<p>I assume this is some sort of a joke, but it’s not funny some people might think you are serious. Nobody thinks there is anything easy about a CALS Biology major,for one thing the major and courses are completely and identically shared with CAS.</p>
<p>People I knew who graduated from ILR and CALS have had very successful careers, they certainly did not suffer by their attendance there.</p>
<p>There are outstanding students and programs in these colleges, that is well recognized within the university. Of course not every individual is exactly the same, at these colleges or the others either.</p>
<p>i understand this. a lot of people who ask this question erroneously refer to CALS, ILR, etc as ‘state schools’ and it’s easier just to say ‘state’ rather than ‘statutory’ or ‘contract.’ people, because of the misconception that cornell has state schools tend to understand what you’re saying when you say ‘state’ for whatever reason(s). it helps to make your point more easily.</p>
<p>Well, no need to play into the hand of ignorance. It really doesn’t matter, but if you haven’t been around very long you’ll soon learn that people who use the phrase “state school” to refer to aspects of Cornell usually have venom dripping from their tongues and are using it as an argument as to why they think their school (insert either Penn or Duke) is vastly superior, as if there could be no worse hell than to attend the likes of Berkeley, Michigan, or North Carolina. </p>
<p>Well, no need to play into the hand of ignorance. It really doesn’t matter, but if you haven’t been around very long you’ll soon learn that people who use the phrase “state school” to refer to aspects of Cornell usually have venom dripping from their tongues and are using it as an argument as to why they think their school (insert either Penn or Duke) is vastly superior, as if there could be no worse hell than to attend the likes of Berkeley, Michigan, or North Carolina.</p>
<p>anyway… back to the topic. </p>
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<p>i’ve been around here a while. i’m graduating this month. please don’t assume i haven’t any experience with this place.</p>
<p>why be so sensitive to the term “state?” where do you think the word “statutory” comes from? they both share the basic old french etymology. if you have a problem with “state” you should truly hate “statutory” …</p>
<p>I couldn’t care less about the school distinctions. My best friends are both contract college students and endowed students. But people need to stop being delusional. I’m in arts and sciences and soooo many of my classmates and peers have a really elitist view about the contract schools. Sure there are some gem statutory college majors such as AEM and…AEM. But I hear a lot of SUNY Ithaca, SUNY Cornell slurs. Even some of my professors take part in the contract school bashing. And I don’t really take it seriously but my friends always feel the need to shout out random stats to show you how great human ecology or ILR or CALS are. I was so embarrassed when Keith Olbermann (CALS grad) had to bring out his diploma on his show to show Ann Coulter (Arts and Science grad). That’s so mental. Everyone needs to just caaaaalm down. The elitism is pathetic but so is the inferiority complex.</p>
It was more about two media personalities with over-inflated egos, one lying (Coulter) and one whining (Olbermann), not some proxy war between Cornell’s colleges or the result of already-existing tension between the colleges.
<p>i pay less than the aap/cas/hotel/eng kids and still get a cornell degree. doesn’t bother me at all, thanks. and i like my major (HD) way better than i would have liked a psych-only curriculum. worked out perfectly for both my academic interests and my wallet :)</p>
<p>^depends on fit. when I was applying I think I’d have had an easier time getting into CAS because I had nothing in my life or activities to demonstrate an interest in applied economics and management, but I was generally a well-qualified applicant in terms of academics and involvement in high school.</p>
<p>^Yes, that is true. But do people actually use AEM as a backdoor to CAS? I would assume that many people don’t think “I’m going to apply to AEM so I can transfer into CAS?” as per campuscsi.</p>