what are some easier to get into schools at major universities?

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Anonymous wrote:Nursing at Emory?

No way. Direct entry nursing schools have become as competitive as business and engineering. Not at all “easy admit”

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For the college of communications, the curriculum allows for classes taken across other colleges in the university. You can make this major into anything you want.

For a communications major, the HS foreign language requirement is less. As is the expectation for HS math. Having a school of communications is common at large midwest universities. In the midAtlantic and northeast, the school is less common. HS students apply to other colleges w/in a university and instead there is the expectation that would apply as having a disability. They might get a waiver re: FL or have accommodations in math.

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Anonymous wrote:For cornell, if you apply ILR, Nolan, Brooks, CALS, the larger issue - do you want a liberal arts education or not? None of these are classic liberal arts schools and your kid may be sorely disappointed.

Why? What liberal arts elements are missing from attending ILR Nolan Brooks CALS? You are free to register courses at CAS.

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Anonymous wrote:ie hotel school at Cornell

Back in my day the Ag school at Cornell was a well known easier admit at least for in state. Is that still the case?

Cornell stopped publishing separate data for different colleges. No one really knows for sure. Isn’t Ag school full of premed?

They absolutely publish data broken down by college, among many other metrics. https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/university-factbook/undergraduate-admissions

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At Virginia Tech, the "Computational Modeling & Data Analytics" major (aka data science) in the College of Science was a good side door into computer science. A lot of the students double major or minor in CS but CMDA had a much higher admit rate. However, I just looked at the VT data portal and the admit rate for CMDA has come down so it's not as easy as it used to be.

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Anonymous wrote:Nursing at Emory?

No way. Direct entry nursing schools have become as competitive as business and engineering. Not at all “easy admit”

Most direct admit nursing programs had a lower acceptance rate than the liberal arts school, including Emory. Same with education unless there is a human development angle like Vanderbilt.

I think the easiest school is usually the Arts & Letters/LSA etc where the liberal arts majors are housed.

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Anonymous wrote:For cornell, if you apply ILR, Nolan, Brooks, CALS, the larger issue - do you want a liberal arts education or not? None of these are classic liberal arts schools and your kid may be sorely disappointed.

Why? What liberal arts elements are missing from attending ILR Nolan Brooks CALS? You are free to register courses at CAS.

Really hard to get those classes your first two years though.

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Anonymous wrote:ie hotel school at Cornell

Back in my day the Ag school at Cornell was a well known easier admit at least for in state. Is that still the case?

Cornell stopped publishing separate data for different colleges. No one really knows for sure. Isn’t Ag school full of premed?

They absolutely publish data broken down by college, among many other metrics. https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/university-factbook/undergraduate-admissions

Correct - the statistics are available for each school. Looks like for class entering 2025, admissions rates range from 5% (Dyson) to 22% (Hotel).

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Generally, hospitality, education and agricultural schools are easier.

Look at the stats for Minnesota.

https://admissions.tc.umn.edu/academic-profile-fall-2025-admitted-freshman-applicants-college

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Back in my day the Ag school at Cornell was a well known easier admit at least for in state. Is that still the case?

Cornell stopped publishing separate data for different colleges. No one really knows for sure. Isn’t Ag school full of premed?

They absolutely publish data broken down by college, among many other metrics. https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/university-factbook/undergraduate-admissions

CAS 8%
Ag 12%
ILR 15%
Eng 7%

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Back in my day the Ag school at Cornell was a well known easier admit at least for in state. Is that still the case?

Cornell stopped publishing separate data for different colleges. No one really knows for sure. Isn’t Ag school full of premed?

They absolutely publish data broken down by college, among many other metrics. https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/university-factbook/undergraduate-admissions

CAS 8%
Ag 12%
ILR 15%
Eng 7%

So if DC wants a premed track, what difference does it make between CAS and CALS?

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Anonymous wrote:ie hotel school at Cornell

Back in my day the Ag school at Cornell was a well known easier admit at least for in state. Is that still the case?

Cornell stopped publishing separate data for different colleges. No one really knows for sure. Isn’t Ag school full of premed?

They absolutely publish data broken down by college, among many other metrics. https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/university-factbook/undergraduate-admissions

CAS 8%
Ag 12%
ILR 15%
Eng 7%

So if DC wants a premed track, what difference does it make between CAS and CALS?

Do a little research? The focus of each college is different.
One is a liberal arts college and the other is a science oriented college with an agricultural background.
They also have different mission statements and requirements. Figure out which one aligns with your kids interests?

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Anonymous wrote:ie hotel school at Cornell

Back in my day the Ag school at Cornell was a well known easier admit at least for in state. Is that still the case?

Cornell stopped publishing separate data for different colleges. No one really knows for sure. Isn’t Ag school full of premed?

They absolutely publish data broken down by college, among many other metrics. https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/university-factbook/undergraduate-admissions

CAS 8%
Ag 12%
ILR 15%
Eng 7%

So if DC wants a premed track, what difference does it make between CAS and CALS?

CALS (Ag) is not some back door in anymore. Maybe 30 years ago.
Especially from out of state it may be harder given there is a preference and mandate to have a certain percentage of New York state students.

Also, with that new deal with the Trump administration, they are pumping the most amount of money into this college right now - focusing on America’s agricultural future. Hiring. Programming. Resources. Expect it to get harder not easier to get into.

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Anonymous wrote:ie hotel school at Cornell

This is a weird and kinda gross question. Your kid should apply to schools/majors that actually interest them!

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Anonymous wrote:ie hotel school at Cornell

Back in my day the Ag school at Cornell was a well known easier admit at least for in state. Is that still the case?

Cornell stopped publishing separate data for different colleges. No one really knows for sure. Isn’t Ag school full of premed?

They absolutely publish data broken down by college, among many other metrics. https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/university-factbook/undergraduate-admissions

CAS 8%
Ag 12%
ILR 15%
Eng 7%

So if DC wants a premed track, what difference does it make between CAS and CALS?

Do a little research? The focus of each college is different.
One is a liberal arts college and the other is a science oriented college with an agricultural background.
They also have different mission statements and requirements. Figure out which one aligns with your kids interests?

Agree. And that super long Cornell essay is getting at whether or not your kid "fits" with that specific Cornell school. If you don't figure that out, its an auto reject.