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<p>3.5 isn’t unreasonable if you’re planning on applying to graduate programs. If you were accepted by Cornell under normal circumstances, I think it wouldn’t be too much to ask for a 3.5+.</p>
<p>That is one of my biggest worries about Cornell. When I was accepted I was very surprised because I am more of an A and B student and thought only straight A students make it into ivies. I have good study skills but worry that I’ll get swamped with tests and workloads meant for straight A students only, and miss the whole social part of college.</p>
<p>yes…coming to cornell is definitely going to be an adjustment for A+B students…you will probably at best be a B+C student…</p>
<p>unless you spend most of your time studying…</p>
<p>dont think thats true, i think if hs was graded in a similar fashion as college, id be failing more in HS than in cornell. my average in high school was only like a 92.5 which is like a A-. ive gotten 75 before and plenty of 80s, i think im doing fine in cornell</p>
<p>Yeah, I was kind of worried about this as well. My gpa is around a 3.4, but I feel it is mostly a result of being lazy and having an insane amount of other things to do. I am hoping that an improved work ethic/no job/no tennis will yield a 3.5+ at Cornell.</p>
<p>Yes. My friend, a valedictorian, doesn’t do shlt. He gets Cs.</p>
<p>On the other hand, me, being the genius that I am, don’t go to linear algebra. I don’t go to discussion. I don’t do the homework. I got a 96 on the first prelim.</p>
<p>many experience the “high school dropout” effect in college…</p>
<p>but thats linear algebra which is like the easiest math class out there.</p>
<p>96 is teh lowest grade i know on the first test of linear algebra</p>
<p>Unless you start asking people really dumb questions like “does England have more people than the United States?” you’re fine. And yes, somebody asked me that. And he is literally the biggest idiot I’ve ever met, not just in Cornell, but in life. He totally destroyed any respect I ever had for PAM.</p>
<p>i wouldn’t say that anyone at cornell is any more intelligent or less intelligent than anyone else simply because it’s not something that can be measured. i will have to say, though, that, depending on your major, willingness to ask stupid questions will vary. </p>
<p>ie: i’ve come to expect stupid questions being asked by AEM majors. that isn’t to say that they’re any less smart. it’s just that they’re usually pretty outgoing and not afraid to ask stupid questions - even if it’s at the risk of slowing the entire class down because they didn’t read the textbook (disclaimer: i AM an AEM major, and good god, if you hear some of the questions that are asked during class/lecture… you would agree with me.)</p>
<p>Are these GPA’s so high at cornell because of a lack of difficult classes? Are these introductory classes or communication/hotelie material?
Not to be sarcastic above, but it just disillusions me to hear how easy an ivy-league college is. I was hoping that the math difficulty would be tantamount to that of Harvard’s notorious math 55. I mean i would like a nice preparation for the putnam in addition to the math books that i already have. (I plan on becoming a math major/ physics engineering major)</p>
<p>God, I thought I wanted to be a math major because I enjoy AB Calculus…</p>
<p>I think linear algebra is a special case. The tests are just really easy. The mean on the first test when I took the class was around a 91. Not typical of science courses where the mean is usually in the 55-65 range.</p>
<p>Zfanatic, lol don’t take me too seriously. I was just using math 55 as an example since it’s known to drive even the swiftest of math ninjas insane with it’s problem sets. I’m just saying that i want classes that will force me to think in new, creative ways about problems.</p>
<p>^ Lol. But still… I’m scared by proofs. Haha.</p>
<p>Most of these people are being slightly facetious.</p>
<p>Nothing is going to approach Math 55 level, simply because it’s not efficient. When you have a class that requires money to run yet only graduates 8 kids a year, you aren’t being efficient in your money wasting.</p>
<p>Math here and physics here are no joke. Unless you truly are above and beyond Math 55 level, I am positive you will be challenged here.
Try taking Math 2230 when you get here in the fall, and then tell me if you aren’t challenged ;)</p>
<p>math majors are basically theories and proofs.</p>