<p>It really depends on the school. For example, I’ll be attending Cornell University in the fall. I’ll be entering the School of Arts and Sciences for Biology. </p>
<p>At the school of arts and sciences, they only award a B.A. degree because there are distribution requirements including a language.</p>
<p>However, the requirments for the biology major are identical for students at Cornell that are in the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and they get a B.S. degree. </p>
<p>I have heard that students that apply to medical school with a B.A. in biology from CAS, do slightly better than those with a B.S from CALS. </p>
<p>In this instance, B.S and B.A are identical. . .except the curriculum must satisfy distribution requirements for the B.A.</p>
<p>At cornell the advantage to taking the B.A degree is the flexibility to pursue interests in areas outside of life sciences. Therefore, grad schools, and med schools look favorably upon the B.A because they know students are interested in learning, and are multidimensional.</p>