<p>I have been accepted to the College of Human Ecology, and I'm really excited about it. However, what I'm wondering is this.. </p>
<p>Are the colleges completely separate from each other? Is one college considered more prestigious than the other? Are resources shared equally? Are the staff of similar quality throughout the school? And also, most importantly... will I have a good shot of going to med school from Human Ecology if I study under Biology and Society? Also, how easy is it to transfer from school to school?</p>
<p>The colleges are not completely seperate from each other because there are many classes that you mist take outside of your school - for example, writing seminars, language classes, math classes, and intro science courses. (Intro Chem has students from almost every school)</p>
<p>Some people think the hotelies have an easy courseload, but this isn't really true. But everyone knows that the hotel school is the best in the country, so in that sense it's considered prestigious. </p>
<p>Resources such as libraries and academic counseling are equally dispersed, as are research opportunities.</p>
<p>I find that Cornell emplys the best of the best in many fields from hotel management to science to engineering to paleontology to philosophy. So, yeah, high quality faculty is found throughout Cornell.</p>
<p>I know many pre-meds in HumEc.</p>
<p>It's somewhat of a process to transfer between schools, but not so difficult that people considering it are discouraged.</p>
<p>Cornell just instituted a new policy effective I think a week ago</p>
<p>if you go to Cornell, no matter what school you are in, you can take any course offered and as many as you want without restriction no matter if you are in Arts/Sci, Hum EC, engineering, etc</p>
<p>you could take anything, no restrictions....</p>
<p>and your college within the university only pertains to academics ... housing and facilities such as student unions are for all students ... so "what's your major" is a valid pick-up line as the kids you are meeting are from all over the school.</p>
<p>i think at one point that Cornell did seem rather segregated between the schools, but the administration has done an incredible job of ending this. </p>
<p>As stated, you can take classes in any of the colleges. Even though i'm in ilr, half of my classes are in Arts and Sciences this year. </p>
<p>i'll try to go through your questions one by one...</p>
<p>Are the colleges completely separate from each other? No. </p>
<p>Is one college considered more prestigious than the other? Not really ... all of Cornell's programs are rated among the best so it'd be kind of stupid to argue one is superior to the other. </p>
<p>Are resources shared equally? Yes, students in all schools have access to every library on campus. </p>
<p>Are the staff of similar quality throughout the school? I've noticed yes. </p>
<p>And also, most importantly... will I have a good shot of going to med school from Human Ecology if I study under Biology and Society? Yes! You just have to follow the pre-med requirements listed by Cornell. </p>
<p>Also, how easy is it to transfer from school to school? Quite easy, but I suggest that you should only transfer from school to school if you want to change majors. As stated before, you can take classes in any of the colleges so the only real need to transfer from college to college would be to actually change to a major that isn't offered in your current school.</p>