roadhogmain
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Hello, I transferred to Cornell from UMass Amherst. I'm currently a sophomore. I am currently taking physics, and plan on taking organic chemistry 1 and 2 (lectures only) over the summer at UMass. My plan is to take Cornell orgo lab during junior fall, and also biochem/genetics/etc at Cornell. Is this ok? My logic is that prestige doesn't matter, and that my Gen bio/Gen chem/stat/calc 1 grades are already from UMass.
Here are a few more questions I have:
1) Theoretically speaking, would it be looked down for me to take even more pre-reqs beyond orgo lecture over the summer at UMass? what's the limit?
2) Would it be bad if my GPA at UMass is way higher than at Cornell? (like 3.9 at umass but like 3.5-3.7 at cornell?)
My logic is that admissions committees (for the most part?) don't care about prestige, and pragmatically, Cornell is significantly more rigorous than UMass. And you are probably wondering why I transferred--it's 15k cheaper a year for me to go to cornell (more than full tuition off).
Here are a few more questions I have:
1) Theoretically speaking, would it be looked down for me to take even more pre-reqs beyond orgo lecture over the summer at UMass? what's the limit?
2) Would it be bad if my GPA at UMass is way higher than at Cornell? (like 3.9 at umass but like 3.5-3.7 at cornell?)
My logic is that admissions committees (for the most part?) don't care about prestige, and pragmatically, Cornell is significantly more rigorous than UMass. And you are probably wondering why I transferred--it's 15k cheaper a year for me to go to cornell (more than full tuition off).
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