<p>is cals any less reputable than cas?</p>
<p>and also, are people in different colleges separated?</p>
<p>Some very misinformed people seem to think that CALS is not as good as CAS, but really it's all Cornell and doesn't make any difference at all.</p>
<p>the only difference between cals and cas is the tuition rate for NY students. Academic quality is identical.</p>
<p>also, people in different colleges are integrated nicely.</p>
<p>CU acutally loses money on NY residents in CALS. So they make sure they are either ineligible for FA or damn smart. Anyway, ALS does a ***** load of research and truly needs that state funding.</p>
<p>so people don't think, "wow you're in cals so you must not be as smart as i am" right?</p>
<p>Some do chickenandwaffle. Those people are usually douchebags.</p>
<p>what about people who "matter", like grad schools/possible employers? are people in cals at a disadvantage?</p>
<p>and why do people think that? is it easier to get into or something?</p>
<p>Students at CALS get a more practical education (so it's said) than do CAS majors. In terms of science, and especially the biological sciences, CALS has more research training. CALS is also said to have one of the best Career Development centers in the University.</p>
<p>Don't worry about the State vs. Private. How Cornell decides to allocate it's SUNY funding is up to them, and it seems smart that they're throwing it into one of their biggest research colleges.</p>
<p>epicsocks, what do you mean when you say that in the biological sciences, CALS has more research training?</p>
<p>I went to Cornell several decades ago and majored in biology in CAS. At that time, the academic and research opportunities available to CAS biology majors and CALS biology majors were identical. </p>
<p>Are things different now?</p>
<p>I meant more along the lines of the kind of education received. At CALS there are close to 20 biology related majors and fields to choose from.</p>
<p>All of the colleges in the University are integrated to the extent that their resources are accessible to every student. CAS sciences invests in more liberal arts training (in general) and can make use of the CALS research facilities. CALS tenders a more practical education, highly specialized depending on the major you have chosen.</p>
<p>"Don't worry about the State vs. Private. How Cornell decides to allocate it's SUNY funding is up to them, and it seems smart that they're throwing it into one of their biggest research colleges."</p>
<p>This is completely inaccurate. CALS, ILR, HumEc and the Vet school are run by contract with the State of New York. They are not SUNY schools, nor does Cornell have the ability or discretion to give the money it receives from New York State for these contract colleges to any of the other colleges at Cornell.</p>
<p>All that future employers and graduate schools see on your resume and transcript is that you received a degree from Cornell. Since I graduated from Cornell (and received two graduate degrees) I have never once been asked (except by a curious fellow Cornell grad) which college I went to at Cornell.</p>
<p>"This is completely inaccurate. CALS, ILR, HumEc and the Vet school are run by contract with the State of New York. They are not SUNY schools, nor does Cornell have the ability or discretion to give the money it receives from New York State for these contract colleges to any of the other colleges at Cornell."</p>
<p>SUNY is allowed to control 3 things:</p>
<ul>
<li>Review of the dean.</li>
<li>Amount of funding given.</li>
<li>Tuition rates.</li>
</ul>
<p>How Cornell chooses to use this money is up to the University, so long as it stays in the College intended. I apologize if my initial statement was confusing.</p>
<p>epicsocks is correct on at least 2 of them - the third is one of those gray areas. </p>
<p>stated from wikipedia - "the statutory college consult with (but require no formal approval from) SUNY when it sets tuition rates"</p>
<p>i know this isn't related with what the thread is talking about...but since people here know about CALS, i was wondering...</p>
<p>how difficult is it to transfer from engineering to CALS? More specifically AEM. I'm in the process of figuring out what i wanna do and AEM business is one of my options. As a freshman, this whole college thing is still intimdating.</p>
<p>Nimx, it should be easy. Contact the Internal Transfer Division and have a talk with them. AEM is considered to be one of the easier majors.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sws.cornell.edu/ITD/%5B/url%5D">http://www.sws.cornell.edu/ITD/</a></p>
<p>I'm not sure where you got your information from epicsocks, but AEM is one of the more difficult majors to get into particularly as an internal transfer. I know of several Economics and Engineering majors (all with very good grades) that were unable to transfer into AEM. I am not saying it isn't doable, but to say that AEM is one of the easier majors is rather misguided.</p>
<p>lol, I call it as I see it.</p>
<p>do you guys know any AEM majors and/or AEM major transfer students that I may contact thru email to ask them a couple stuff about Cornell's program?</p>
<p>also, when's the earliest one can transfer?</p>
<p>I'd hurry. First you need to decide whether you want to transfer or not. If so, get on the phone with ITD. Email some of the directors for the AEM major. Send out some facebook messages to current AEM students.</p>
<p>You need to find out soon, because most Internal Transfers have to take chaser courses for a semester before they can officially change their major. So, before you enroll, you want to have a good idea how you're going to align your transfer into AEM.</p>
<p>BMW is right in that AEM is one of the more difficult majors to GET INTO, but that's only because it gets so many applicants. Every jock and his roomie are trying to get in. It's perhaps one of the simplest majors in the University, next to HA majors, especially in terms of course-work. You're likely to be drinking 5 nights a week.</p>