<p>What school is easier to be accepted into for an out of state resident with great SATs, a decent GPA, and demonstrated interest in both Policy Analysis Management and Economics that can easy be backed up by previous activities, classes, and work experiences</p>
<p>Human Ecology</p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>I am just a father of a sophomore at Cornell (CAS), but as such have learned a bit about the Hum Ec school because my other child may apply to Hum Ec.</p>
<p>It is easier in the sense that they don't look as much on SATs and GPA per se, but it is harder in the sense that you have to show a true commitment to the department in Hum Ec you are interested in.</p>
<p>My sense is they want strong students (so grades and SAT are certainly a serious concern) but the dedication towards the program the applicant is applying is the critical factor.</p>
<p>human ecology</p>
<p>....arts and sciences is NOT easy to get into. it has just lower than a 15% acceptance rate. try human ecology</p>
<p>yea, not to downplay the college of arts and sciences, but I could never understand how people claims it has a lower than "15%" acceptance rate. Yes, thats what the wikipedia numbers show, but do the math for yourself!</p>
<p>look at the pdf files on Cornell</a> Factbook - Undergraduate Admissions, and calculate for yourselves.</p>
<p>for people applying in fall'07, CAS had its lowest acceptance rate ever, at just below 18%. Go back to a year before, and its just above 20%--a year before that, and its above 21%, etc...you get my point.</p>
<p>the only mathematical explanation to how they could have an acceptance rate under 15% is if you take the number of students accepted at CAS and divide that by the total number of applicants to the university as a whole!</p>
<p>I don't know, maybe i'm calculating wrong, but I'm not getting anything under 15%.</p>
<p>depending on who you are and what are your interests. Hum ec is smaller and will generally look at ur apps more carefully based on your major.</p>
<p>APPLY TO THE SCHOOL that you are most interested in!!!!</p>
<p>I can't emphasize that enough. The hardest school to get into is the one that you are not interested in.</p>
<p>For Arts and Sciences last year, 14,662 applicants, 2,634 acceptances, or 17%. Hum Ec 1229 applications, 434 admitted, or 35%. Hum Ec 1270-1440 mid range, Arts 1310-1510 mid range.</p>
<p>"depending on who you are and what are your interests. Hum ec is smaller and will generally look at ur apps more carefully based on your major."</p>
<p>on my supplement, I put undecided for the major and did not talk about a specific major in my supplemental essay. will this hurt my chances?</p>
<p>No, this will not if u applied to arts and science. If you don't know what you want to major in. its probably better to apply to arts and science because you'll have more options to choose from. where did you apply undecided to?</p>
<p>i actually applied undecided to human ecology. uh oh... well its obvious that i dont want to major in interior design or fabric something, but i wasnt sure between human development and biology and society... i hope this doesnt bite me in the butt</p>
<p>I took ended up applying to Appleapple's advice and applied to Human Ecology after looking more into it. It really fit what I was looking for. Thanks for all the help</p>
<p>I am hoping Human Ecology...as long as ur applications is written according to their interests...</p>
<p>How would u rank these majors(in human ecology) from least to most competitive?</p>
<ol>
<li>nutritional sciences </li>
<li>PAM</li>
<li>Bio and Society</li>
<li>Design and Environment<br></li>
<li>Apparel Design</li>
<li>Bio, Health and Society</li>
<li>Human Development</li>
</ol>
<p>rohansignh2 asked this question 1 year ago...and I would also like to hear an answer. anyone?</p>
<p>haha hey stargazer!
Yeah I'd like to know which are the least/most competitive.
I myself applied to #6, HBHS.
bump</p>
<p>hey chandler - did you see that episode of Desp Housewives like 2 weeks ago when everyone was hanging out at Bree's, and they asked Danielle's husband where he learned law, and he was like CORNELL! and they all ooohed and ahhed and Dave said he wished he had gone to a school like Cornell?</p>
<p>like seriously...what further proof do we need that cornell is awesome? DH acknowledges it! :)</p>
<p>I heard PAM is easy. I used to be a HBHS major and it was soso difficulty. Not too competitive but very boring. As a HBHS major you can take a lot of HD classes or NS classes anyway but there are more requirements. HDs have more tiime for non core classes which is why i considered switching to HD. NS is about the same as HBHS. I dont know about hte rest. So out of the 4 I know id say Pam < HD < NS/HBHS in difficulty</p>
<p>PAM isn't difficult...just a lot of reading and writing and there is some statistics thrown in the mix :-)</p>
<p>I would have to say that NS is at the top in terms of difficulty (I don't know much about HBHS). However...even though there is a lot of material to learn in NS...since it's all human related...it eventually made sense and that made it easier at the upper division level. In my opinion NS 331 was the most difficult of all the required classes....professor is friendly, but his lectures and lecture notes suck which made it hard for me to prepare for the exams.</p>
<p>ok good, I'm applying for PAM. glad it's not too competitive, although easy by cornell standards might be hard by nyu standards...hopefully i'll get the chance to find out.</p>