Seeking transfer advice/Chance me

Transfer Students
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<p>I had lousy grades and eventually dropped out of H.S. my senior year due to health problems. I took the GED and I just now finished my first year of college. I'm looking to transfer from SUNY at Buffalo into a solid school (preferably Northeast) to study Biology or a similar major with the intention of applying to medical school. Ideally I would transfer into either CALS/Human Ecology (state aid) at Cornell.</p>

<p>--------------Stats:---------</p>

<p>GED:
3710/4000 (I guess that's good? I'm not expecting people to know)</p>

<p>Semester 1(cross-registered):
CC - 12 HRS @ 4.0GPA
University at Buffalo - 5 HRS @ 3.67GPA</p>

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Semester 2:**
UB - 13 HRS @ 3.772GPA</p>

<p>Overall UB GPA = 3.743 (18 HRS)
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Overall undergrad GPA** = 3.84 (30 HRS)</p>

<p>ECs: not much at all - used to do karate and kickboxing, worked 5 hrs a week this year at my university library, and I do legal research and proofreading for my dad's law practice</p>

<h2>-I'm not sure what I should do this summer to help my ECs</h2>

<p>Questions
1) Chances at Cornell? (and fall vs spring)
2) Advice?
3) Criticisms? (I can handle it)
4) Other schools to consider?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance and sorry this is long!</p>

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<p>i shouldn't have posted this at 5am</p>

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<p>Try hard to have A/A-s in your core prereqs: Gen Bio, Gen Chem, Calc, O-chem, Academic Writing. (You're going to need to take O-chem for CALS bio since you won't be applying to Cornell as a rising sophomore)</p>

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<p>I've gotten A/A- in all my prereqs so far but I still have to take O-chem and writing</p>

<p>any idea what GPAs the transfers to Cornell have?</p>

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<p>I got accepted by CALS bio science with a 3.94 from a LAC. Another poster on this site also got into CALS bio with a 4.0 from a cc. </p>

<p>The official gpa cut-off is 3.5, meaning they won't even take your application unless your gpa is >3.5</p>

<p>I don't know much about HumEc's policies</p>

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<p>5 hrs a week is next to nothing and working for your dad only shows your ability to have a job handed to you</p>