<p>Hey guys, I'm having trouble picking between which school to go with as primary/secondary between Arts & Sciences and Agriculture & Life Sciences.</p>
<p>I wanna go into medicine which thus far according to my best laid plans includes some sort of science based undergrad major, yet both these schools have the majors. I'm a NYS resident so the Agriculture & Life Sciences school is significantly cheaper. Basically I think it comes down to these questions that hopefully someone could answer for me:</p>
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<li>Is there any difference the classes you can take depending on which school you go to? (Or maybe different buildings? Different professors?)</li>
<li>Do all students live/chill in the same area/dorms regardless of school?</li>
<li>How easy is it to transfer schools? (Ex: From CAS to ALS or vice versa)</li>
<li>Is either considered more "prestigious" or is the academic curriculum harder at either? (I know the answer will most likely be no)</li>
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<li>Yes. In CALS you are capped at a certain amount of “endowed credits” which are credits from non-contract colleges (CAS, Engineering, Hotel, AAP). But you are not necessarily restricted in which classes you are allowed to take as long as you are under that limit.
Each college has its own set of buildings that are near each other, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you will spend all of your time there. You will be taking classes in lots of the buildings all over the campus with students from all colleges and all majors.</li>
<li>All freshmen are required to live on North campus and are intermingled within the dorms regardless of college or major. </li>
<li>Assuming that you are transferring between the same program (e.g. CAS Bio vs. CALS Bio) then it should be a fairly straightforward process. If you are transferring between different programs, you will have to plan out your transfer ahead of time and take classes in your new major to prove your competency and maintain a high gpa.</li>
<li>No.</li>
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<p>But note that it is considered easier anecdotally to get into CALS as a NYS resident because of the balance that NYS mandates in enrollment for in-state/OOS</p>
<p>@Lucifuger, I think he means a cap on endowed credits.</p>
<p>I am actually not sure about ILR’s policy, although I can’t find any concrete data online.
I’m sure there must be; the endowed credit cap was put in place to prevent in-state students from gaming the tuition system.</p>