<p>hi, can someone please list cornell colleges hardest to easiest to get into?
thanks</p>
<p>Oh man… prepare for the onslaught.</p>
<p>It honestly depends on the student. Most kids who get into Engineering wouldn’t get into the Hotel School and vice versa. There is no “backdoor” to getting in. The only instance where this would be useful to an applicant is if they are applying to a major that is found at multiple colleges (for instance bio or computer science), but even then, you should be applying to the school that has the other offerings you find appealing.</p>
<p>I agree with Malan…there really isn’t an “easy” school to get into. You should just make sure that the school you apply to is a genuine fit for you. :)</p>
<p>Ask a stupid question…get a stupid answer.</p>
<p>hardest school to get into though is def AAP. there aren’t any easy schools.</p>
<p>If you are a state student, CALS can be easy to get into, but I’ve known people with great stats that have been rejected. They are all pretty hard to get into. If you are a match for a particular school, you should be fine.</p>
<p>My advice would be to apply to the college where you will be best matched. For instance, if you absolutely love literature and have your heart set on becoming an English major, it would be relatively dumb in my opinion to apply to the College of Human Ecology over the College of Arts & Sciences. From the outset, it would seem that statistically speaking, applying to Human Ecology would be easier because of its acceptance rate and test score range compared to Arts and Sciences. However, all of the colleges within Cornell attract different types of applicants for their respective colleges. It may sound cliche with Cornell, but it is really true: fit matters. If you apply to a college at Cornell that does not match the interests that you mentioned in your college application, i.e. in your essays, extracurricular activity involvement, past work experience, and/or past volunteer experience, it is a strong chance that you will be rejected. Some people may attempt to game the system (applying to one school over another because their scores and grade point averages place them “more competitive” at that particular school), but these students are surprised when they are rejected.</p>
<p>I think Michele Hernandez mentioned it the best in her book “A is for Admission.” I read this book years ago when I was applying to undergrad in the fall of 2004. I remember her mentioning in the opening pages of her book that one applicant she knew tried to “game the system” by applying to Cornell’s College of Engineering over Arts & Sciences because he discovered that the College of Engineering had a higher acceptance rate. This did not seem like a smart idea in Hernandez’s mind. Why? Different colleges at Cornell attract different types of applicants and that applicants apply to particular schools at Cornell because it matches their interests and future goals. This student who Hernandez spoke of was a “liberal arts” applicant who, despite his knowledge, would have stood a stronger chance in the Arts & Sciences applicant pool than engineering. As a result, this student was rejected, ignorant of the fact that colleges at Cornell are self-selective in regard to the types of applicants that apply to them. These applicants fit the school’s mission.</p>
<p>Unlike when I was applying to undergrad, Cornell now has a policy of allowing applicants to choose a primary college and a secondary college. One of the reasons that Cornell implemented this policy is because there would be some applicants who would apply to one college, may not have been an “exact fit” for this college in the eyes of that admissions committee, but that admissions committee may have still agreed that this particular applicant “deserved” to be at Cornell in the college that suited this person’s interests. So, this admissions committee would forward this particular applicant’s information to the college they believed this student “belonged.” I know of one person who this happened to before Cornell allowed the “two college selection policy.” He initially applied to the College of Human Ecology. Later in the admissions cycle, he got a call from the admissions office in the College of Arts and Sciences, and was told that the admissions officers of Human Ecology and Arts and Sciences believed that he would be a “better fit” for Arts and Sciences than Human Ecology. In a nutshell, they were essentially telling him [without saying it] that his best bet for admission would be in the College of Arts and Sciences application pool, and that he would be rejected from Human Ecology if he decided to keep his application in Hum Ec’s applicant pool. He agreed to have his application put in the Arts and Sciences applicant pool, and he was accepted. The two college selection policy of today’s admission process at Cornell would benefit an applicant like that person I just spoke of. </p>
<p>The only way that I think that two college selection policy would work for admission is if you a.) apply to two colleges that happen to share the same major, (b.) are a good match for both colleges, or (c.) aren’t a good match for the primary school you selected, but are an excellent match for the other school.</p>
<p>OK, the person who did that was hit by a bad idea, but the post is excellent!</p>
<p>ok, then what is the most competitive and least competitive?</p>
<ol>
<li>AAP</li>
<li>Arts and Sciences</li>
<li>Engineering</li>
<li>CALS</li>
<li>ILR</li>
<li>Hum Ec</li>
<li>Hotel</li>
</ol>
<p>yep I went there</p>
<p>^ i would switch humec and cals</p>
<p>Actually ya I took another look at the numbers and I’d probably agree with that switch. Though CALS has a couple majors (AEM, Bio) that are notoriously more difficult to get into then some of the more agricultural, environmental related majors so it’s somewhat difficult to place.</p>
<p>um you’re a sophomore please please don’t start worrying about this yet! spare yourself some anxiety! at least for a year or so. just focus on studies and do well. don’t overthink college believe me you’ll look back on this someday and laugh</p>
<p>HumEc’s acceptance rate last year was over 30%, ipersonally think hotel should be switched with that.</p>
<p>As has been said, you really can’t game the system & statistics are misleading. If you look at acceptance rates, you’d see Engineering has a high acceptance rate & might deduce it’s easy to get into. However, the math sats are close to 800. You might also think hotel is the easiest to get into, but on the ED forum this year applicants with 2300 weren’t accepted ED. My best advice to you is to try your best in HS & put thinking about applying on the back burner. College admissions can be stressful enough, there’s no need to put yourself through that for years.</p>
<p>I was told that Arts and Sciences admit rate for the class of 2014 will be ~12%.</p>
<p>appdad, where did you hear that statistic from (if i may ask)?</p>