<p>CAS, CALS, Engineering, and Hotel.....can anyone rank these according to which one is the hardest to get into? Are there big differences? Or is it pretty much the same?</p>
<p>The selectivity of each individual school depends more on the applicant's "fit" with that school. I applied as an engineer because I felt it best fit my academic profile even though I also fit in A&S and CALS (only for bio or nutrition though). Even though I was accepted, I would have definitely been rejected if I had applied Hotel, Architecture, or ILR.</p>
<p>You should ask yourself where you would best fit in. If you can't decide, it's usually safe to go with A&S because it's the most diverse school out of the 7.</p>
<p>Many differences exist between each school you mentioned. Engineering is probably the most inflexible in terms of course selection (I don't know about hotel school though) the first couple of years because you have to complete general engineering requirements that go towards your particular major, and many of them are common amongst all engineers (ie math, physics, chemistry, computer science, intro to engineering, writing seminars, engineering distributions). When I came into CU Engineering, I knew exactly which courses I would take for my first two years, I just didn't know exactly when.</p>
<p>A&S I believe is the most flexible for course selection and again, is the most diverse school. Since all majors in A&S have to complete wide variety of distribution requirements, you could probably get away with not deciding on a major until the end of your sophomore year and not feel rushed into taking your major's required courses before 4 years are up.</p>
<p>Can't say too much on CALS or Hotel unfortunately.</p>
<p>Thanks LaptopLover. I think this might be a problem for me because I am leaning towards Hotel and CALS, but i have the stats/qualifications for engineering.</p>
<p>If you have qualifications for engineering (strong ability and passion for math/science) this could be applicable to CALS also.</p>
<p>I got rejected on my freshman year to Film. I applied as a Physics transfer student and got accepted. A lot of different facts influenced the decision, but I got higher math scores than reading and writing on my SATs. So its more about you than the college.</p>
<p>2010's Admissions Stats...</p>
<p>CALS - 27%
AAP - 20%
A&S - 20%
Eng - 37%
Hotel - 23%
HumEc - 35%
ILR - 36%</p>
<p>So, speaking from numbers, Arts & Sciences and AAP are hardest to get into, and Engineering is easiest. I really wouldn't just trust the numbers, though, because you have to keep in mind that schools like Engineering already have a highly qualified applicant pool, so the admissions rate will be higher. Actually, any of the schools outside or A&S should have higher admissions rates because their applicants are a very specific set of people with a specific intended area of study, so they would have worked more in high school to cater specifically to that kind of school. A&S admissions will probably be lower because they get a lot of general applications, including ones just applying to Cornell because it's Ivy, but they don't really know what they want to study.</p>
<p>*These stats are from <a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000003.pdf</a></p>
<p>Also, keep in mind the number of applicants to each school (alluded to above) - obviously ILR's admit rate is higher, because they're admitting more from their pool (as opposed to Hotel, which probably has a higher number of applicants for a similar number of spots, which lowers the admit rate significantly).
And, as stated above, it's more about the match - you're going to get in based on how well you fit the school. Someone with higher grades/GPA could possibly get rejected over someone with 'lower' numbers but a greater fit with the program (something a lot of applicants tend to forget).</p>
<p>ceruleanyankee makes a VERY good point.</p>