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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, I went to Cornell. I applied to A&S OOS because I was undecided, and you had to apply to major at schools like CALS and Hum Ecology.

In my experience, the in-state students often tried to shoehorn themselves into a major that was offered at the state school, to save $. So for example at the time, a lot of students who wanted to be in business took "Agricultural Economics"--now called Applied Economics and Management in CALS (The Ag School) whereas OOS might take Economics in A&S or even Hotel Management at the Hotel School. Many in-state kids who wanted to be lawyers were in the Industrial & Labor Relations school, whereas the OOS kids wanting to be lawyers might major in Government or similar at A&S. So the majors may seem "niche" but unless you're doing Apparel Design or something, they really don't have to be. I have friends from the Human Ecology school who became doctors (studied Human Development or "Biology & Society") lawyers, marketing professionals, etc. I have friends from CALS who went into finance, or became doctors, or became lawyers.

If your DC is unsure what they want to study, I would consider whether there are majors in the "easier to get into" schools (i.e., not A&S or Engineering) that are broad enough. There probably are.

That said, I do think even these schools will be more difficult for OOS than in-state. The reason is the yield. If you look at that link PP posted, a school like Industrial & Labor relations has a higher acceptance rate (almost 20%) but over 80% of students then matriculate. That's probably because virtually all the in-state kids who were accepted said "Yes of course I'll go to an Ivy for $46K a year instead of $68K" meaning they were probably prioritized for admission, probably more ED'd, and there are fewer spots for OOS who are less likely to commit if admitted.[/quote]

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