Can I be pre-med in the College of Arts and Sciences?
Cornell does not have a "pre-med" or “pre-health” major, rather students in the College of Arts & Sciences interested in the pre-med track complete specific Cornell course sequences required or recommended for health careers, while majoring in any subject area of their choice. Pre-health students may, of course, decid…
How can I become a Tanner Dean's Scholar?
The Pauline and Irving Tanner Dean’s Scholars are nominated by the College of Arts & Sciences Admissions Committee during the admissions process. There is no separate application, rather all applicants to the College of Arts & Sciences are considered for nomination and the Admissions Committee nominates a small group …
What is the focus of the College of Arts and Sciences?
The College of Arts & Sciences (A&S) is the liberal arts and sciences college at Cornell and the largest of Cornell’s undergraduate colleges. With 42 majors, 60+ minors, and 2000+ courses across the disciplines, A&S offers uncommon academic diversity and the ability to double major within A&S. With up to two years bef…
What are the most popular majors in the College of Arts and Sciences?
Of the [42 majors][1] offered in the College of Arts & Sciences, the top 10 in alphabetical order are Biological Sciences, Biology and Society, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, English, Government, Information Science, Mathematics, and Psychology. Other students find smaller majors especially rewarding within t…
What is the difference between studying Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering?
The [Computer Science major][1] is exactly the same regardless of which College you attend: the major requirements, professors, classes, rigor, and research opportunities are all the same. The difference is in the requirements outside of the major at each college: the College of Arts & Sciences has distribution requir…
How should I answer the question about the highest math class I will have completed by high school graduation?
Some of the undergraduate colleges at Cornell ask applicants to report the highest math class they will complete by the time they graduate from high school. If you are applying to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), the College of Arts and Sciences, the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, or the C…
