<p>Is the Cornell business program any good? like can graduates get a job at a big nyc/wall street type place? i get the impression that it just teachers you how to run a farm or something...</p>
<p>From what I know, it’s a very competitive and well respected school. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s a wall-street feeder school, however there have been many to accomplish the goal and many do find employment with fortune 500’s.</p>
<p>AEM attracts many of the Wall Street firms I think you are referring to. Most of the firms GS, Morgan Stanley etc. have come to campus to recruit and many students get internships at these firms. However, I wouldnt say it is a feeder school. Although, I think AEM was ranked 4th in business week for top business schools. The finance classes are really great and there are plenty of opportunities at Cornell to prepare for a job such as business frats and clubs. Also, AEM does a great job in terms marketing as well. It does much more than “just teachers you how to run a farm or something…”</p>
<p>It’s ranked as the 3rd or 4th best business program in the U.S.A so yeah, I’d say it’s “any good”. No, I don’t believe they teach you how to run a farm. See, CALS has this major called Agriculture, but it also has a completely different major called Applied Economics Management, a top undergrad business school, where you don’t exactly milk cows. It’s pretty competitive to get into…I don’t know much about it, sorry, but you should check out the Cornell site for more info on it.</p>
<p>AEM certainly a feeder school to top firms (as is the hotel school - in fact I would say at least half or more of kids I know in hotel have no interest in hospitality, but businesses and top REITs recruit hotel and AEM heavily). I have not met one AEM student who is studying anything to do with agriculture. The only classes that deal a bit with agriculture are the international trade classes, but that is more a focus on biotech, ethanol, etc. </p>
<p>I suggest you look at the AEM website to get a feel for what concentrations they offer. While it was formerly the agribusiness major, now that is only one concentration. The majority of students concentrate in advertising, finance, accounting, international trade and development, etc. Most people I know in AEM are pursuing finance, accounting, and marketing. Ernst & Young has even endowed the accounting program with a $2m donation. </p>
<p>In terms of Wall Street jobs, Cornell is not as heavily recruited as Wharton, Harvard, and Princeton. However, it is very close, and Cornell definitely feeds into these jobs. For the most part all of the Ivys are traditional feeders into Wall Street. This has changed a bit with the recession - firms are recruiting a little bit less at Cornell, but for the most part that is the same all around. In AEM I personally know people with the following jobs: Goldman , Deutsche Bank, Mogan Stanley, JP, Merrill, Bank of America, Barclays, BlackRock, Ernst & Young, PwC, Delloitte, DE Shaw, Trillium Trading, Bain, Boston Consulting, HSBC, Booz Allen, etc.</p>
<p>jcas323, do you know anything about how ILR is recruited compared to AEM and Hotel?</p>
<p>Cornell ILR is recruited by many of the same firms mentioned above, and I would assume that your concentration within the school would contribute to your personal exposure…</p>
<p>In terms of where last year’s graduates ended up:
62% - Employed
26% - Law School
8% - Other Grad School
4% - Seeking/Other</p>
<p>…with 72% of the jobs taken coming from ILR career services, internship programs, and faculty referrals.</p>
<p>From what I saw this fall on the Cornell recruiting website (erecruiting.cornell.com), and from the one or two people I know in ILR, the companies that recruit ILR specifically are often HR consulting firms (compensation consulting, benefits consulting, etc), however, I know a few guys who work for Merrill in ILR… Most firms recruit campus wide, and for recruiting you will also see ILR, CALS, and Hotel specific resume drops. </p>
<p>While the website listed many HR jobs for ILR, the hotel school specific jobs were often real estate firms, or hospitality focused, so it is definitely not a good measure because many hotel majors dont care about working at a hotel. As vergasam said above, it varies on personal experience. From my experience, hotel and AEM are best for business followed by ILR. However, I know a ton of govt majors with finance jobs. I personally think the hotel school prepares you realy well because you have so many group projects, the bad part is that if you dont care about hospitatilty, you will have to take a bunch of cooking/management courses that dont apply to your interests.</p>
<p>i’m an AEM major and i’m doing something agriculturally based (agribusiness mgmt). i, however, am a minority in the major. most of the kids in AEM are doing either finance, marketing or accounting, and i’d have to say one of the downfalls of the program is that it places too much emphasis on finance and marketing.</p>