Is it worth it for this student to apply to Cornell (major options)

I agree with @Ranza123 in questioning the Dyson tuition. Unless the university decided to carve Dyson out of CALS and charge Dyson students the same tuition they charge Hotel students as part of this new Business College, Dyson should be the same price as ILR & Hum Ec.

As to the undergraduate business minor not requiring enough accounting courses…any student can take any course he wishes, as long as he satisfies the pre-reqs for that course. I took accounting classes in Ag Ec (the old Dyson) and Hotel, as well as an ORIE course in Engineering, and I was in ILR. PAM students have to satisfy the graduation requirements of the PAM degree, but they can layer on lots of accounting courses, if desired. NYS residents may run up against limits on # of courses allowed in Arts, Eng, AA&P, and Hotel, but @Ranza123 can better address if those limits still apply.

Agree with @itsgettingreal17 that CPA is not a very common path from Cornell, even though accounting courses have long been offered in CALS & SHA.