<p>So I'm currently a freshman at Cornell looking to transfer elsewhere. There's a lot of things, but long story short Cornell's just not the right place for me. Unfortunately I have two strikes against me for transferring. 1, my GPA isn't that good... Like a 2.9 or 3.0 by the end of this year. I mean it's not BAD, but it's certainly not that spectacular. and 2, I haven't applied anywhere and most schools are April 1 deadlines for fall admission. So I've got a few schools on my list, UTD being one of them since I live <5 minutes away, and I know it's got a very respectable science program.</p>
<p>I'm wondering how hard the curves and such are there. One of the hardest things about Cornell is simply competing with these kids for the A, and it's just nuts. I mean I hold my own, I'm doing quite well in Chemistry which is what I'll be majoring in, but still getting the A in a B- median class is just challenging. Will I be killed by UTD curves in orgo and physics?</p>
<p>I'm certainly not looking for the easy way out (or I'd be going to Richland or Quad C for another year) but I am a pre-med and as such don't want to make things more difficult than need be. It comes down to me either transferring somewhere with 0 scholarship money paying about 10k more than UTD, or transferring to UTD for a year to pull my GPA up then going where I really wanna go and have in-state paying the same price as UTD.</p>
<p>Opinions? Thanks :D</p>