<p>No, I dont want to know whether I'll get in or not (I'll apply anyway). I just wanted to know whether Cornell is considered one of the better school for a good premed education (I understand that I can get a good premed edu at most places, but just wanted to know whether Cornell has a decent rep for being a good premed college, as it does for being a good engin. school).</p>
<p>obviously gpa is ur main concern and since cornell has tough math/hardcore sciences curves etc.. i suggest looking at more humanities-oriented schools(i.e. Harvard) because they tend to have easier curves.</p>
<p>Theres a lot of opportunitites for research at Cornell, but a determined person can find research opportunities anywhere. From what I hear, pre-meds are very grade oriented and in general only do activities that will help them get into med-school. If you are like that don't apply to a more tech/engineering oriented school(caltech, mit, cornell). if ur interested in challenges and doing sumthing meaningful with a medical degree.. apply to cornell or those other schools..</p>
<p>if you can get a decent gpa at cornell u will do fine in terms of med school applications.. i would guess percentage of ppl who apply to med school from cornell and get in would be pretty high. but then again i would check if i were u. i heard the other day that at berkeley, 1/4 of the ppl who apply to med school get rejected from every school they apply to(and thats only the ppl who thought they were good enough to apply).</p>
<p>Cornell is one of tops in premed...all of the ivies are .</p>
<p>89% acceptance rate into med schools for cornell alumni with a 3.4+GPA
78% for all GPAs
50ish% national average</p>
<p>sounds good. thanx</p>
<p>btw I always wondered how you calculate gpa's. I mean going from the 100 piont scale to the 4 point scale. is it a direct proportion? can anyone help?</p>
<p>93-100- 4.0 (depending on your school, A+ may be 4.33)
90-92 - 3.83
87-89- 3.33
83-85- 3.0
80-82- 2.83
...etc etc</p>
<p>thanx I was always wondering how it worked. You sure your numbers are right? A 93 being 4.0? that would be awesome :)</p>
<p>yes..93 counts as an A</p>
<p>I don't think you'll find a better pre-med school than Cornell. It will prepare you extremely well for medical school because it will challenge you to your utmost potential.</p>
<p>A 3.4 from Cornell is better than having a 3.9 from a state school. I have heard of many people with near perfect GPAs from state schools get rejected from med school but its rare to have a Cornell student with a 3.4 or above get rejected from med schools. Cornell is extremely well recognized by medical schools around the country - especially the top medical schools.</p>
<p>Well then lets hope I get in. :) I was wondering two more things (I know I already got on some people's nerves with all these stupid questions) does the A/S program have a photography course and wat are typical questions to ask durign a college meeting about a school (I dont really have any questions other than the photography one that werent answered by the booklet they sent).</p>
<p>Isn't JHU's pre-med program better than Cornell's?</p>
<p>I know that JHU is one of the best med schools, but I dont know about its premed program</p>
<p>JHU - cutthroat -__-;;...all those premeds waiting to sabotage your work, that's why for some labs, the profs require the students to hold on to their own set of chemicals (for organic chem) in case other students put crap into your set xP</p>
<p>lol that sounds cool</p>
<p>JHU BME is sickly rediculously good and full of sickly rediculously cutthroat students haha.</p>
<p>Another way to do GPA on a 4.0 scale is A=4 B=3 C=2 D=1. add .3 for each+ and subtract .3 for each minus. (.3 is much easier than 1/3 and 2/3, though technically...yeah...) A+ are still a 4.0 in cornell's eyes in terms of admissions. SO for example a B- would be 3-0.3=2.7.</p>
<p>Does Cornell look down on people who dont have all those filler ec's (like math team, other clubs, etc...). I didnt join any clubs (I felt it was a waste of time) and only volunteered and now im doing Intel research. You think that will be enough?? (not considering essays, grades and recs) (also I was on the yearbook photography team for junior year).</p>
<p>Cornell is on the top of a hill; it looks down on everyone who isn't a student there. ;) :rolleyes: :p</p>
<p>Cornell wants focus in your life. It's better to be on 1 sports team and have a steady 3 year job than to be on a different team every year and 2 different clubs every year, etc., etc.. So while your ECs aren't a strength in your application, if you have high grades and scores, and strong recommendations and essays, to back them up, cornell will be more satisfied with your app than with the 2nd type of profile I just described.</p>