<p>well i'm a soph and after this semester i will be 9 classes away from completing an Information Science major at CALS. i've been becoming more and more attracted to the ISST (Information Science, Systems, and Technology) major in the Engineering school. </p>
<p>i especially like the major's liberal arts focus on the sciences and math and its emphasis on Information Systems. but it is a lot of work...if lot of my classes in IS don't transfer over (which they might not), I have 21 courses to complete in the ISST. will i even be able to affiliate? is it worth all the additional classes to get an engineering degree from Cornell? would it be more worthwhile to double major in something instead, like AEM?</p>
<p>sorry for the long post guys; i'm just wondering whether or not it's even worthwhile to try this.</p>
<p>Are you in-state in Ag? If so, I don't think it would be worth it. You would be better to just take the courses in the ISST major that you would find interesting and useful. Grad students and employers will care a lot more about your coursework than your explicit major.</p>
<p>And instead of AEM, I would recommend Biometry and Statistics. Great major.</p>
<p>CayugaRed, are/were you a biometry major? I am likely applying ED to that major in CALS, but I am still interested in learning more about it. I get the basic idea of what the major is and it sounds really cool, but I would be interested in hearing about it from someone who is actually majoring in it. Thanks</p>
<p>Nah. I was in ILR. But I took a lot of stats courses. The cool thing about the Biometry major is that it provides a fantastic education in applied math and statistics, which is increasingly valuable for anything you want to do -- medicine, business, research, policy, etc. And then you can combine it with the other offerings in Ag that are of interest to you -- be it the life sciences, the agricultural sciences, the applied social sciences, or business.</p>