<p>nowayjose i believe the hotel school is tops in the field if you want to go into the hospitality mangement things. but the actual business program refered to here is the AEM program, and i believe thats the best option if youre looking for a business degree</p>
<p>Hotel is great if ur into hospitality management
ILR is great if your into the psychology of business</p>
<p>Internal transfers are relatively easy (for future applicants don't rely on that to get into Cornell tho cuz if u apply to the "easier" major and u don't fit it, u won't get in).</p>
<p>OK, so Cornell's Applied Economics and Management degree is supposed to be excellent, but it's in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. What if I'm not interested in Agriculture or Life Sciences? Do I have to take science classes for this major or can it just be a general business degree?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that u take normal business classes plus a biology one, ect... It's in that college because it was originally a college for ag business wayyyy back in the day. It's a very well recognized program and one of the reasons is because of this aspect that makes it unique. An actual AEM person could probably answer better tho.</p>
<p>What I'm really interested in knowing I guess, is do all AEM majors have to concentrate in agriculture or a life science or can it just be business? And do they get job offers only for agriculture/food/science jobs?</p>
<p>no. the AEM major has several concentrations within it which include business studies tied in with agriculture management/economics. however, if you solely want to study general business, you may. the only 'science' requirement is a year's worth of biology. recruiters for AEM majors come from practically any place you can think thats worth working for. your best bet would be to check out the AEM department website: <a href="http://aem.cornell.edu%5B/url%5D">http://aem.cornell.edu</a></p>
<p>Is AEM really good at Cornell, cus all I hear about that program is that everyone supposedly gets A+s for the courses.</p>
<p>i think thats a bit of a stretch but yeah, the great thing about the program is you get an amazing education which you don't have to sweat for.</p>
<p>so in terms of difficulty is AEM easier than ILR?</p>
<p>ilr isn't considered difficult either imo. from my experience, most people consider engineering and science difficult because of the low median grades they assign for the courses. also the architecture students are stereotyped to work all the time.</p>
<p>"so in terms of difficulty is AEM easier than ILR?"</p>
<p>yes, it is. I've taken a bunch of classes in both programs as have a bunch of my friends.</p>
<p>isn't harder to get into AEM than ILR? so perhaps that equals, smarter students, better grades?</p>
<p>"so perhaps that equals, smarter students, better grades?"</p>
<p>i was comparing my experiences in classes from both colleges/majors and the general observations of my ilr friends as well. </p>
<p>regardless, aem takes a fewer percentage of students, but the stats of the freshmen class is lower than that of ILR ... at least this is what i recall, i may be wrong. double check online to be sure, but regardless i know stuff like the sat range and class rank are surprisingly low for a program like aem. tough call.</p>
<p>but it's easy to get into AEM or ILR if you're doing an internal transfer as a student in another Cornell school?</p>
<p>not really, believe it or not.</p>
<p>aem stats may be slightly lower than that of ilr maybe cuz a good portion of aem students are recurited athletes... i know most ivies entice athletes by sending them to their business program...</p>
<p>someone i know was recruited and was sent to the aem program (its very enticing especially if u are a NY resident)</p>
<p>The future growth in the banking world is coming through operations and financial engineering. So ORIE @ Cornell @ Princeton @ Columbia @ Berkley are the wave of the future. AEM lacks in the this regard.</p>
<p>If you want hedge funding go ORIE</p>
<p>financial engineering? are you kidding?? Go get a real job, then tell me that. (Not meaning to be offensive)</p>
<p>First of all, it's all about university strength and major. Cornell and Columbia essentially are on the same level and prestige. However, the AEM major is much more applicable for a job on wall street. You can get a top job in the profile being really good at AEM, where as at Columbia you would have to be the BEST. AEM offers courses that employeers look for in interviews, such as accounting and derivatives.</p>
<p>agreed.......</p>
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