<p>I realized that computer science in two colleges: arts and science, and engineering. </p>
<p>Is there a difference in those two departments?
Which one has better accpetance rate?</p>
<p>This is completely typical for universities like Cornell. The Arts and Science school offers a BA in CS while the Engineering school offers a BS. People oftentimes say that a BS is more respected and more employable as it shows you can hold a very technical workload (but have you ever heard of an unemployable CS major? haha).</p>
<p>Each one takes the same core CS classes. The engineering college makes them take the engineering distribution, such as a lot of physics, math, and chem. A&S makes them take humanities, language, some sciences, etc. I would personally suggest applying to Engineering since if you aren’t interested in CS (WHICH DOES HAPPEN, DO NOT THINK YOU ARE AN EXCEPTION), you want another major you could be interested in. The engineering college has operations research and ISST, which are 2 very cool majors that (kind of) attract CS-like kids.</p>
<p>Note: Remember you can apply for two colleges within Cornell. I would recommend applying to engineering #1, A&S #2. Yes, it takes another essay, but you’ll be writing dozens in college, so in the long run, it doesn’t matter. And also, yes, engineering is harder to get into in my opinion (and the general consensus), but also every A&S science kid would have had a pretty damn good shot at getting into the engineering school.</p>
<p>If you are a girl then it would be easier to get into CoE. I would encourage my kid to apply to CAS because I like liberal arts education.</p>
<p>Thank you for your replies. </p>
<p>I went on Cornell’s Arts and Science website and went on the “department” page but I could not find CS. Is there a something wrong with the website or just me being stupid 
?</p>
<p>Also, I sent emails to the admission but I still did not get my replies yet. Does Cornell usually ignore emails?</p>
<p>To Oldfort.
I am a boy unfortunately :P. Any specific reason(or detail) about CAS that you like a lot?
Let say your kid is interested in CS major, would you still encourage them to apply to CAS?</p>
<p>If you apply to CS in both places, are the admissions totally separate? Or do they know you’ve applied to both, and (assuming they are going to take you) accept you only into the program they feel you are better suited for? I’m wondering if there is any downside to applying for CS in both schools, other than the hassle of another application/essay.</p>
<p>As for your questions, mathyone, I think Cornelliann explains beautifully in his first reply on my question.</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> University - Academics - Undergraduate Major Fields of Study](<a href=“Fields of Study | Cornell University”>Fields of Study | Cornell University)
Look under Computer Science, it is offered at CAS and CoE.</p>
<p>I like liberal arts education because it is well rounded. It teaches critical thinking. My older daughter was a math/science person. She considered engineering and later business. I strongly encouraged her to double major in math and econ instead of UG business degree. She did manage to get into finance with those two majors.</p>