Swim test to Graduate?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>So I found out recently that Cornell requires students to pass their swim test to graduate..is this true? I mean I personally don't have anything against it, but I haven't heard of anything like that either.</p>

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<p>yes its true. if you really cannot swim, you can take beginning swim PE class</p>

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<p>[Freshman</a> Swim Test Made Coed After 92 Years | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2010/02/02/freshman-swim-test-made-coed-after-92-years]Freshman”>Freshman Swim Test Made Coed After 92 Years - The Cornell Daily Sun)</p>

<p>This article explains the entire process well.</p>

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<p>there are quite a few universities that require swim tests, and cornell is one of them. to just name a couple of others, i know columbia has one (unless you’re an engineer - they joke that it’s bc they can just build a bridge over any body of water) and so does dartmouth.</p>

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<p>Does phys ed count on your transcript? Does it count as one of the 4-5 classes you take a semester?</p>

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<p>physical education courses are 1 credit non-graded…</p>

<p>they do count for federal standards of “full time” enrollment…meaning you can take 11 academic classes and 1 PE to make it a total of 12 credits…</p>

<p>i once did: </p>

<p>2 - 4 credits
1 - 3 credit
1 - PE</p>

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<p>^this doesn’t appear to apply to every school/college at Cornell. from the Hotel School website:

<a href=“http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/students/ugrad/handbook/physed-requirement.html[/url]”>http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/students/ugrad/handbook/physed-requirement.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>same for CAS:

<a href=“http://courses.cuinfo.cornell.edu/AS.php[/url]”>http://courses.cuinfo.cornell.edu/AS.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I’m not going to go through every college but you get the idea, and anyone wanting to know about their own school should head to google.</p>

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<p>good catch faustarp…</p>