Frequently Asked Questions About Admissions
Q: Does Cornell have pre-med, pre-vet, or pre-law majors?
A: Cornell students do not major in pre-med, pre-vet, or pre-law. They complete the preparatory coursework for graduate programs in human and veterinary medicine, and law while pursuing the academic discipline that interests them most as undergraduates. Pre-med and pre-vet students majoring in everything from art history to theatre arts complete the preprofessional courses that are required by med and vet schools --- introductory biology, chemistry, and physics, for example. Pre-law students also pursue any of the more than 80 formal majors offered at the university while honing their skills in writing, verbal communication, research, problem-solving, and analysis.
As applicants to med and law programs, Cornell students do extremely well. Nationally, about 46 percent of the applicants to medical schools were accepted in 2006. Of the Cornell students who applied for 2006 admission, 75 percent were accepted to at least one medical school; and Cornell students with a grade point average of 3.4 or above had an acceptance rate of 88 percent. As for law school, 90 percent of the Cornell applicants were accepted to at least one law school for the fall, compared to the national average of about 63%.
Additional information may be found in the pre-med/pre-vet and pre-law information bulletins.
