<p>Classes at a local UC or the Cornell summer program?</p>
<p>I wont be able to get into AP Calc if I don't take the classes at the UC over the summer, so which will be a better idea?</p>
<p>I did one of the Cornell Summer College programs last summer. It was pretty good, but as for your AP Calc dilemma I cannot help you. If you have any questions about the Cornell program, though, pm me.</p>
<p>my opinion: go to the UC. if you have to end up taking calc in college (at any college, not just cornell), it is so useful to have that course in high school before so you at least have an idea about what is going on for each topic. i know people who didnt take calc in high school and died when they did it for the first time in college. and the cornell summer college isnt an automatic in to the actual university.</p>
<p>take the UC classes IF Calculus is something you will be taking here at Cornell...</p>
<p>-- take the UC classes IF Calculus is something you will be taking here at Cornell... --</p>
<p>I wont be taking any math at Cornell if i dont have to. Does Cornell require college math credits for students in arts and sciences who are majoring in philosophy/history/english, etc (not to enroll but to earn their BA)?</p>
<p>Good news: I can take both. The three week cornell program doesn't interfer with the UC summer school program ^.^</p>
<p>so yeah another useless topic by urmomgoes2colege</p>
<p>to answer your question, arts and science requires at least one math course, don't remember if it was one or two, but I don't think it has to be calculus. I could look it up to find the exact answer but so could you. I'm much more familiar with the engineering requirements, just going by what I remember my arts and sciences friends saying about their requirements.</p>
<p>I would really recommend the cornell summer program. it wasnt the most fun 6 weeks of my life, but it gave me the chance to get to know the campus and the area, which made life SO much easier when I here in the fall as a freshman. The classes weren't too hard, and now that I'm in really difficult classes I really appreciate having 9 credits averaging a 3.9. It made me much more comfortable in choosing Cornell as my ED school. Just remember that summer college won't give you a taste of the social life you can have during the year. There are strict rules about curfew and alcohol, and since you're not accepted yet you actually have to follow them (as much as I love going out I decided I'd suck it up and stay dry for 6 weeks rather than risk red flagging my app).</p>
<p>-- I would really recommend the cornell summer program. --</p>
<p>Yeah, it sounds incredible. Especially the course I'm interested in, Freedom and Justice. It suits all of my interests perfectly. I hope its one of the less popular ones as I don't want it to be too full to add me. </p>
<p>I only think I'll do the three week program though. If I do three weeks I can still take UC/CC/online classes and besides none of the courses offered during the three weeks after the first three interest me a ton. The ones that interest me the most are Freedom and Justice and The Individual in the Social World, but those are offered at the same time so I can only have one. </p>
<p>Who knows though, this is just the summer 08 schedule. But I hope the summer 09 schedule is somewhat similar. </p>
<p>btw CB1278 what were your stats when you applied? your gpa and psat/sats and all...</p>
<p>I really don't like sharing that kind of information. I came from a small high school with very tough grading, but admissions officers know our college counselor and the school so our stuff is looked at differently. I had great SAT scores and extracurriculars, double legacy, and "minority status" (I'm a white girl in engineering)</p>
<p>I can tell you though that many people I knew at summer college got into cornell. I have no idea whether or not they would have gotten in without SC, but a lot of freshman here did the program.</p>
<p>-- I really don't like sharing that kind of information. I came from a small high school with very tough grading, but admissions officers know our college counselor and the school so our stuff is looked at differently. I had great SAT scores and extracurriculars, double legacy, and "minority status" (I'm a white girl in engineering)</p>
<p>I can tell you though that many people I knew at summer college got into cornell. I have no idea whether or not they would have gotten in without SC, but a lot of freshman here did the program. --</p>
<p>No no, I mean when you applied to the summer college. I went on the website and the stats say they only accept like half of all applicants, and thats making me nervous.</p>
<p>urmom -- </p>
<p>Freedom and Justice is taught by Kramnick -- from what I heard from kids who were also in my class (I did Democracy and Its Discontents), he is God. </p>
<p>And getting into CUSC isn't incredibly difficult, especially if you could see yourself as feasibly being an avg. or slightly below avg. undergraduate applicant at Cornell.</p>
<p>Summer College admission is not competitive. Just apply early. Kramnick is great. The Social Psych class is great. Choices, choices.....</p>
<p>Note, however that attendance at Summer College means little to undergraduate admissions, except you might be able to articulate better, "why Cornell?'</p>
<p>Havn't gotten my PSAT's back yet, but I'm thinking I got around 180, 190 :'( </p>
<p>I was bad at tests at the time but I'm really improving now. </p>
<p>But anyway, my gpa is 3.94 uw and I should have some great recs and a solid essay. I will also be applying the second I get the chance to. Should this be enough for the CUSC?</p>
<p>sure, anything over a 3.3uw + decent rec is good 'enuf for these types of programs, which are big money-makers for the colleges.</p>