Do TA Credits Count Toward Full-Time Status?

AJKates
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:11:32 +0000

Well, this is not the first class I’ve TA’ed for, and I *will *be receiving two credits. It’s considered AEM 498 on one’s transcript. Even if I dropped a class, I’d still technically have twelve credits. I don’t mean to be rude, but I wasn’t asking for advice as to whether I should do so or not; but rather, whether TAing credits count toward the minimum. By the way, CAS doesn’t typically allow undergraduate TA’s, and hence, students would never receive credit for doing so.

The only reason I’d drop to so few credits is if my startup takes off, which doesn’t seem likely to happen early on in the semester, since we most likely won’t be releasing until later on.

In any case, this is a very serious endeavor that I’ve been working on for over a year. Additionally, I’ll probably have poured nearly as much money into it than my Cornell education, when it’s all said and done. If things go as planned, the last things I’ll be worried about are what Cornell thinks and what my life insurance policy says. I’d even take leave from school if necessary, though I’d prefer not to have to. Even this prospect seems OK with the CALS authority figures, given my stellar academic record.

FD36: This semseter, I’m only TAing for AEM 121. In the spring, I’ll be Head or Admin for AEM 210 (statistics).