<p>Can people who have experienced the curriculum at these two colleges describe what they like and don't like about them?</p>
<p>You need to seriously stick to one thread…</p>
<p>CAS is more “all around experience” driven, while CALS is a more focused approach. If you want the typical liberal arts experience then CAS. If you want to just be focused on that one specific area, then CALS is probably better.</p>
<p>As an incoming freshman, what I love about CAS is the freedom you have to choose the courses you want to take. Although there are distribution requirements, CAS offers endless classes across all different areas to fulfill them. On the other hand, the other colleges often pre-enroll students in specific classes that they must take.</p>
<p>To tell you the utter and absolute truth: You don’t have to take a language at the 2000 level in CALS to graduate. </p>
<p>At Cornell, it’s not very difficult to “cross-over” and take classes from A&S. </p>
<p>Another minor difference is that I believe that the degree you receive upon graduating from CALS is a Bachelor of Science, but I’m not sure about that. But it’s still a Bachelor’s degree, and aside from people cracking jokes about your “B.S. degree,” it’s no different from a B.A.</p>
<p>[Bachelor</a> Degree - BA Vs. BS](<a href=“http://ezinearticles.com/?Bachelor-Degree---BA-Vs.--BS&id=272581]Bachelor”>http://ezinearticles.com/?Bachelor-Degree---BA-Vs.--BS&id=272581)</p>
<p>that article seems to state the adv. of a B.S. degree over a B.A.</p>
<p>What the heck. It definitely does not matter. Furthermore, you’re probably like one of 80% or so of horribly informed premeds (the other ~20% are probably uptight engineers that love to post their schedule) that doesn’t even know you can go on to medical school with any degree and any major as long as you fulfill the general requirements for each medical school.</p>