Cornell?

I think you are in trouble if you started off bad. But they do accept alot of transfer students by looking at their admission stats. They also have agreements with local community colleges, so you wouldn't be the only community college student to do this. I have heard it is less competive to get into the Agricularal program? I have noticed they have a Bio department under this section. Does anyone have any info about transfering into this department?

 

oh, and what do you mean by didn't start off Great? C's??? B's??? D's?????

 

If you are from New York and you want to be a bio major, I recommend applying to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) for the Biology major. This college is part of the State University of New York system and therefore not only offers a reduced tuition fee as compared to the endowed Cornell tuition, it also favors New York State residents. If you are from out of New York CALS may still be a wise school to apply to because they have a more flexible list of requirements as opposed to those enforced by Arts and Science.

Lastly, there is a sizable group every year that comes from junior colleges and community colleges. However, I know that their stats are usually stellar with a solid committment to a desired major displayed by their GPA. Cornell is an extremely difficult school. Although it may be the easiest Ivy to gain admisison to, it is most likely the hardest to do well at.

 

For Psych you have to be in Arts and Science. So good luck with that.

You may want to look into either Human Biology and Health Science or Biology and Society which have psych components to them and is in both A&S and CALS.

You may also want to look into Human Development and Family Studies which is in the college of Human Ecology and it too has a strong sociology/psychology component.

Any questions PM me.

Good luck!

 

hey - i'm PMing you. i think i can reflect on two pretty unique situations that might help you with your decision to pursue cornell.