I continue to hear people

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<p>say that a certain major is hard to get accepted in</p>

<p>For example, AEM or Biology are difficult to get in</p>

<p>I was under the impression that one applied to a college of Cornell, not a major</p>

<p>is there any difference in admissions when applying to COE if your major differs from ORIE, AEP, or undecided?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>No, Arts and Sciences and COE are the only two schools in Cornell where you don’t apply to a specific major and instead note which is your probable major.</p>

<p>All of the other colleges you are applying to a specific major/department.</p>

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<p>So when applying to COE, does your probable major change admissions chances?</p>

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<p>No. 10char</p>

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<p>Thanks Chendrix.</p>

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<p>picking an “obscure” major in any college wont give you a leg up in the admissions process</p>

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<p>I don’t expect a “leg up”.</p>

<p>I just do not want a penalty for picking a certain major in CoE.</p>

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<p>It’s my understanding that the requirement of chosing a major is to help admissions to determine “fit”. Admissions are based by college rather than by major(other than the two previously mentioned Cornell colleges).</p>

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<p>^And he’s asking about one of those two colleges so your post could be misleading.</p>

<p>For CoE which major you pick has no effect on admissions as far as I know. It does effect who your initial adviser is though. Once you affiliate sophomore year if your adviser is in a different department you’ll be given another one&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks everyone for the responses.</p>

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<p>"Admissions are based by college rather than by major(other than the two previously mentioned Cornell colleges). "
Wait, don’t you mean that those two colleges are the ONLY that base decisions on college rather than major.</p>

<p>Okay, I just wanted to make sure because I am applying to CoE AEP and I know it is a small program and hoped it wouldn’t change my chances.</p>

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<p>it won’t, its a small program because half the people that want to do it change their mind while taking the honors physics sequence and because its fairly unique/not one of the usual engineering majors most people think about.</p>