mikeyc765

I would also say that you stand a lot to gain from the experience. If you do what it takes to improve your quantitative abilities and get A's in Econ classes, I'm sure you'll reflect back on this semester and appreciate what it taught you. A chance to learn/grow as a person is fantastic. Had your grade been inflated, you may feel better now, but then how much would you really be gaining from a Cornell education? Would you really have the same drive to push yourself as a person to succeed? If the curves had been such that you had gotten A's, you may feel better now, but all that would do is reflect that Cornell has confirmed your current abilities. Instead, you now know you have a ways to go to grow as a student and from this, take actions to improve.

csdad

...have you met with professors, tried to form study groups with classmates, gone to the "Center for Learning Strategies"?? In other words have you done everything that you can do? Sounds like you are working hard, but perhaps by accessing resources you could work harder. You sound like a kid who is heartbroken to realize that they are never going to be a pro athlete...... maybe you aren't going to go to the top banking school in the world but don't let what you may not be able to do stop you from doing what you can do.....in summary...suck it up.

NYULawyer

There are hundreds of courses at Cornell. Try to see which courses may interest you, and gather every bit of information about which subjects/ courses have lenient grading. Hint: many courses in PAM, Hotel, ILR, Soc, or any major with "studies" in it. (ex Asian Studies, etc)

If your GPA truly bothers you, just take easier courses. Problem solved.