<p>Hello. I was wondering something. I am currently considering a double major in biology and government; I just don't think I could choose between the two :) In high school I will have had AP bio and AP Calc AB, but I will not have had AP Chem or Physics. I am scared that if I tried to do the pre med requirements at Cornell that I would die a slow death. I have heard horror stories. I swear I would work my butt off. I just have this nightmare that everybody else would be a billion times more prepared, and I would flunk out. Is this fear well founded??</p>
<p>i dont know about failing…if you do the work you should get at least a B…an A in pre-med courses will require hard work…</p>
<p>regardless it shouldnt discourage you from pursuing your passion (if it’s still med school) once you’re here…</p>
<p>Every year about a 1000 freshmen come in with intentions to go to med school. That gets cut down to 200 by senior year, if not more. That should tell you that you should only go pre-med if you really, REALLY want to do it, otherwise it’s a big waste of time. </p>
<p>Of course, doing a bio major automatically fulfills all the pre-med requirements, so if you can do bio you can do pre-med.</p>
<p>im not sure exactly why so many drop out but it could be possible that many of those who drop just can’t do all those classes for so many more years. i only finished my sophomore year and im so bored of it haha. the difficulty of the classes aren’t as bad as the stories you hear. the stories are just there to scare you</p>
<p>Even if you aren’t as prepared as everyone else (I was in the same boat myself with no AP credit), you can still work really hard and get to where you need to be. College is a fresh start, and if you’re passionate about medicine, go for it.</p>
<p>As a bio major at Cornell, the stories are not just to scare you. The average Cornell kid struggles in the intro bio and gen chem courses, and very few maintain the grades that they had in high school. I think that if you’re a normal Cornell student, it will probably be hard for you, but that shouldn’t discourage you. It’s worth the time and effort. And as far as a double major goes, go for it! You have to cover distributions anyway, why not get a bit of recognition for it?</p>
<p>well i guess you can enter as pre med adn decide after freshman year. freshman year’s genchem/bio is pretty easy compared to sophomore year’s orgo w/ physics.</p>