<p>Particularly in CAS or CALS?</p>
<p>And also, how hard is it to get into the biological sciences program?</p>
<p>Dammit do people not read anymore?</p>
<p>In CAS you do not apply to a MAJOR. You are accepted into the COLLEGE.</p>
<p>Oh I see, does the same apply for CALS? I was just reading around the thread and it seemed like you get selected based on major, even though you’re not required to declare one.</p>
<p>CALS does accept by major(I think, I know aem is separate so I assume the others are too), CAS doesn’t, COE doesn’t, hotel only has one major,ILR only has one major, architecture does accept by major, human ecology I think accepts by major</p>
<p>And AEM is the hardest cals major to get accepted for</p>
<p>Ok, I’ve decided to apply to CALS, but I had another question:</p>
<p>How hard is it to change your major? I can’t decide whether or not to apply for Biology or AEM (both interest me.) I’m thinking I could apply as Biology and maybe switch into AEM later on, but if the switch is hard, I guess that suggests I should apply to AEM first.</p>
<p>Would anyone perhaps have the admissions statistics on CALS Bio or AEM? (Assuming that CALS does accept by major.)</p>
<p>Switching majors within cals isn’t that difficult(I think, I know someone who switched from plant science to communications with no issue) unless you’re trying to switch into aem, in which case you need a decently high gpa, however they do leave open a fair number of spaces for transfers so if you get that decently high gpa it probably isn’t too difficult.</p>
<p>Hmm… when do we declare our major? Or do we have to major in whatever we state our academic interests to be? </p>
<p>Because then I might just apply with biology, and then declare a major in AEM, if my interests lead me to do?</p>
<p>Dammit. You really don’t read.</p>
<p>IN CAS YOU ARE ONLY ACCEPTED INTO THE COLLEGE.</p>
<p>IN CALS YOU ARE ACCEPTED INTO A MAJOR.
When you put down a major when you apply to CALS, if you are accepted, THAT IS YOUR MAJOR FROM THE MOMENT YOU STEP FOOT ON CAMPUS.
Any changing from that major requires a transfer form.</p>
<p>In CAS, you are only accepted into the college, NOT A MAJOR.
The major you put down on your application is only a prospective major that holds no bearing on your application.
Everyone is officially undecided until they DECLARE their major in their sophomore year.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks for the clarification about major selection. And I did read. I was asking specifically about CALS because that’s where I’ve decided to apply.</p>
<p>AEM is a difficult major to transfer into. (actually, it may be the hardest major to transfer into among all majors at Cornell) Meanwhile, Bio is not a hard major to transfer into. Thus, it would be wise to apply to AEM in the first place if you have an interest in AEM. You can always transfer to Bio if you change your mind, but the other way around would be significantly more difficult.</p>
<p>Depends on you, the student, obviously…</p>
<p>If you suck at math and physics, you can’t get transfer to engineering/math/physics
if you suck at social sciences, you can’t transfer to ILR
if you are socially awkward, you can’t transfer to hotel admin
…etc etc etc</p>
<p>wuhh hold up Prism
COE doesn’t accept by majors?!!!?!!
but on my supplement it says major - chemical engineering
i always thought it was the CAS that doesn’t accept by majors
so im officially “undecided” not chem E major when i walk into cornell next year?</p>
<p>@yjs1210 - Neither CAS nor COE accept by major. The major you placed on there is just so Cornell has a decent idea about the spread of the possibilities it has.</p>
<p>Everyone in COE is officially undecided until they apply to their major and are accepted for affiliation in their sophomore year.</p>
<p>Yeah COE doesn’t accept by major, however it does have an effect on who your initial academic adviser is as usually they are in the department you put on the application(though not always). When you declare your major sophomore year you get a new adviser in the department, or if your adviser already is in the department can keep them.</p>