<p>hmm..strange. i noticed that theres a 150 Biological sciences (aniaml physcology;biochemistry;compuational biology;molecular biologyblahblhablahblablah) in CALS and 350 Biological science (animal physcology;biochemistry;computational biolog;blahblah) They are identical with differnet numbers?? Is there any difference? They also have Biology and Society in common (w/ differnet numbers). Are they the same? slightly different? thanks for taking the time to read.</p>
<p>woops i meant</p>
<p>350 Biological science (animal physcology;biochemistry;computational biolog;blahblah) in CAS</p>
<p>What is CALS and CAS and what is the difference? thanx!</p>
<p>CALS = College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</p>
<p>CAS = Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>CAS has more diversity, ranging from classics, econ, mathematics, chemistry, biology, sociology, theatre, etc.</p>
<p>CALS is more science based, i guess ;)</p>
<p>o duh! thanx again :]</p>
<p>It's the exact same major in both schools. I'm interested in biology and archaeology, so I'm applying to CAS instead of CALS.</p>
<p>CALS is public and CAS is private, I think.</p>
<p>Both CALS and CAS are private. CALS is state funded.</p>
<p>hmm..which one would be easier to get into?</p>
<p>CAS has the lowest acceptance rate of all the colleges at Cornell, I believe it's 18%.</p>
<p>The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a public college, cheaper for New York State residents. It along with the College of Arts and Sciences offer biology majors...both could be paths to med school or botany... since state college students have a limited number of courses they can take in the private colleges there is some overlap. The CAS and CALS acceptance rates used to be about three points apart..</p>
<p>Since CALS is cheaper, a number of bright New York residents apply...in an attempt to provide geographic diversity ( and perhaps to include enough kids from rural farm areas) it might be easier for some county residents over others. Both schools have fairly high SAT averages, both schools admit less than 1/3 of their applicants. Cornell does a good job of presenting its stats..so go to their web site and have a stroll around.</p>
<p><a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/undergrad.htm%5B/url%5D">http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/undergrad.htm</a></p>
<p><a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/pdf/Fact...ate/profile.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/pdf/Fact...ate/profile.pdf</a>
here are some places to look for stats</p>
<p>CALS: IT'S NOT A FRICKIN PUBLIC COLLEGE. It's a state contact college. It is a private college within cornell, for which the state reduces tuition for NY residents in return for Cornell running the college. College of Human Ecology and School of Industrial & Labor Relations, too, are "State Contract Colleges."</p>
<p>Acceptance rate doesn't reveal too much when comparing colleges within cornell. One could argue that the 3 most difficult colleges to get into at cornell are Hotel, Engineering and Art/Architecture and Planning. AAP and Hotel are small with very speciailzed views of what a successful applicant's profile is, and Engineering attracts the best of the best only. One of the top Engineering schools in the country "shouldn't" have a 38% acceptance rate. The self-selective applicant pool is usually to what this phenomenon is attributed.</p>
<p>My point is that you need to pick the college that fits better (or if you're from NY and you want to save money, CALS is the best choice). CAS is the traditional liberal arts education, where you learn a little bit about a broad range of fields in addition to your major. CALS still has a distribution requirement, but it's a more narrowly science-oriented college with a less extensive distribution.</p>
<p>It is the same major in both...</p>
<p>mm..well said.. thanks sparticus :)</p>