<p>I just visited Cornell, and I loved it. I'm applying RD and I have an interest in business/law. I would be happy to get into the AEM program in CALS, or ILR. I'm planning on applying to them as my primary/alternate choices. I heard that the AEM program accepts only 90 out of 1400 applicants, so I want to know if my stats are competitive:
Stats: 94 GPA at competitive NYS Public HS
SAT m/cr/w:770/710/800 SATII: mathii/us/bio: 760/730/730
EC's: -DECA Regional President, National Finalist -Model UN Chair Officer, Outstanding Delegate -Varsity Tennis Team Captain -Mock Trial Team Captain -Interning at NYS Senator's Office
APs: Lang (5) US (5) Bio (5) European History (5) Micreconomics (4) Macroeconomics (4)</p>
<p>How should I apply to give me the best chance of getting into Cornell:
A) AEM primary, ILR Alternate
B) Just AEM primary or Just ILR Primary
C) ILR Primary, AEM Alternate</p>
<p>You are definitely competitive. I would do AEM primary and ILR alternate because you’re more interested in that. Make sure you show a definite interest in business and you have a good shot.</p>
<p>AEM definitely accepts more than 90 out of 1400 applicants, but its acceptance rate is somewhere between 11-15% from year to year.</p>
<p>you are competitive, and you are from new york which helps. your EC’s show your interest in business, so make sure you get good recs and write a good essay.</p>
<p>thanks mburns813 and hilariousimlolin
Are either of you in the AEM program? If so I was wondering what most AEM students do after graduating? Do they get into top business schools? Get jobs?</p>
<p>when the professor asked our freshmen class last year, something like 1/4 - 1/3 of the class raised their hand for possible law school in the future.</p>
<p>When I talked to the admissions rep at the Cornell infosession he said that AEM was one of the most selective programs on campus…</p>
<p>If I put AEM (CALS) as my first choice school and ILR as my second choice, would I run the risk of being put into ILR since it seems to be less competitive than AEM?</p>
<p>it is one of the most selective programs on campus. i think the two years before this past school year, it was THE most selective at around 10-12%. i dont know about this past year though (incoming freshmen); they were 14.5%.</p>
<p>anyway, no one knows for sure what putting a second choice would do to your chances. most of the students i know from AEM seem to be either ED or RD with AEM as their only choice, but there ARE some students who put second choice colleges. in the end, i think the “second choice” is there for the admission officers to determine if youre a better fit for the first choice or second choice. and i dont know that many students who are in their second choice college.</p>
<p>so yes, there is always that risk. when i applied, i decided to do “all or nothing,” but that was also because i didnt know much about ILR. if you want to go to cornell, put ILR as your second choice. it is still a GREAT program.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Cornell offers opportunities for applicants to stay with an AEM student and attend classes for a day? I recently got an e-mail about ILR’s hosting program…and I was wondering if AEM, within CALS, does the same thing?</p>