Which school is easier to get into for a NY in-state student?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Hi! I'm a rising senior from NY and I really want to apply to Cornell. My first choice school is HE but on the common app supplement it asks if you have a second school in mind if you don't get into your second school. In my case I would put A&S. Which school is easier to get into for a NYS resident? Because if I don't get into HE, I would still consider A&S. I'm just really busy and I don't want to write another essay if I don't have to. Also, since HE is run by NYS does that mean that they care a lot about regents scores? I didn't do that great on regents... I'm just a bad test taker. Thank you!</p>

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<p>HE is easier to get into.</p>

<p>Very few students who are rejected from the first choice are accepted to the second.</p>

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<p>…CHE is a “contract college” & is not “run by” NY state. It is not a SUNY & you get a Cornell degree just as you would from CAS. Typical admitted student will be in the top 10 percent of their class & have SAT of 1400 (M + CR).</p>

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<p>The “easiest” school to get into is the one that is the right fit for you and the one you can best articulate why that school is for you. If HumEc is where you feel you belong and you can best explain why that is, then you should apply there and not worry about your second choice school. As noted, just because you apply to an alternate choice doesn’t mean it’s going to be reviewed by that school anyway. If Arts & Sciences isn’t the right fit for you, it’s going to show. And btw, there are plenty of people who get into Arts & Sciences who couldn’t get into HumEc, because it’s not the right place for them.</p>

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<p>Ohhh human ecology I thought OP was referring to something else…</p>

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<p>Humec, ILR and Ag are much easier for NY state residents (not sure if for out of staters). Not much to argue about here. Just look at the stats. If you want to maximize your admission chances, pick either Ag or ILR (whereever you can spin a better story) as your second choice.</p>

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<p>ENROLLING FRESHMEN BY CORNELL COLLEGE
ENDOWED COLLEGES

College of Arts & Sciences 1,075* *
College of Engineering 797* *
School of Hotel Administration 177* *
College of Architecture, Art & Planning 109* *
CONTRACT COLLEGES * *
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences 669* *
College of Human Ecology 281* *
School of Industrial and Labor Relations 162* ( all 7 colleges can be EQUALLY hard to get accepted. keep in mind that some contract college freshman class is SMALLER then others so OP should apply to schools that fit/area that you find interesting the most.</p>

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<p>^very well said JohnnyLocke!!! I completely agree with you!</p>

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<p>Although admit rates are much higher, stats for CHE are really pretty similiar to the Endowed Colleges,with the exception of math for COE.</p>

<p><a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000176.pdf[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000176.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000177.pdf[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000177.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I am an A&S alum. It is easier to get into the contract schools. The acceptance rates are higher and the numbers are lower (with Humec I guess having much stronger numbers than Ag-ILR). If you want to maximize your chances of admission, apply to the contract schools. There are plenty of smart people there. If you are one of them, you will do very well. Plenty of smart people get stiffed from A&S/Engineering when they would have been better off coming into the contract schools and figuring things out from there.</p>

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<p>What if you’re not a nys resident? Would it be harder to get into let’s say ILR?</p>

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<p>The point of going to college isn’t to get a “name brand” school. It should be about finding the school that is right for you. It is completely inappropriate to ask what the easiest school to get into is, just look on their website, they say it right on there.</p>