor (my school has a transfer agreement with them) and calling the admissions office: Not having a required course seriously impacts your chances when applying. Everyone of them told me to make sure you have the required courses out of the way, as that is their number one priority.
If you can, try to squeeze it in. Try taking it at a CC or online college if it is not to late.</p>
<p>For CALS, I know theres a public speaking requirement. At my CC I have not taken any “public speaking” class, however, I did take a class called “Communication Technology” which entailed creating powerpoint presentations and research based projects to present to the class. Could this work to fulfill the requirement? If it doesn’t I could take the course during my winter break before the spring semester.</p>
<p>@800now - Looks like you are in the clear for the pass/fail.</p>
<p>"Can I claim courses taken PASS/FAIL?</p>
<p>Yes, we are able to transfer in courses that have a grade of PASS/FAIL as long as it can be demonstrated that the coursework completed was equivalent to a “C-” or better (Starting Fall 2010, the course must be equivalent to a Cornell “C” or better). This might require the student to obtain a letter from their past institution outlining that a grade of “PASS” is equivalent to a “C-” or better (Starting Fall 2010, the course must be equivalent to a Cornell “C” or better)."</p>
<p>I am currently taking an online English course, and the admissions office said that won’t be a problem as long as we cover the same things covered in a regular Cornell English course. Calc 1 would be weird online for me though, I’m a math major currently. See if you can squeeze it in.</p>
<p>@deadhead - Are we both applying at juniors lol? I plan on knocking out speech next semester with a hybrid online course. For your communications class, see if that syllabus matches Cornell’s speech syllabus if you can. It would suck if it didn’t transfer over.</p>
<p>shea - I think so. Are you applying for Spring 2012 too? I can’t make any conclusions but wouldn’t you think that a class such as Public Speaking wouldn’t be so detrimental for acceptance then a class such as Calculus? By the end of the Fall semester I’ll have both Bio’s completed which I feel are bulk of the prereqs (for CALS at least).</p>
<p>Unfortunately not man, I’m waiting a year until 2013 so I complete an internship. Definitely agree about that though. When I was looking at the Core Distribution, it said Calc 1 is required and Calc 2 is recommend (for AEM majors), but I don’t think speech would be as paramount as that though.
What other classes are you taking if you don’t mind me asking?</p>
<p>I’ll be taking Business Statistics, Bio 102 with lab, Microecon, English lit, and an honors independent study course where I’ll be researching the financial holdings of legislatures (i.e. Eric Cantor) and the effect on their voting history.</p>
<p>I’m applying as a junior as well. I already have 20+ credits for the fall, so Calc is going to kick my ass. I will figure something out though. Pass/Fail might be the way to go.</p>
<p>as long as you have an AP score of 4 or 5, or have credits…you should be fine, but this is a question most appropriate if directed towards the admissions people at cornell…they can can help you out the best</p>