<p>i cant choose what college i want to apply to</p>
<p>its between CALS, CAS, and human ecology</p>
<p>ive been looking at various factors, like which colleges have the major I want and stuff (like biology/neuroscience) as well as the admission rates</p>
<p>im leaning towards human ecology but im not ready yet</p>
<p>btw, if you get accepted into one college, can you still take classes at another?</p>
<p>yayyy neuroscience! i am also in the middle of the road, but more so between CALS, engineering and CAS.</p>
<p>i would like to know the same thing though. also, is there a significant acceptance rate difference btwn the schools?</p>
<p>Biology major roughly same between Arts and CALS although "better" med schools will prefer the Arts degree and broader breadth of other course offerings. No chemistry or physics major available in CALS either. HumEc does not have a suitable major, but you can supplement with classes from other schools. Still, your chances are diminished out of HumEc, although each year some get in (and not many apply). Nutrition major the closest to a hard science in HumEc and it is far short of the rigors of Bio, Chem or Physics. Also, there is no opportunity to be an English or History major with a strong science background unless you are in Arts school, generally a good ticket to a first tier med school if sciences are strong. If you can get into Arts, go for it.</p>
<p>stay away from engineering, that would be foolish choice, stick with humec, ag or CAS</p>
<p>Would medical schools really prefer one college over another? For example, if you went to HumEc and completed the necessary premed requirements with say a 3.7 GPA, wouldn't you have the same chances at med school as a CAS student with the same GPA, MCAT scores, research experience, etc.?</p>
<p>It still is not the same education. "Premed requirements" are only a small part of things, just like the "foreign language requirement" you have to fulfill in high school. Nonetheless, you can certainly go to med school out of Hum Ec, it's just harder than from Arts, and I expect harder to get the same research experience because you are not a science major.</p>
<p>why would engineering be a bad choice? im real into that besides the medicine stuff....one of my back ups is mech engineering/biomed engineering w/robotics at CMU</p>
<p>"Still, your chances are diminished out of HumEc, although each year some get in (and not many apply)."</p>
<p>"Nonetheless, you can certainly go to med school out of Hum Ec, it's just harder than from Arts, and I expect harder to get the same research experience because you are not a science major."</p>
<p>Is HE then not a good choice for med school? I thought the Biology and Society and HBHS majors were heavy ino the science, and good prep for med school. Are you basing your opinion on anecdotal evidence, personal experience, etc., or are there any stats Cornell publishes on this? It's interesting you bring this up, as I (perhaps mistakenly) thought HE was one of the better schools for premed.</p>
<p>I was under the impression CALS was good for it...and that bio & soc would be a good major to go along with premed...any current cornellians around that can back us up?</p>
<p>Yeah, ditto what Karl Marks is saying. I'm applying under the HBHS major, and it seems that the website for the major implies that it's a good one for premed, but then again, that could just be the website. Obviously, there's a wide breadth of majors in HumEc -- it'd be rather difficult to major in Fashion Design and try to get into premed -- but for the HumEc science majors (e.g. human development, biology and society, HBHS, etc.), would a med school really prefer you to have graduated from CAS as opposed to HumEc? Especially with all the talk of medical schools giving some advantages to humanities applicants nowadays?</p>
<p>redcrimblue, do you realize that HumEc offers both biology and society and Human biology health and society as majors when you say there is no suitable major? i don't mean to sound accusatory, just wondering if you had an opinion on those programs. I was just admitted early to Human bio health and society.</p>
<p>yea I'd like to know what you guys up there think of Bio & Soc. major too. Now ima getting freaked out its not a good path to med school?</p>
<p>Nah, don't worry. I know a girl who came out of Human Ec, specifically from Human Bio, Health, and Society and went into Cornell Med. In fact, she is the one who recommended that I apply to HumanEc if I wanted to pursue a career in medicine.</p>
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stay away from engineering, that would be foolish choice, stick with humec, ag or CAS
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<p>Why not? I'm gonna be in the engineering school; y would it be a bad for premed? I plan to take the required courses in case i decide to run with that.</p>
<p>buuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmpppppppp whats wrong wit engineering?</p>
<p>(btw i was talking to my friend the other day about the typical CC posts, and one of them was the long, drawn out bump post, while another was the frantic question: 'wait, really???????????? should i rush them?!!??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????????????????")</p>
<p>This was posted on another thread, and I thought that I'd post it here as well since it's rather relevant to the discussion.</p>
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A student in any undergraduate college at Cornell may enroll in the courses required for entry into medical college. Traditionally, Cornell undergraduate applicants to medical school have enrolled primarily in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Human Ecology, and the College of Engineering. These colleges offer majors that enable students to prepare for medical school, and *we find no differences in admission rates for students from these four colleges who have equivalent academic credentials.* The appropriate choice of undergraduate college depends to a great extent on your other academic and career interests.
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<p>This may also be of interest:</p>
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In 2003, of the Cornell first-time undergraduate applicants to medical school who registered with the Health Careers Evaluation Committee, approximately 76 percent were successful in gaining admission to a U.S. allopathic (M.D.) school.<a href="Nationally,%2050%%20percent%20of%20applicants%20were%20accepted%20in%202003.">/b</a> **Of 2003 Cornell applicants with a 3.4 or above, 89 percent gained admission to a U.S. allopathic school.
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<p>thanks february!</p>
<p>ha HA engineering rocx</p>
<p>i don't think there's anything wrong with engineering. i remember reading the cornell catague and one of the pages said that any of the seven colleges, any long as the he/she has strong GPA, will give the applicant equal chance at admission at med school. </p>
<p>i don't rem the exact page number, but it's under the section about med and prelaw, u should check it out. btw, i got into human eco early decision, and i'm thinking about going to med school as well (right now that is, it may change any sec). and seriously doubt the med school admission officers will discriminate arts against human if the two have equal gap and activitiy and experience etc.</p>
<p>thanks woosa, im gonna go look at it in the cat. right now...</p>
<p>what are you majoring in at HE? one of the reasons, honestly, that im so in the middle of the road in which shcool to apply to is the acceptace rate.</p>
<p>for girls in engineering, the acceptance rate is >50%! whereas in HE and CALS is more ~40 and ~30</p>
<p>I'm interested in finding out how hard cornell is as a school for premeds. From what I hear, cornell is amazingly difficult for everyone and has no grade-inflation, so would a person like me who gets around 1400 on the SAT (M + CR), and about a 3.8 in high school in the toughest courses even survive at cornell, or will I get eaten alive?</p>
<p>btw, I want to do something with either neuroscience, psychology, BME or Mechanical engineering, or economics</p>