<p>I noticed that Cornell has a business minor that is open to everyone? I would like to study business but I don't think I would get into AEM. I'm thinking about applying for Economics in Arts and Sciences or ILR. Can you take as many business classes as you want even if you're in another school? And can you turn it into a double major without having to transfer (which I've heard is very difficult)?</p>
<p>Also - you need 2 letters of recommendation from teachers for Cornell? I didn't ask early enough and at this point only have one that I can really count on. If I get one from a teacher that I have as a senior and then have 2 social studies teachers, is that terrible?</p>
<p>you should really focus in on what kind of economics you find most interesting, and think about how econ will also mean taking all the other arts and sciences requirements whereas ILR is something completely different. </p>
<p>I am not aware of any business minor that is available to everyone, btw. can you link to or share more info about it? it could be my info is incomplete or out of date, but unless it’s something completely separate from AEM I think there are restrictions.</p>
<p>I have not done it, but you should be able to take some AEM courses from another school. some of them are cross-listed with econ courses, but maybe ones that are more strictly business wouldn’t be. you couldn’t take as many as you want, though, because there are limits to the number of courses you can take outside your school (varies by school) and also in some courses seating preference is given to majors and minors above people with no official association to the program.</p>
<p>you can’t double major in AEM and something in another school, it is absolutely not possible. </p>
<p>I have no authority to speak about recommendations, but I will say that if someone agrees to write for you, they must think they can say something nice or else they would decline.</p>
<p>As far as I can tell and from experience, any student can cross-enroll in the other colleges in any class provided that they meet the hard pre-requisites (some professors list these but don’t check. some professors go to student center and look up the academic history of all of their students). However, if you enroll in these classes, you might want to check if they fulfill any requirements for your own college to make sure that you can still graduate on time. For example, like faustarp said, some colleges might have a limit on how many classes you can get credit for towards your degree. Beyond these limits, you can still take whatever you can get into but it wont help you graduate.</p>
<p>AEM classes are known for having different “versions” of the class for AEM and non-AEM students and are also semester-specific to these versions. Some semesters for such classes are AEM only while the other semesters are open enroll.</p>
<p>I’ve seen people change their major to AEM, but they honestly went in hoping to do their original major and plans changed later on (in their specific cases). I guess you could call it a back door in, since people sometimes suggest doing that for AEM or Biology in CALS (maybe others too) but keep in mind that CALS cares a lot about fit, so if you don’t have a good fit for your “other” major it’ll be pretty tough to get in anyway.</p>