<p>Person who pointed out AAP, right not AAS. Monydad, the only reason is that CAS is one of the few arts and science colleges where they don’t offer environmental studies and again CALS has the advantage of allowing a student to persue slightly greater num of electives and to be cross registered to the school of engineering so CALS won by that flexibility. It was also noted that students who elect a second choice are only admitted to it 1-2 percent of time so anyone on the fence has pretty much got to bite the bullet and make the choice up front. If there were a bit more flexibility internally transferring between colleges in sophomore year i thinki it might benefit Cornell’s enrollment as many 17 or 18 year olds just are not 100 percent sure what they want to do, I agree in that case CAS is the better choice, for my D not having env. studies precluded the choice as she is sure she wants to investigate that field and potentially persue engineering from there, and there is still the choice of biological and life sciences so its not too bad. Thanks for advice. I don’t think anyone considers Cornell a lesser ivy-it has always had a rap for suicides, the canyon has been named suicide canyon since I attended a nearby college in 1978, then pre-meds who were not making the grade, now maybe engineering. Adolescent depression is still very under addressed in most colleges- the only negative I have heard regarding Cornell is the concept of reverse curves, that seems to me to be a bit harsh, if a kid gets a B why push it to a C plus by intentionally putting in ringer questions–have heard this from friends who attended and my family goes 4 generations back there with me being only one who did not get in as a legacy–senioritis and the 70s alas. Ciao.</p>