What are some of the special academic opportunities and research options in Arts & Sciences?
Whether you like to travel, love spending time in a lab, or prefer to chart your own course of study, you'll find countless opportunities in the College of Arts & Sciences for engagement and learning, in the classroom and beyond. The body of research, scholarship and creative works emerging from the College of Arts &…
What is unique about the College of Arts & Sciences and the curriculum it offers?
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 40+ majors, 60+ minors, and 2000+ courses across the disciplines, A&S offers uncommon academic diversity. With up to two years before you declare a major and two-thirds …
What do graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences do?
A survey of College of Arts & Sciences students in the Class of 2023 found that 67% of graduates are employed, 26% are attending graduate school, 4% are seeking employment, and 3% are traveling/volunteering/preparing for graduate school. Top employment sectors for our graduates include Financial Services (21%), Tec…
What are the College of Arts and Sciences admissions requirements?
Please see our requirements website for details. In addition to the Common Application , complete applications must include: * Official Secondary/High School Transcript followed by a Mid-Year Report when it becomes available * Counselor Recommendation and School Report * Two Teacher Evaluations * Cornell…
What is the difference between studying a major (such as Computer Science or Biological Sciences) in Arts & Sciences, and studying it in another college that offers the same major?
The major (such as Computer Science or Biological Sciences ) 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 as each college has different distribu…
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 …
