suehl

Hi everyone,

I feel really outdated posting here again after all the college admission craze I went through last year as a hs senior.

Anyways, so i am about to finish my freshman year at cornell. i am in the college of engineering and kind of in electrical engineering/computer science track, but through taking some biology related courses here, i have come to realize that engineering isn't what i really want to do: biology turns out to be my true love.

i have a couple of good reasons why i want to transfer out of cornell. my question is then, a)does cu have a good biology program?(i am not a premed) and b)does cu have lots of researchs going on? (cornell is a huge school=>lots of research opportunities)


about me/specs:

my GPA from the fall semester is 3.5. but considering the grade deflation at cornell AND the difficulty of the courses i took/am taking, I think 3.5 is just slightly less than ideal. (if you wonder, for the first sem, i took orgo(for sophomores), an intense cs programming course(for sophomores), and 1st year engineering math(with an A). and others are just required freshman stuff)

this semester i'm taking: microbiology for sophomores, biochemistry for juniors/seniors, 2nd sem engineering math and 1st sem engineering physics and some other required courses. i am expecting and hoping for something higher than 3.5 for this semester.

i also work in this genetics/biochem lab as a lab technician, but i will be doing intense research over this summer (which i believe is rare for a freshman)

i have a couple of other good extracurricula but since i already cut the ivy line in the past, i don't think this much hs school isn't necessary here.

RECAP:
a)does cu have a good biology program?(i am not a premed)
b)does cu have lots of research going on?
and c)do i have any shot in tranfer?

thanks in advance.

PS. you guys have a pretty campus/buildings!