| As an OR major?
Assuming you are good at math (5 AP BC and 780 + SAT) I think if you study on average, four hours a day, every day, you can easily get a 3.5. No problem.
Most students fail to realize how much the work ethic of students may fail during their first year of college. There are tons of distractions -- romantic interests, sports, exrtracurricular activities, the Internet, everything. Suck it up and study. Kids get into problems and start stressing out when they don't start their problem set until the day before it is due.
The engineers I knew at Cornell tended not to do much work on weekends.
Most individuals who come in represent the intelligence of the average Cornell student and are remotely serious about their studies at Cornell have no problem having above a 3.3 by the time they graduate. |