<p>rarely does anyone dual degree at cornell...</p>
<p>Dual Degree is hard because 1. you can only dual degree between two "like" colleges (i.e. you cannot dual degree between a state-contract college and an endowed college b/c of the tuition difference) 2. You have to fulfill the reqs. of both colleges...so if you dual degreed in arts not only would you have to fulfill the requirements of your major but also take all those other crappy arts classes, fulfill language req. etc. etc. Unless it is something you are dying to do, you have nothing better to do than spend 5 years at cornell, or you have an amazing amount of AP credit, I really wouldn't recommend it.</p>
<p>I disagree about getting to take courses you're interested in. You are required to take at least 6 "elective" credits where you take humanities distribution so if that qualifies as something you are interested in, then yes, you even HAVE to take those types of courses. Also, there are 6 "technical" electives which can be sciences or other engineering courses, so yeah. Also, you can suck it up and take an extra 3-4 credits if it is something you are really interested in.</p>
<p>for aep you spend the first 2 years learning the physics and some other stuff. most aep majors take honors versions of the normal engineering physics track and then plus some even more advanced physics in upper level classes. the 2nd two years are spent applying that physics knowledge to other engineering fields. so its pretty much 1:1 of physics to applied engineering</p>
<p>Can you declare a double major on the application or do you do so after freshman year? I was thinking about doubling between AEM and Bioengineering in CALS. Is that too difficult to complete in 4 years?</p>
<p>double major is easy, dual degree is a different story.</p>
<p>do we need a cell phone at cornell? if we do, which service is good at cornell?</p>
<p>Almost everyone has it; I think most people use it exclusively (i.e. don't bother with a landline). Verizon is supposed to be the best, and it generally performs very well, but Cingular isn't horrible either.</p>
<p>Well, do you need a cellphone back at home? A cellphone is by no means necessary but it does help a lot. No cell phone just means you won't really be able to call anyone unless you're in your dorm. And even then, you might (I dunno, i don't use it) get hit with long distance charges since everyone has different area codes and are from all over the country.</p>