<p>I want to get into finance, and hopefully a top business school in the future.
Do you think Engineering will offer the same opportunities AEM will? I heard a lot of Cornell engineers actually do not pursue engineering after graduation..</p>
<p>oh ya I don't like any of the other majors that CALS offers</p>
<p>I know people who graduated from AEM and are having so much fun. It's still a great major. But these people have had their mind bent on business. They love banking and want to persue business for the rest of their lives........AEM would be perfect for them. They could care less about their future in science. </p>
<p>Are you one of these people? Could you care less about science. Consider the alternative: </p>
<p>A degree in engineering is much more versatile. Let's say your a chemE major. Armed w/ a B.S. in eng. in chemE, you can be an investment banker - or - work for a petroleum company and be a gas control analyst or process designer or process engineer -or- work for a pharm. company and help mass produce expensive drugs in a cheap way -or - persue grad. work in cutting edge fields like nanotechnology or biomedical engineering. Heck, you could find yourself doing a million things with a degree in ChemE. </p>
<p>AEM is nowhere near as flexible as this. Sadly, business majors can't compare to engineering majors.</p>
<p>With a degree in AEM, you can be a banker and / or do other business related jobs. You really can't do much else..... I guess if you persued grad. studies in economics, you can be a "research think-tank" for private companies but hey, engineers can do that just as easily.</p>
<p>But then again, if you care less about science or other areas outside business - go for AEM.</p>
<p>In the end, if you want to go to a top business graduate school and be a future executive, you can't go wrong with either major. AEM will work great and so will engineering. However, the rest of the path is up to you. Top business schools like HBS care very little about your undergraduate school or undergrad. major. They care about your work performance - your promotions, ability to work w/ teams, etc....</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions eternity_hope</p>
<p>The thing is I actually grew sick of the sciences because they are so damn dull and I just don't see myself working in a lab for the rest of my life. Graduate engineering schools are already crossed off my list.</p>
<p>My question is which major will be better for a future in business...</p>
<p>dooit, I really think that you would enjoy AEM. I think you should go for it. Don't turn down AEM because of your impression of CALS. AEM is not characteristic of the other majors at CALS. It's a relatively new major and the students love it.</p>
<p>Don't kill yourself with engineering unless you really enjoy topics like physics (and chem. if your a chem.Engineer). Do something that you love. As far as business goes, like I said, either will work fine. Just do well and succeed in whatever major you choose. AEM will take you a long way in business and will look very impressive on your resume. </p>
<p>The only disadvantage of having AEM over engineering is it's not as flexible but your not someone who's interested in something like science in the future......so this doesn't really affect you:)</p>
<p>That said, go for AEM</p>
<p>AEM? CALS? </p>
<p>what do these acronyms stand for? :P</p>
<p>AEM = Applied economics and managment</p>
<p>CALS = College of agriculture and life sciences</p>
<p>thanks, eternity_hope2005 :)</p>
<p>Yes, the engineering degree may offer more opportunities, esp if you take business classes along with it. But the type of work for each is completely different. I would like to have many more ops that engineering could offer, but I know I would never be able to get through the HARD engineering courses. They are a completely different subject matter so you should go with the one that best fits your interests. Either way, you will do great after graduation. Also, I wouldnt consider AEM a walk in the park though, but its less intense than engineering.</p>