<p>Which school has the most workload, hardest to graduate from etc</p>
<p>CAS
CALS
ILR
HE
ENGINEERING
AAP
Hotel</p>
<p>I'd rank it like this:</p>
<p>Engineering/AAP
CAS
CALS
ILR/HE
Hotel</p>
<p>i wasn't ranking personally i was just listing the schools. when i visited cornell in the fall everyone basically said if u do your work you'll be fine. i want to know what current students have experienced</p>
<p>that's one of those questions that will vary from person to person. I find engineering and math to be difficult so i'd have trouble in one of those classes, but i have analytical skills than a few of my science friends could only dream of so they wouldnt do well in classes that I excell in. </p>
<p>Here's my list</p>
<p>AAP - architecture
engineering
CAS
CALS biology
ILR
HE
CALS (every other major)
Hotel
AAP - art</p>
<p>(fyi, i've taken classes in CAS, CALS, and ILR ... my gf is in AAP architecture and she has taken classes in CAS, AAP-art)</p>
<p>I would endorse gomestar's ranking. That's better than mine.</p>
<p>Looks good to me.</p>
<p>is hotel really that easy?</p>
<p>no, it isn't, but everyone academic thinks it's easy because it's more practical things and fewer intellectual things.</p>
<p>the ranking is really difficult because it also varies by program. CALS Bio is probably a lot harder than CAS psych, etc.</p>
<p>If I were to rank the schools based on prestige relative to other competitive programs i would go</p>
<p>Hotel
ILR
Engineering
CAS
AAP
CALS
HE</p>
<p>but that's still sketchy. hotel and ILR get blown to the top because they have very little competition. Engineering edges arts because it's top of the ivy league but it's a very close call. AAP is great but I feel a little less notable than CAS and Eng, and I don't know much about HE, maybe it should be higher somewhere, but i don't know where to put it. I just don't here national ravings about our TXA program like I do about RISD's programs.</p>
<p>The interesting thing is it's hard to find a weakness, which actually makes me feel pretty good as a cornell student.</p>
<p>Hotel and ILR blow the rest of everyone else away, pushing the highly competitive engineering and CAS to spots 3 and 4 out of 7! highly respected AAP and one of the best bio programs and ugrad business schools in the country (CALS) are closer to the bottom, followed by HE which still has great specialized programs, even though they are less notable to a mainstream person.</p>
<p>Acceptance rate and workload don't really matter, as some subjects are just easier than others, and some programs are in less demand but still attract the best (thus an "unfairly" high acceptance rate) so yeah, i can't really rate things like that i don't think.</p>
<p>the only thing is as before it's still program based...cals has some of the best vet stuff and farming stuff...i kind of revise this to say that you can't really rank the schools against each other at all.</p>
<p>interesting analysis, sparticus. </p>
<p>Dont forget, the undergraduate architecture program is #1 in the US and is the most competitive program to be admitted to at Cornell. </p>
<p>There is really no concrete way to rank the schools though. As a Cornell student, you can take classes in all of the schools so it's not like one school will stop you from taking a bunch of classes that they offer.</p>
<p>Also, ILR really does blow all of the other similar programs away. Schools with similar programs are Rutgers, Michigan State, Johns Hopkins (at least with organizatinal development), Wisconsin (and there was 5 or 6 others that my TA's mentioned). I guess at some ilr-type convention the Cornell students are the ones getting all of the red carpet treatment. Rather cool.</p>
<p>Yeah...I was gonna say that few schools match Cornell in architecture. I was surprised that you put it so low. If anything, Engineering would be near the bottom for prestige relative to others since there are so many great engineering programs out there.</p>
<p>oh i didn't know architecture was #1...I thought it was at the top, but not first...oh well, yeah basically the rankings in that manner do all the other colleges injustice. I was talking with some friends later and it turns out HE is really good at what it offers so yeah arts and engineering would probably go to the bottom interestingly.</p>
<p>Hotel
ILR
AAP
CALS
HE
Engineering
CAS
might be a better ordering...but as I said it's all before, it's all meaningless...i mean, one of the best arts colleges in the world is at the bottom...</p>
<p>maybe it is better to ask which major not school has the most workload and hardest to graduate in. or which major or school has the highest drop out or transfer rate? but then again overall cornell has a 92% graduation rate(4 yrs)-but it is lower than the other ivies.</p>
<p>Sparticus, are you ranking by workload and course difficulty? It seems like your ranking is based on other variables...</p>
<p>i think it's all relative and what you're good at. </p>
<p>When I'm in architecture, I'm really happy staying in the studio working because the work I do is very rewarding and satisfying to me.</p>
<p>I could never imagine myself doing engineering because it is too tedious and analytical for me.</p>
<p>architecture has a nice blend between creative and analytical, which is what i like. </p>
<p>but yes, architecture probably requires the most time in college. but i rather work in studio than memorize facts or take exams.</p>
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if I were to rank the schools based on prestige relative to other competitive programs i would go:
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and there is your answer</p>
<p>My Cornell interviewer said that hotel kids have it easy. He was joking about it, said a chemistry class for them would be something like "What temperature does ice melt at?"</p>
<p>My bad, I forgot about your earlier post.</p>