Ivy alternatives and Ecology vs Natural Resources & Conservation

<p>To narrow my list of colleges, I’ve mostly been looking at the majors available at each school. So far, I’ve been looking at colleges with Ecology and Natural Resources & Conservation (Environmental Science/Studies, etc). My question is, is it necessary to have one when you have the other? How similar are the two majors?</p>

<p>I also posted a thread earlier that mentioned that my reach schools are Dartmouth and Cornell. Does anyone have suggestions on schools with similarities to the two that would be easier to get into?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>If you are looking at environmental studies/sciences, Emory, WashU, and Duke offer excellent programs in these fields. Emory is slightly easier to get into than Dartmouth and Cornell (28% admit rate this past year), but Duke and WashU are just as hard to get into as both of these schools.</p>

<p>As for public schools, I know Ohio State offers a great program in environmental science as well.</p>

<p>A lot of the top rated LACs offer the best programs in Ecology and Natural Resources and Conservation. This question on the best “environmental programs” has been addressed a lot already on CC, so I suggest you click “search the forum” under the “College Search and Selection” forum to find the other threads.</p>

<p>some threads to peruse:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/695750-can-i-get-job-environmental-science-degree.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/695750-can-i-get-job-environmental-science-degree.html?&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/480355-help-wildlife-management-major.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/480355-help-wildlife-management-major.html?&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/722982-ecology-evolutionary-biology.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/722982-ecology-evolutionary-biology.html?&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-college-majors/219252-best-schools-environmental-studies-ecology.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-college-majors/219252-best-schools-environmental-studies-ecology.html?&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/466202-what-preeminent-environmental-studies-major-nation.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/466202-what-preeminent-environmental-studies-major-nation.html?&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/242243-environmental-studies.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/242243-environmental-studies.html?&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-college-majors/206765-environmental-studies.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-college-majors/206765-environmental-studies.html?&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/113946-schools-ecology-environmental-studies.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/113946-schools-ecology-environmental-studies.html?&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/60676-searching-schools-environmental-studies-major.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/60676-searching-schools-environmental-studies-major.html?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Thanks for the replies. I’ll be sure to check out those links.</p>