Cornell AEM and postgraduate opportunities

<p>I was admitted early to CALS. I've heard many great things about AEM and done as much research about it as I can. I am trying to see if anyone here knows much about how well AEM graduates are recruited into Wall Street. I will be putting down some pretty big loans if I end up deciding to attend and want to see if anyone knows how well they will pay off.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>Wall Street is more about networking. Do realize that as an AEM major you will face competition from all other colleges/majors at Cornell's campus. Just because you're the only accredited business major at Cornell does not mean you're the only one qualified to work on Wall Street.</p>

<p>Yeah, of course. They want smart people, engineers, history majors, math majors, etc. It just happens to be that I would be in AEM. I am just wondering about the opportunities I would have. I realize there is cutthroat competition.
Does anyone know the chances of AEM majors breaking into investment banking or any finance related fields?</p>

<p>I understand that the Ivies, in general, place well on Wall Street. Would being at Cornell give me an opportunity for some summer internships and other ways to network?</p>

<p>this year was horrible with internship placements...like only 2 people per firm were selected</p>

<p>but probably by the time you're a junior here at cornell the economy will have turned around...so just keep your grades as high as possible and have decent ECs and such...</p>

<p>i know the aem major offers concentrations in various fields but it seems most people end up in ibanking/wall st, is this true?</p>

<p>Internship placement this year has been tougher, but certainly not impossible. My friend who is a math/econ double major landed a summer internship with blackrock.</p>