<p>I am a little confused by the AEM requirements for outside transfers. It says that we need to take Bio 1 + 2 with labs as well as Eng 1 + 2. However, for the internal transfers, they do not need to take any bio courses, only some business focused courses. Will AEM even consider applicants who do not have Bio 1 + 2 and only have a majority of business focused courses?</p>
<p>You should call CALS admissions to get an answer on this</p>
<p>I transferred externally (from another university) into aem and didn't have bio 1 or 2. its pretty unheard of though and everyone that hears me say it is shocked that i got in. Also, bio sucks because its a pointless class of memorization, so if you can knock it out at your community college back home before coming here id say do it.</p>
<p>Could you tell me more about your stats and how you did it? That would be a great help.</p>
<p>I don't understand why someone that wants to get in the AEM major has to take two bio classes. I think it is pointless... I also don't understand why this major is in the college of life sciences and agriculture. Why not College of Letters and Sciences ?</p>
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<p>Why do you think i-banks like engineering and science majors?</p>
<p>Well, I don't think i-banks like bio majors. They like engineering (electrical engineering, computer sciences, nuclear engineering...) rather than bio because in bio there is not maths which does not mean that you cannot get into i bank though.</p>
<p>There's more math required to complete the bio major at Cornell than the AEM major. Seriously, I don't need to go to an Ivy League college to learn how to work a calculator or create a spreadsheet. They'll teach you want you need to know on the job and in business school. Instead, what they want to see is a demonstration of the SKILLS you need to succeed in the business world, specifically critical thinking and quantitative analytical skills. That's why you can literally major in anything and still go into i-banking. A bio major, for example, requires you to take calculus, physics, chemistry, and obviously bio. You will get plenty of opportunities to demonstrate those abilities. Meanwhile, business is widely regarded as a fluff major at most colleges because there's no thinking involved. It's a vocational, not an academic, major.</p>
<p>yeah, you just got owned lol.</p>
<p>What you said is true. No one need to be an engineer to get a i bank offer. I also said that. Nonetheless, it looks good to have an engineering degree like YOU said in your previous post, and I just agreed with you. But the little, little edge that have engineers is only due to the myth about the higher difficulty of mathematics over social sciences, BIO, etc.</p>
<p>Sorry for my english. I am not a native english speaker</p>
<p>I would say that the higher math required for engineering is not a myth.</p>
<p>I was more referring to your post about how bio is relevant to business.</p>
<p>The consequence of the myth consists in saying that doing engineering is better because it is harder and the myth is intelligence equals maths.</p>
<p>It is pretty obvious that engineering requires more maths than bio... (referring to your first sentence).</p>