<p>I transferred to Cornell at the end of my sophomore year to Cornell's undergraduate business program, Applied Economics & Management. Feel free to ask me anything about the transfer process or what life is like here at Cornell. </p>
<p>To point out a few things:</p>
<p>Yes, I took all the prerequisite requirements for my major, which included the CALS distribution requirements. I took a year of Bio, Chem, and Calc 1. Coincidentally, those are half my pre-med's right there. I'm pushing to complete the rest of them too even if med school isn't up in the air. </p>
<p>I'm also a mentor on a site where I'm paid to review the essays of a bunch of a rich kids (sweet part-time gig during the semester) who are applying to Ivies. I may be willing to review a few essays here, with limitations. It's a very busy semester for me but I'll help when/if I can.</p>
<p>If you are visiting Cornell feel free to send me a message and I'll see if I have time to meet with you briefly. If you're applying to AEM, I can be quite informative about the process as I have a lot of extracurricular involvement with the Dyson school in addition to my studies. I have friends attending all the colleges at Cornell though, so whatever you're trying to transfer to, I could potentially refer you to one of them if they have time for you when you'd be visiting.</p>
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<li><p>DSP is a business fraternity. I showed up at an info session, found out their president had some culinary arts background so never showed up again. I’m no longer involved in MICC after spending a semester as a senior analyst. I’m too busy, and I manage my own portfolio now on the side.</p></li>
<li><p>I live in my fraternity house.</p></li>
<li><p>I grew up in New England. I manage, plus mountain climbed much colder at some of the highest summits in the world.</p></li>
<li><p>Personal preference. I suppose the real question is why did I like Cornell more than Penn? Better Greek Life, larger student body, hate Philly, love the AEM curriculum, and Wharton students aren’t doing anything I’m not doing right now. Again, personal preference. Wharton is an amazing school, and the street cred is undeniable.</p></li>
<li><p>Over a cup of coffee and a half-hour informal interview/conversation.</p></li>
<li><p>Go up to someone, shake their hand, say “Hi, my name is ________” and the rest takes care of itself. Network with everyone. Seriously, everyone. Your peers, your professors, the janitor, your dining hall cooks, and of course, professionals in attendance from various BB’s. I’ve gotten opportunities through the most unlikely means. Ask the right questions, meet the right people, and you’ll go far.</p></li>
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<p>william95: I don’t really believe in “fit.” AEM and Wharton are both solid programs, yet yes, Wharton has a larger alumni base and longer history. You can’t go wrong either way.</p>
<p>I don’t want to seem like I’m “advertising” this site, as I’m not. I was just stating that I do some part-time stuff there since the pay is good and I like helping people. I’ll message you the site name though. Anyone else can too if they’re interested.</p>
<p>celluch: Like, none. You know this big hurricane we had last Fall? I recall lots of Ivies getting the day off. Cornell? Noooo, not us. I think it would take an apocalypse to get Cornell to give everyone the day off.</p>
<p>lilmelonred: I’m not sure. But the good thing about CALS is you have 40 free electives. Take Engineering courses with those. Demonstrate you can do the work, get the grades, and try for it. I’m not well-researched on the college, but if you can internally-transfer, go for it.</p>
<p>1) The President is in the Hotel school. I don’t see anything wrong with that. Is MICC worth it? It doesn’t seem like you make much money, and seems kind of like a time drain. Not to mention I can’t get in anyway.</p>
<p>2) What do fraternities do? Isn’t it all just drinking and hazing? How much time are you spending on that?</p>
<p>4) Are Wharton and Cornell even in the same league? They’re THE top target, whereas I feel like we’re second tier or semi-target.</p>
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<li><p>Yes, he is. After coming from some culinary arts background. Good for him. I just didn’t want to be in a business fraternity with that kind of leadership. I feel there were much stronger choices. MICC isn’t about making money, it’s mostly about learning and padding your resume, whether you make or lose $.</p></li>
<li><p>What do you mean what do fraternities do? Your definition is kind of outdated, no offense. Do some focus more on that? Sure. Mine isn’t like that. </p></li>
<li><p>I don’t know? I don’t care. I just liked Cornell better and things seemed to work out well for me here. Again, my friend from Wharton is doing the same internship as me.</p></li>
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Which fraternity would take a junior transfer? They don’t even like to take sophomores. This is your first year at Cornell and you are living at a fraternity. I would have assumed that you would have had to sign a housing contract this summer before you showed up at Cornell, so how did you get out of your contract? </p>
<p>I really do like Cornell for my kids, but I don’t believe anyone would turn down Wharton for AEM. If my kid wanted to go to an UG business school and she got into both Wharton and AEM, I would tell her to go to Wharton.</p>
<p>I didn’t have to sign any housing contract. I shared the rent my first semester with a friend already attending Cornell, he lives off-campus. Really want to make this thread less about me and more about prospective students however as that was not the purpose of this thread. If you have any questions about my experiences, feel free to message me, otherwise I’d like to answer Cornell-specific questions here for people.</p>
According to OP, this job was posted at the school’s career website. When my kid was interviewing for her junior finance internship, she went through 2-3 rounds on campus, with cocktail party and dinner invites. With so many applicants on campus, why would they hire someone over a cup of coffee?</p>
<p>It was posted through the career website originally. What is your point? I do not care what your daughter is involved in. This is the last post I’ll be responding to of yours oldfort since you’re neither a prospective student or have any interest in Cornell. Responding to genuine inquiries only from now on in this thread.</p>
<p>I applied through CALS to AEM solely on the basis that it was a full business school, but through research and dialogue with my interviewer, I’ve kinda understood that as a business program Dyson’s just getting started and really not that developed. For example, I don’t think Dyson has its own building, faculty, etc. This kind of worries me because I have no interest in agriculture or life sciences, only in business and economics. You said you loved the AEM curriculum, so I was hoping you could give me some insight on it and why you enjoy it and maybe even talk a little bit about the AEM program.</p>
<p>That is true. In my case, I love science. I follow a lot of Healthcare stocks. But I can understand how this may dissuade people that just want to do straight business and econ classes. But as far as agriculture goes you wouldn’t have to take any of those type of courses unless you wanted to. Check out the specializations page: [Charles</a> H. Dyson School: AEM Major](<a href=“Applied Economics and Management Degree Program | Cornell Dyson”>Applied Economics and Management Degree Program | Cornell Dyson)</p>
<p>If you get into AEM, you’ll have a blast in Curtis’s Finance class. He’s the best professor I’ve ever had. You didn’t clarify if you’re a freshman or transfer? If you’re a freshman, honestly, don’t worry too much. They have these fluff courses to fulfill the distribution requirements (life science courses) that my friends also take that want to “bypass” the distribution requirements. You may have to put in a year of Bio, but honestly, it’s all memorization. Just use it and lose it, but you might like it. </p>
<p>The best classes I like in AEM on that specialization list are Fixed Income, International Finance, and Advanced Corporate Finance. You’ll certainly get your fill by taking those three. I went beyond, and my adviser, being the awesome guy that he is let me go further. In Curtis’s class you’ll learn Black Scholes (option pricing). In Johnson MBA School I’ll also be taking Professor Jarrow’s course on pricing options under stochastic volatility. A really good class. I’m learning a lot of quant-based finance to supplement my interest in trading. </p>
<p>AEM can be whatever you make it. You can walk out of this major barely-wiser than when you walked in. We have some guys that specialize in things like Entrepreneurship or Strategy. Nothing in Entrepreneurship will teach you how to be the next Apple, the next Facebook, the next Dell. You either have an idea or you don’t. Hence AEM can be a major that people can sleepwalk through (AEM Finance is a core class, and really gives those people a rude awakening if they take it instead of Hotel Finance though). But if you challenge yourself, and are eager to learn, you can walk out of this major with a world-class education knowing things that are actually useful. The major itself is really comprehensive and exposes you to a bit of everything. </p>
<p>If you can bare the science courses, you’d really like this program.</p>
<p>So overall, would you say MICC is worth it? Senior Analyst is a really high ranking position, so I’m surprised that you quit. Doesn’t that club provide great exit opportunities?</p>
<p>Exit opps? It’s a student investment club, not a BB. Granted, we have great alum network, etc, etc. It was alright, me and the “chief investment officer” didn’t really see eye to eye. If we increased our stock holdings in the sector I was running we would have had a much stronger year (whereas other sectors were losing money).</p>
<p>But hey, you can’t go wrong joining. You’ll learn a lot and it is the “go-to” investment club on-campus managing around 60k last I checked. Not shabby for a club. I just do my own thing now. You also got Alpha and Apex too though. Try it out for a semester though.</p>
<p>Do the juniors interviewing for internships have their “final” interviews in the companies’ office? Or is all recruiting interviews for internships done on campus?</p>
<p>For IBs, most interviews are done on campus, even final rounds. Firms are not allowed to invite you off campus for second rounds until all first rounds are done. If I remember correctly that was by end of Feb. Some of those firms want to get their top picks before other firms do, so they’ll do 1st and second rounds while on campus, and applicants would get their offers in matter of days. Applicants will have a period of time before they would need to give their commitment. Review the career center’s student and employer agreements. One thing to be careful of is that you need to adhere to the career center’s agreement (can’t double commit, or decline an offer after it is accepted) or you would not be able to use career center’s later on. They also hold all employers to the same standard. My kid had 2 offers on campus and one off campus because they didn’t recruit on campus. My kid had her first round during the day, then within hours she would be notified if she made it to the next round. She made all of her appts on line. There is a strategy on when is the best time slot, so she would sit by her computer to log on as soon as the scheduler was available.</p>
<p>Most firms will pay for your traveling expenses if they want you to visit them, but it is more of a pain because of missed classes.</p>