<p>i wouldnt recommend hotel school if you are not interested in hotel management.</p>
<p>donjaun-many people from the hotel school get jobs outside of just managing hotels. Only about 25% of people actually go into hotels. Like outinspace said, many people get jobs relating to real estate, finance, etc. You'd be surprised; even though the degree sounds pretty specific, the curriculum allows grads to get jobs in many areas of pure business.</p>
<p>i know but what i am trying to say is that some people who are not interested in hotel management can find it quite boring to take some hotel courses and ruin their academic experience because they dont really like learning about some hotel stuff</p>
<p>go to bc
then i can go to cornell :-)
(im wl)</p>
<p>I moved to Boston after college, so perhaps my perspective is different, but Boston isn't that great. It's very provincial. Ithaca has incredible waterfalls, great wine country, funky town. It's much more of a true college town, but to each his own.</p>
<p>Just curious - do high school students really have the foresight at that age to know they want to work in such a specific field? I think I would have hedged my bets and gone more general business. I'm impressed people have it together that well.</p>
<p>I also lived in Boston immediately after college. Completely overrated city, complete with impossibly inflated egos. Only worth it if you are a graduate student at Harvard or MIT.</p>
<p>You and I are totally simpatico tonight, CayugaRed. I'm going to bed now.</p>
<p>My wife felt the same way moving to Boston.......since she wasnt BORN, BRED and EDUCATED there (and only Havard was the REAL SCHOOL) it was nearly impossible for her to get a Nursing Job (and SHE even HAD a Masters Degree). I was more isolated on the BC campus in my Grad school community.</p>
<p>Good luck with your choice</p>
<p>yeah if youre interested in hotel
go to cornell for sure
theres no better place</p>
<p>Okay, I totally agree that Boston's best schools are Harvard and MIT, but BU and BC are both solid schools. I also agree that it's not the best "college town," but to degrade the city like you all have, well you probably expected more than you thought you would. It's a fantastic city and I don't imagine ever finding a city that is better. I can understand how outsiders wouldn't understand.</p>
<p>OP: I would choose the Hotel School. It really is a business degree with a hotel focus. I think there would be better recruiting at Cornell anyway, so from that stand point it would be a good call. However, Ithaca might limit you in terms of what you want to do outside of school. Cornell will be your life if you go there. At BC, you have other options. However, academically, go to Cornell.</p>
<p>Leaving London, England for the Hotel School in the so-called "middle of nowhere" has been, literally, the best decision I've ever made. Don't just look at what courses are being offered. The most valuable thing here is the alumni networks and resources in general. </p>
<p>If you're wondering about how it's going to affect your career choices... just know that the second most common path after graduation is actually Finance (after the most popular Hotel Operations, of course). Yeah, Wall St.</p>
<p>That said, as sonofatree metioned you definitely need to have some degree of affinity towards hotels/restaurants. But I LOVE the culinary classes! Just last week the Corporate Executive Chef of Cheesecake Factory flew in and we got to cook some of their dishes with him in food lab! Of course he brought a good dose of cheesecakes too :)</p>
<p>I really appreciate all of your help guys! I think I am definitely leaning towards Cornell and although I am not sure about Hotel Administration as a career, I definitely would love to take the Hotel-related classes. I will be visiting them soon and hopefully I will have a solid decision come May 1st. Thanks again!</p>