<p>ILR is its own major and a very good one. If you are going to apply for ILR, get excited about ILR and don’t obsess trying to transfer to AEM. Maybe you’d be a better fit for CAS Econ. Although overall transferring is fairly painless, transferring into AEM is not. Make sure you are getting straight A’s before you apply. Admissions is also fairly good at spotting people trying to backdoor their way into other, more competitive programs. </p>
<p>As for your chances, it’s really hard to say. How do you compare to the people in your school who were accepted to Cornell? BTW, even if you don’t report your rank, Cornell admissions will have an excellent idea of where you are. Even for schools that don’t rank at all, Cornell is excellent at guessing.</p>