<p>@ray192: i agree with your last statement - actually i’ll go so far as to say that it’s applicable to MOST liberal arts/vocational majors at cornell. i just got a little offended since i’m NOT one of those traditional “i wanna go on wall streeeeeet” type of AEM majors and i’m sick of being painted with the same brush. i’m actually double majoring in IARD too, to supplement my international trade & development and agribusiness mgmt specializations.</p>
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personally, i’d say that it’s not fair of you to say that. IMO, a lot of the AEM students who got in freshman year on their own merit (aka not transferring and not sports associated) are actually there because they WANT to do something. or maybe that’s just me superimposing the reasons why i got in onto everyone else… idk. i just want to make people aware that not all AEM majors want to screw other people over and get mad $$$. but then again, most of the people in AEM transfer into the major after sophomore year and i’d have to say that a significant portion of THOSE people are the ones who are jokes. so, i guess you’re right.</p>
<p>While AEM has some really easy classes, people who aren’t in AEM highly underestimate some of the upper level technical finance courses that are available to AEM and hotel students. These majors have a rep for being easy yes because they have some really easy classes, maybe because they have a lot of athletes and transfers, and in general because liberal arts people across the country tend to look down on pre-professional programs, in particular business programs. I know plenty of CAS kids who tried and couldn’t get through an intro finance course. While I will say AEM is not the hardest major at Cornell, it doesn’t get the respect that it deserves… I would say the same about Hotel. </p>
<p>I personally took close to 50 credits outside of CALS, and took a ton of govt classes to mix it up a bit. So if you want to do that, it is available to you. </p>
<p>If you want to set yourself apart from traditional business majors, consider the International Trade & Development program, or one of the less popular policy-based programs… My classes took me on field study consulting projects to Africa and DC and were no easier than any CAS class I took.</p>
<p>For law school, I don’t know too much about admissions except for the fact that I know people in AEM, Architecture, Engineering, and basically any other major that got in. As long as you have a high GPA, great LSATs, and a good essay you will be fine. I also know its pretty popular to be a corporate lawyer, and while that may not change admissions, my logic tells me they can’t hate business majors that much.</p>
<p>oh hi there joetheplumber. i see that you are a dick so i leave you this message.</p>
<p>enjoy</p>
<p>edit- crap youtube isnt working right now for me. in the mean time go to youtube, type in “ari gold get out” and click on the video that is about a minute long. that is my message…good day sir</p>
<p>There is a grand total of, get ready for it, 1 required class in Human Resources for an ILR major (ILRHR 2600). </p>
<p>The major is what you make of it. </p>
<p>In the event that you do choose to pursue a large number of classes in Human Resources, I highly doubt Law schools would look down upon you. Even if you took the max amount of classes in Human Resources, you would still have to take far more courses in the social sciences to fill your other requirements (Human Resources is the only “business” like component of ILR, and there are 40 required ILR electives to complete the major, not even including the required intro courses, of which only one is in the HR department).</p>