I just got accepted to the ILR school at Cornell. However, when I applied, I basically thought that this was a business school. I want to study business and found out that Dyson is Cornell’s business school. So a couple of questions:
- How hard would it be for me to transfer schools after my first semester, and will my credits transfer?
- How does ILR compare to Dyson? Harder, more reading, less business oriented?
- Cornell wrote an article about how ILR is basically a business school. Is this true? Any ILR alumni on here that have succeeded in the business world?
You say that you “just got accepted” to the ILR school. How do you know?
@aboukis I got an acceptance letter in the mail a few weeks ago saying I was accepted to ILR and received a packet last night from the ILR school with a second acceptance letter.
ILR releases quite a few early decisions, they went out March 2 this year. I also was accepted to ILR and I mostly applied because I thought I could do international studies/business. After speaking to a current senior last week, it looks like it’s not too difficult to transfer, but you have to wait a full academic year I believe. That being said, ILR consistently places graduates in a number of Fortune 500 companies every year, as well as other major corporations. It is very “labor” oriented, but you can concentrate in different areas (I’ll focus in international labor laws) and you can get a minor from Dyson, which might compliment your ILR degree quite nicely.
Also, it depends on what you want to do in business and what you mean by succeeding. Check this out though! It made me feel a lot better
https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/sites/ilr.cornell.edu/files/ILR-BachelorTRIFOLD-Final_0.pdf
@writeallnight I want to go into international business which is why I initially chose ILR because it seems to be very globally focused
They should just merge ILR with Dyson, honestly. (Admittedly this school is the one I know least about, but wouldn’t majors like Econ and Human Resource Studies fit in pretty well with the curriculum?)
It’s pretty hard to transfer into AEM even as an internal applicant. I’d talk to an advisor if you decide to attend and see what your options are, good luck!
I am currently a freshman in ILR and am considering the internal transfer to Dyson. A few remarks: the reason I’m strongly considering the switch is that I’ve kind of backed off of the notion of going to law school after college, and I’ve become quite entrepreneurial since I arrived to Cornell. I want to take more classes in finance and other quantitative fields. The Applied Economics and Management major (aka the “traditional” business major at Cornell) is the most difficult internal transfer by far. That said, it is certainly not impossible and most internal transfers to Dyson likely come from ILR. If you do not apply for the internal transfer by the end of your freshman year you will not be able to transfer in later years… Something to keep in mind. Definitely give ILR a shot though; I will go to bat for ILR’s career services center any day of the week and match them against any of the other college’s career services.
Also, I believe the second most common field for ILR majors to go into after they graduate is financial services - so if that’s something that interests you, ILR should not be what holds you back.
ILR has a focus on human resources and many graduates work in HR, or for labor unions before going to law school. Dyson is more general business management, with some attention to agricultural business as Dyson is in the Ag college.
Most people planning on a management career will get an MBA by age 30, and either program would be a good foundation for a future MBA.