<p>I've heard that acceptance rates vary amond the different undergrad schools at cornell. I'm thinking of applying to Cornell RD. Which college is the least and most competitive out of the following for international applicants:</p>
<p>College of Applied Science
Collee of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Engineering</p>
<p>It's the "College of Arts and Science", not "Applied Science".</p>
<p>Your best bet is to not concern yourself with pure numbers and apply to the school that's the best fit for your interest and skill. That's your best shot at getting accepted. </p>
<p>Otherwise, it seems as though you're just trying to figure out how to get into Cornell rather than using the resources of Cornell to pursue your field of interest.</p>
<p>Thanks applejack, I do realize the fact that there are many pple on this forum who havn't done enough research and just want to get into colleges b/c of their prestige. However, I'm not one of them.</p>
<p>My interests include a wide variety of fields which include Economics, political science, mechanical Engineering, mathematics, applied economics and management. So, basically I can pursue my interests in any of these colleges.</p>
<p>CAS: Math+Econ
CALS: AEM
College of Engineering: Mech Eng + ISST</p>
<p>Hence, the bottom line is that getting into any of these colleges is a bigger concern for me rather than selecting one specific college. It would be really nice if someone could answer the question I asked in post#1</p>
<p>I still think you should just choose whichever major combo sounds the most appealing. Plus all of your choices there are pretty selective, not one stands out as easy...as it probably shouldn't at Cornell anyway...</p>
<p>If you're so concerned about it, OP, then you should take the trouble to look up the admissions rates per college (which are easy to find) yourself instead of asking us to do it for you.</p>
<p>Get some more information on each of the schools and see where you think you would fit in.</p>
<p>I think people are hesitant to provide a strict list for you because it simply isn't that simple. </p>
<p>A lot of Cornell's schools and programs within schools are very specialized and, therefore, self-selective. Meaning that the only people who apply to them are people who have some particular interest in that niche. As such, the acceptance rate is going to be much higher for such programs than a general liberals arts curriculum. </p>
<p>That said, here's the answer you seeketh after a quick web search. It's a little dated, as it's for the class of 2007 (which I assume means graduating, not incoming):</p>
<p>College of Engineering: 37.2%
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: 29.9%
College of Arts and Sciences: 28.5%
Overall university: 31%</p>
<p>The overall has dropped to about 20%. You can assume the others have dropped but remained in roughly the same order.</p>
<p>You can take classes in other colleges within the university.</p>