<p>oh..and I dont think the recruiting question got answered:</p>
<p>Cornell's Hotel School also has a pretty good undergrad business reputation.</p>
<p>Okay, so they look at kids who have expierence in hospitality, honestly what kind of job can a 16 year old do at a hotel? I mean it is a bit too late for me now as I am going into senior year, the closest thing I have to hospitality expierence is working in "hospitality and visitor relations" at a local hospital...what kind of jobs do these kids do when they are in highschool?</p>
<p>Vderon - There are so many job available right now in the industry, it's insane. Regardless of where you get your degree, it wouldn't be hard to find a hospitality job out here. New towers and resorts are popping up every month. Going to a big name school like Cornell could definitely help, but going elsewhere certainly wouldn't hurt. </p>
<p>The one benefit to going to UNLV is that you can get amazing internships and such while you're still in school. You're surrounded by the industry on a huge scale 24/7, which makes job placement relatively easy. </p>
<p>Be sure to have your daughter visit campus though. UNLV is definitely not the traditional campus with quads and pretty buildings. Most people don't seem to mind, but some do.</p>
<p>Um...maybe you could move to Ithaca and work at Statler? Hahh</p>
<p>Or, you could just work at a restaurant. Hospitality is really broad..it's not just about hotels. Its about serving others, and making sure customers/ guests are having a good time where ever you're working.</p>
<p>Okay well then I think I have that covered at the hospital, does applying ED help a lot at the hotel administration school?</p>
<p>Total interest and passion= main recruitment tool, so it seems. ED probably adds onto that factor?</p>
<p>I've been told that Hotel Administration is the equivalent of a business management degree that's applied specifically to the hospitality industry. I know they arrange some pretty spectacular internships, and I'm sure that the industry would covet Cornell hotel grads. And of course, the Cornell name in general is huge.</p>
<p>I know someone who's going to the Cornell Hotel school next year. He's very excited about it.</p>
<p>oh. I see.</p>
<p>is it kind of looked up down upon? like on campus do people view kids in hotel administration as idiots? Also, before I came across hotel administration I was pretty set on a liberal arts education, but hotel administration seemed really interesting...but I am kind of afraid that I will not get that broad of an education, in other words, is the curriculum really narrow on just managing hotels...anybody know anything about this?</p>
<p>"like on campus do people view kids in hotel administration as idiots?"</p>
<p>-Who cares....</p>
<p>there's plenty of wiggle room for other courses at Cornell, you can take courses all over campus and some of your requirements for the hotel degree may not even be in the hotel school.</p>
<p>go on the website and look at the distributive elective requirements/ courses that you'll be taking. Seriously, like someone said before, even if hotelies are being made fun of, the laughing stops when the jobs come in. People joke about hotelies a lot (mostly in good fun), just dont let it get to you and do what you like to do. </p>
<p>Seriously though...stop thinking about the program as a set pathway to HOTELS only. Sure it's called the "Hotel School", but if you look at the places where the graduates go to, many go onto investment banking, real estate, finance, etc.</p>
<p>yousonofatree:thanks for the info, do you know where I can find a site or anything that lists where the graduates go on to do?</p>
<p>My perception was that the school really sought students who planned on entering the hospitality industry, in some capacity or other. If that's not your objective there are undoubtedly other educational options that cover your actual interests but have a broader mission.</p>
<p>I agree with monydad though. If you arent sure whether or not you want to go into the hospitality industy, you probably should look somewhere else. The AEM program in the Ag&Life sciences school is the broad business program.</p>
<p>no, I am sure that going into hospitality would be one of my top choices, I just do not want my education to stop senior year in highschool and only learn things related to hospitality from here on out</p>