<p>I agree with lenny2 re: grades in poli sci. Oppenheimer loves to give 86-89 on papers. Ratemyprofessor will back me up on that. He grades the papers/tests if the class size is manageable–like Legislative Process. S was just in a 100 level class with 300 people. taught by Oppenheimer and Clinton. He took it this year because it’s only offered election years–and he thinks Oppenheimer is a gifted teacher. The TA’s grade the papers in huge classes such as this. I can think of one poli sci class in which S received a straight A, and that was Nacol’s class, Democratic Theory. She is on leave at Cornell this year but will be back next year. She got the Undergraduate Teaching Award last year and is an amazing teacher. She puts a page of typewritten comments with your first draft and allows you to rewrite. Moreover, she is interesting. You will have to have one political theory class, and I highly recommend her. S has never gotten a B in a poli sci class, so he has gotten all A-'s and B+'s in poli sci with the one A in Nacol’s class. I hope this helps, persiandad. I commend you for thinking this all out before you even meet with an advisor. It helps to have a plan, especially when you are headed to medical school using such an interesting route.
lenny2: S loved Oceanography with Goodbred and he doesn’t think of himself as a science person. He thought the lab was great; however, someone’s daughter on here HATED Oceanography, the lab, and everything about it. I think S liked it because it was so much like AP Environmental Science which he took as a senior in high school. He regarded it as an easy A, and that made up for Vanderbilt’s not giving him credit for that particular AP credit.</p>