<p>Hey everybody.</p>
<p>All this different college stuff within Cornell really has me muddled.</p>
<p>Since I really don't want to write two essays for Cornell, which college is better for me?</p>
<p>I want to pursue pre-med but I'm interested mostly in the molecular biology area. At the same time, if possible, I want to double major in Theatre Arts. </p>
<p>Which would be better? CAS or CALS?</p>
<p>Thanks for all your time.</p>
<p>If you want to double major in Theatre Arts you can ONLY be in CAS.</p>
<p>That said, biology is a rigorous major and pre-med is even more rigorous. You might not have time to pursue a second major.</p>
<p>isnt theatre arts in AAP</p>
<p>Well if it’s a part of the Department of Film, Theatre, or Dance (which I’m pretty sure it is), then it’s in CAS.</p>
<p>Thanks chendrix and Feral24.</p>
<p>If I dropped the thinking of pursuing a Theatre Arts double major, then which would fit? </p>
<p>CAS or CALS?</p>
<p>Both offer a Biology program as far as I know… Although I only saw the “pre-med” option in the CALS website. I do know that “pre-med” isn’t a program per se, but the fact that they list it may indicate greater amounts of support and resources for pre-med students in CALS. Unless I’m just terribly mistaken and both offer strong amounts of support for pre-med people xD.</p>
<p>^I’m interested in biology as well and am currently learning towards CALS because </p>
<p>1) higher acceptance rate
2) CALS just seems more science-y</p>
<p>There are plenty of pre-med people in CAS, too. You need to think about which college fits you best…for example, CAS is a liberal arts college with a foreign language requirement; CALS has more science requirements and doesn’t require a language. Or if you live in New York and money is an issue, you could benefit from the lower cost of CALS.</p>
<p>No matter which college you end up in, you can take courses across the 7 colleges, so you can always take theater courses as electives.</p>
<p>Except if you are in CALS, then you are limited in the amount of classes in CAS you can take.</p>
<p>Cas!!!</p>
<p>where do I find information on the requirements of the different colleges? i can’t find them anywhere on the site…</p>
<p>@cadillac: I see. Thank you very much.</p>
<p>@countryangel926: “CALS… doesn’t require a language.”</p>
<p>Awesome. Thank you for this info.</p>
<p>@chendrix: How limited? Limited enough to prevent a double major?</p>
<p>@thebigcheese121: I appreciate the enthusiasm XD but why do you think CAS would be more advantageous or better than CALS?</p>
<p>If you are in CALS you are simply forbidden to double-major in Theatre Arts.
You are not forbidden to just take classes in Theatre Arts (without majoring in it) but you are limited in the total amount of classes in CAS you can take.</p>
<p>In CAS you are neither forbidden to double major in Theatre Arts nor are you limited in the amount of classes you can take in any of the colleges.</p>
<p>so to generalize from this specific situation, for the benefit of those reading later: you can’t double major with one major being in CALS and another major being in something else.</p>
<p>^ Yep. You can only major within your own college (with the exception of certain dual-degree programs, I think), but many minors are listed across colleges.</p>