For Cornell engineering, would I have a better chance at being accepted if I apply to the College of Engineering, or should I apply to the College of Arts and Sciences and transfer?

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I really would like to get into Cornell, I didn’t apply ED though. I also know I want to do engineering, but it will be tough, especially this year, to get in. Would I have a better change if I applied to the CAS and then applied to transfer internally? I’m kind of torn on what to do.

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If you don’t have the profile for engineering, you don’t have the profile- and how a semester or year at CAS is going to change that is a mystery to me.

Apply to engineering if that’s what you want; find a bunch of other schools which have the program you want but are statistically easier to get into, make sure you have a couple of choices which are both affordable and are “sure bets” admissions wise.

No need to be torn…

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Changing into an engineering major at Cornell if one is not initially enrolled in the engineering division is described here:

https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/advising/internal-transfer-engineering

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It’s not that I don’t think I don’t have the profile, it’s just that a lot of students do and there are just limited spots. I heard it was easier to do an internal transfer, but thank you for the advice. I’m applying to a few different schools and have already been accepted into my safeties

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If your applications screams engineering, you are unlikely to get into CAS. Cornell wants to see that you are a good fit to their individual colleges.

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Ah ok, thank you. That was helpful

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I will assume that your safeties are affordable ABET accredited universities in the US.

If this is the case, then I think that you should apply to the program that you want to get into. I think that it is far better to have the major that you want at a very good university, rather than the wrong major at a slightly higher ranked university.

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