<p>First of all congrats to those that have already been accepted. Now the pressure's on for us RD applicants =/
At this point i'm pretty much confused in choosing between two colleges: CALS and Human Ecology. I am a prospective bio major (going into pre-med) but not at much of a competitive applicant. I was hoping if anyone would advise me which college i should apply to ( i am NYC resident, but from what i hear Human Ecology is easier to get into). Lastly is it better to apply to just one college instead of two?
thanks!</p>
<p>If you’re from upstate, apply to CALS. If from downstate, apply to Human Ecology.</p>
<p>apply to human ecology: >35% acceptance rate compared with 20% for Cals. In addition, for the medical field, human ecology is definitely the clear choice.</p>
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<li>Brown EDer who’ve done a bit of research on Cornell.</li>
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<p>Yes, the College of Human Ecology is the way to go for a prospective pre-med.</p>
<p>hmm but doesn’t CALS benefit NYS residents? or is Human Ecology a contract college as well?</p>
<p>College of Human Ecology is a contract college along with CALS & International Labor Relations.</p>
<p>I’m not so sure that >35% acceptance @ HumEc would hold water for a potential Bio/pre-med major. I must admit, I don’t know, but I have a hunch that the DEA major within HumEc has a higher acceptance rate so that the overall HumEc acceptance rate is higher than CAS.
I don’t know the specific bio/pre-med acceptance rate for HumEc. monydad, are you there??</p>
<h1>7 may well be correct, at least I’ve gotten that impression from some other threads.</h1>
<p>But I’ve never seen admissions data for the separate majors within the contract colleges broken out. It would be useful information for applicants to have, because there does seem to be some differences. For example, I’ve read that AEM major is more selective than CALS generally. But again, no published data.</p>
<p>Without data one simply doesn’t know which is a harder admit. But besides that point, I imagine the various programs and colleges have some different course and distribution requirements that should be highly influential in choosing where to apply.</p>
<p>I assume “bio” means Biological Sciences, which is only offered in CAS and CALS. wouldn’t that narrow it down a bit?
not saying you can’t be pre-med, or find a similar, bio-related major in Hum Ec, but this seems like it’s worth mentioning.</p>
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<p>Industrial Labor Relations. </p>
<p>Sorry, bit of school pride is all.</p>
<p>“I assume “bio” means Biological Sciences, which is only offered in CAS and CALS. wouldn’t that narrow it down a bit?
not saying you can’t be pre-med, or find a similar, bio-related major in Hum Ec, but this seems like it’s worth mentioning.”</p>
<p>Not quite. HE has a “Human Biology” major, that’s pretty much the de facto major for pre-meds in human ecology.</p>
<p>that’s what I meant. Human Biology would be a totally reasonable major for this person, but that’s not what they said.</p>
<p>I didn’t know it existed…sounds pretty cool, actually. if I were pre-med I would take that!</p>
<p>Human Ecology is easier to get into for the most part, but they look very closely at “fit” so your essay needs to address their curriculum. Also, they “need” more males so if you are a guy, your chances may be even better!</p>