<p>How do the programs/admissions processes differ between these two programs? Does one look at applications more holistically than the other? Which is generally considered easier to get accepted into?</p>
<p>Thank you so much :)</p>
<p>They are offered at two different schools.</p>
<p>Don’t apply to one because you think it is easier; apply to one because you think it caters to your needs. I read somewhere that asking which one is easier is like asking which NFL team recruits the easiest. They are both equally hard and look for different things. </p>
<p>@Kungpaoasian I appreciate both of the schools/programs equally and I feel as though I would fit and thrive in either one of them. I’ve gone over both curriculums and they are both amazing. I would minor in whichever program I didn’t major in. Of course, all schools/colleges at Cornell are looking for some common credentials but I would also assume that they do look at some different things particular to their programs. I’m sure there is no significant “admissions advantage” to applying to one program over the other; I’ve just heard that ILR is more selective but places more value on the humanities while PAM places more emphasis on the social sciences. Does that sound accurate at all? </p>
<p>You can always apply to both, they are different colleges so you would have to do two supplements. PAM is one of seven majors offered in the College of Human Ecology, so although the College is about a little larger, the number of PAM slots may be smaller than ILR …only AdCom knows for sure.</p>
<p>Went on admissions visit/seminar at ILR over a year ago with my son.
ILR admissions indicated they prefer you DO NOT apply to a 2nd choice school.
Makes it look like you are not so committed to ILR. Pick the one you really want and apply to it exclusively.</p>
<p>@blevine, that’s interesting because in the general information session I attended this year (visited on a Saturday, no individual college sessions, unfortunately), they did not say that. In fact, they said that the designed the application process to allow for first and second choices because it is sometimes difficult to pick only one.</p>
<p>@connect1234 That is true, the university offers the option and it though it seems unusual, I think it’s a great policy.
Sometimes people may get into Arts & Sciences, get A’s in math/physics and then transfer to Engineering later,
if they did not get Eng on the first try (vs going elsewhere). Most would go elsewhere to start Eng if that is their
first choice and they were rejected for their first choice. So ILR seems to prefer you make that choice in a similar fashion. Given the program emphasizes liberal arts, government etc, see no reason a student could not be equally interested in A&S, Human Ecology (public policy) or ILR. Different yet much overlap in classes. This is what they mentioned to my group in ILR but not in the general info session.</p>
<p>You have to do what you think is best for you, but they want people who want to be in ILR, not
just in Cornell !</p>