<p>I was hoping one of you could give me some insight to the different colleges at Cornell.</p>
<p>Even though choice of study probably decided what college you [want to] attend. I was wondering if the colleges could be ranked in terms of difficulty of admission (and does this parallel prestige rank--if there is one).</p>
<p>For example, Information Science is offered at CALS, CAS, CE... is there a rank in what flavor would be hardest or easiest (yeah, CE is probably the hardest), but is there a general ranking we can assign to these colleges?</p>
<p>I think that is how the sat scores go. But that doesn't mean that one school is better than the other.</p>
<p>For example, architecture is extremely competitive, I believe they have the lowest acceptance rate and require a portfolio to prove ability and interest in architecture.</p>
<p>Hotel has lower SAT scores, but they also have a fairly low admit rate, and they have a great program in hotel administration. Some people joke about the Hotelie's but they know they will have a very marketable degree.</p>
<p>Plenty of brilliant people in CALS, and if you're from NYS, interested in biological sciences, and don't qualify for financial aid, the school has a huge draw.</p>
<p>People tend not to apply to ILR and HumEc unless they know exactly what they want to major in. If the schools have the major you want, it's a good place to be.</p>
<p>And everybody knows CAS and Engineering are awesome. The rest of the schools don't get enough credit.</p>
<p>Regarding your question about info. science. If a major exists across several colleges, the major is essentially identical across the different colleges, meaning no difference in quality/difficulty. The only difference you will find lies in what other courses you have to take at whatever college you attend. If you do info science at CE you will have different distribution requirements than if you did info. science at CAS but you will be in the same info science classes either way.</p>
<p>@bongoboy: yeah, that was kind of what I was getting at. Let's take infoscience... all I care about is the major - so I want to get in via the easiest means. If that means applying to CAS instead of CALS, I want to know.</p>
<p>That's why I asked the question--I definitely did not want to start some war (@bball87). I tried searching for the answer before posting, I didn't come up with anything... sorry if this has been asked again and again.</p>
<p>So could the colleges be put in a list by acceptance rate, easiest (least hardest) to hardest? Or does such a list not apply?</p>
<p>It's hard to say. CALS has a higher overall acceptance rate than CAS but for some majors in CALS (for which data does not exist) the acceptance rate falls to a level comparable to the overall CAS rate. Is info science one of those "hot" CALS majors? I can't say. I can say if you want to get into info science through engineering, they will place heavy scrutiny on your SAT scores, slightly more scrutiny than CAS. CAS and CALS might look at you more holistically.</p>