<p>So on a different thread I asked about my chances for Cornell. I got a few responses, but a lot of people said it depended on which school i applied to. I'm currently undecided, but I like studying neuroscience and genetics (not that I have much experience with either subjects). I think I'm going to apply ED to arts and sciences, but I'm not positive. Is there one school I'd have a better shot at and would having a speciic major in mind also help my chances? Also would doing research or anything else help me get again?
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<p>What you probably want is the Biological Sciences major, which includes options to specialize in either neurobiology and behavior or genetics and development (among other things).</p>
<p>You can major in Biological Sciences in either the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) or the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). </p>
<p>i'm from ny and i am interested in the EXACT same fields. i applied to the college of arts and sciences and was accepted. i will be attending this fall. the rumor however is that one of the land grant schools has a higher rate of acceptace...why not google acceptance rates into each seperate colleges? i think this year, arts and sci has a 16% or 17% yeild rate. </p>
<p>and any way, it really matters very little which college you choose to apply for since you can cross over to the others and take all the courses you want that arent offered in your particular school. most of my friends from my school that were accepted applied to agriculture and the engineering school. i think i might have been the only one to apply arts and sci. </p>
<p>pindar- before college did you have any experience in neuroscience/genetics? I'd love to get to do something over the summer or school year that could help me to learn a little more about it and if it's right for me.
Thanks and Congrats on being accepted!
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<p>yield rate isnt the same thing as acceptance rate, and i think pindar meant a 16-17% acceptance rate (not yield), and yea i think the school of agriculture and life sciences is pretty significantly easier to get into. The stats for the class of 2008 show that 28% of cals applicants got in, while only 25% of cas did. That was a couple years ago, and both have gotten more competitive. You should look for more current stats. Their acceptance rates may have gotten even further apart than before, or they may have gotten closer.</p>
<p>Don't be fooled by the acceptance rate for CALS. For CALS, you apply to a specific major. The published acceptance rate is for all of CALS, not for each major. It's not known how many spots there are for each major, and how many apply. Some majors are harder to get into than others. However, picking a major because you think it might have a higher acceptance rate might backfire if it's obvious your intersts & courses don't match that major.</p>
<p>you can change majors once you arrive at CALS so i have a hard time beliving that its a quota system that they opperate by...it seems too medieval for colleges that are so brilliant. can any one back me up on this one?</p>
<p>anyway emile, as for you earlier question, for the last two summers, i didnt do anything that was specifically neurology oriented. the summer after 10th,i worked in a rehabilitation center and waorked with many patients and i also did an intership under a general medicine doctor. then last summer, i did the same thing except that time i interned under a surgeon in the ER.</p>
<p>you can change majors once you arrive at CALS so i have a hard time beliving that its a quota system that they opperate by...</p>
<p>You can change majors, and you can also switch from one of the 7 colleges to another. However, there's a limited number of students that they accept into each CALS major. Is it a definite number? probably not.</p>
<p>Check the threads, and you'll see that certain majors are tougher to get into, ie AEM. Every year they turn away top applicants...because they can only accept a certain amount. CALS also asks if you'd like to be considered for a second major. They do that because they only take a certain # into each major.</p>