<p>Is it a good idea to apply to a school in Cornell with a high acceptance rate, get in (hopefully), and then switch to another school?</p>
<p>Specifically, b/c the Engineering school has a high acc. rate and the Arts and Sciences a lower one, would it be a good idea for a borderline/reach student who wants to major in English to apply for the Engineering school, and then switch into A&S later?</p>
<p>Or are the two schools looking for totally different things? For example, a prospective English major's writing skills vs. a prospective Engineering major's science skills?</p>
<p>If you don't show any interest in the field of the college you're applying to, you'll surely be rejected. This is no way to try to get in and actually the acceptance rate at the engineering school is artificially high because the applicants are amazing quality. Also, the acceptance rate for males is about the same as at the other colleges, so no help there. </p>
<p>If you can apply your interest in english to a program at another college, human ecology maybe, I could understand that. Just don't apply with the intention of switching out.</p>
<p>If you apply to the engineering school without a strong math and science background and corresponding awards/extracurriculars, you will not get in...</p>
<p>Go for the school that fits you best. They've seen a lot of apps and know who is just trying to go for the "easier" colleges.</p>
<p>That's ridiculous. If you really have no idea what you want to major in, apply to CAS. Otherwise you could ending up taking a spot away from someone who wanted to pursue the major you indicated. By the way, engineering still has some of the highest SAT scores at Cornell and a very competitive applicant pool.</p>
<p>Engineering may have a higher accept rate, but tons of students there had SATI M 800 and SATII IIC 800. There are fewer applicants for the program, but they're of exceptional quality. lots of cornell's colleges' acceptance rates are artificially high because they have an entire college dedicated to a relatively small applicant pool (engineering, hotel, etc.) That doesn't mean that they accept less than top quality students there.</p>
<p>Apply to CAS if you want to be an english major, and write passionate essays about english. I think you'd have a tough time writing passionately about your obsession with structural rigidity or C++ or circut breakers if you don't a passion in engineering. (sorry engineers, I'm sure many of you wrote about more normal stuff, I just was trying to make engineering-ish topics)</p>
<p>or you could apply to engineering anyway and help lower our acceptance rate</p>
<p>The first time I visited Cornell, I heard a statistic that like 80% of engineering applicants have a 800 Math on SAT. I got in with a 760, but the applicant pool is very very strong.</p>