<p>I doubt that there are statistics available from Cornell regarding how many people got into particular business schools given that most graduates work for several years before going to business school. That information would be incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to track with accuracy.</p>
<p>Perro you are right....I think I cam off as a little bit mad....I was actually trying to get an answer as to how I could guide myself in the future...I was looking for some constructive criticism, on my part, if it is smart to go from Hotel or AEM to Law School....or shud I do Econ...or am I fine? I've looked at employment stats for hotelies, and most do go and get a job....but i am still rather confused...</p>
<p>Pretty much any major can go to law school or business school so I wouldn't really worry very much. Of course AEM will send people to law school, and if you want to do it from Hotel, then do it!</p>
<p>Yeah either major is great for going to law school. So are engineering and a bunch of other majors that you would not think of a "pre law" in the classic sense. Law schoools actually like something that stands out from the same old stuff. My point wasnt that you couldnt go to law school with these specific majors, just that most people in those majors would more than likely not be applying to harvard law.</p>
<p>In my Harvard Law class, there were 38 Cornellians. <em>None</em> came from any school other than Arts and Sciences. I do know of one ILR student going there this year, but he was a star basketball player. There may be one or two more in any given year. Cornell is actually right there with Yale and Princeton most years in the ratio going to Harvard Law if the appropriate universe of applicants is considered, and ahead of all other Ivies, Duke, etc. Constituting roughly 7-8% of the class is not too bad either. </p>
<p>It is unusual for anyone with a strict engineering background to attend (markedly less than one percent of the class), although you have a leg up on admissions. And sorry, jokr95, I don't think Hotel School would be much prep or provide much of a shot, and an AEM major would be somewhat limiting, but good as long as a strong band of challenging humanities and social science courses was mastered as well. Same advice to all other Cornellians outside of Arts and Sciences. Take hard courses within Arts and get A's or you ain't going to HYS for law school. </p>
<p>Take all this for what it means. In that regard, I think the number of Harvard kids going to Vet School at Cornell is a fair but quirky analogy, if filtered for the obvious. Take the Vet School as the best in the country. You wouldn't rate undergraduate schools on their science quality by the number of students who go there, and find that very few Harvard students, or Princetonians, have ever gone there and therefore Harvard and Princeton have terrible science programs. While those schools are not as good in the sciences as Cornell, they are not as awful as such a factoring would purportedly reveal. There is such a thing as self-selection and the overwhelming majority of Cornell engineers, hotelies, humeccies and others are not even looking to go to law school and if they opt to do so it is likely a late-breaking change of focus and career, more in aspect if not dramatic impact to the Yale English major who opts for large animal husbandry.</p>
<p>Brown got 51 with 1/3 of the undergrads.</p>
<p>WOOT WOOT.</p>
<p>haha.</p>
<p>bobbobbob, read the post above, not all of Cornell even applies</p>
<p>and for the engineer thing I agree, most engineers go in to business or medicine. For example Chem E can do some pre-med stuff and go into the medical field, or get a minor in engineering manegment and go into investing or the corporate world with industry (oil companies, pharma, or just plain industry (P&G)). Also, many engineers go onto get MBAs and such.</p>
<p>"I'm a Hotelie...or at least I'm going to be...either that or AEM...and I plan on going to Harvard Law School.."</p>
<p>Ummm, yeah.</p>
<p>See,, I dont know this stuff, so I need some background info...if I dont do AEM, and do ECONOMICS in stead, is that a leg up? I just dont understand what the law school is looking for....people say do something different...you do it..and then people are saying that it wont workk....</p>
<p>Generally, no one undergraduate major is that likely to give you a leg up in the law school admissions process versus any other major. What will hurt you is if you don't take the time to develop the reading comprehension and critical analysis skills that you need for success in law school and as an attorney. If your major doesn't provide enough opportunities to develop these skills, seek out those opportunities. That all said, a major or trend in your coursework that seems to indicate you are person who likes to take the easy road is probably not going to help your application. Doing well in a particularly difficult major or taking challenging courses in areas outside of your comfort zone (and doing well in all of them, of course) may help your application. </p>
<p>Of course, having a high GPA and LSAT score never hurt anyone's application either ...</p>
<p>All of these posts are inaccurate. There are plenty of science, business, engineering, and psychology majors that apply to law school from all top colleges, including Cornell. A smaller and smaller percentage of students are applying to law school directly after undergrad as well. Places like Northwestern have like 90-95% of students that have had significant full-time work experience post-college in a variety of sectors. At Columbia Law, 12% of students (that's greater than one in ten to give you a clearer idea) majored in Science/Engineering/Mathematics, and that is a low number. At other top law schools it's higher. Another 6% of students majored in Finance/Accounting/Business versus 8% that majored in English, 4% in Philosophy, 4% in International Relations, etc.</p>
<p>Nice. Thanks Davida...
goes to show that i can do hotel or AEM....and still do harvard if i got the scores....</p>
<p>...Check out this link it demonstrates that Cornell students are very successful in getting jobs in the top 50 law firms, even though the Cornell Law School is comparably smaller than its peer law schools ... Cornell sent off about 1/3 of its class, which is extremely impressive. This demonstrates that a large number of Cornell grads succeed.</p>
<p>redcrimblue gives some great advise, though I still believe that the absolute best class one can take to prep for law school (and the lsat) is in the ilr school. Take ILRCB201 with professor Gold, do yourself a huge favor. Just be prepared to work.</p>
<p>ooo good ILR classes!! Can't wait to take some of those</p>
<p>yes, enjoy the wait as you at least have time to sleep. When you get into 201, you'll be able to sleep when you're dead...</p>
<p>Is it an elective type of situation where you can take it if you are interested, or is it one of those required ones...</p>
<p>wait wait wait, so if im in hotel or aem, and i take some of these ILR classes...then apply to Harvard law, or any other presitgious law school, then it will make me look like a better candidate for law school?</p>
<p>I was just talkin to a dear friend of mine, shes at michgian Law school....she said ECON is a good major for law cuz it helps you both with the qualititave aspect, as well as the qualitative aspect....and she said that the undergrad GPA is what is most important as well...and that they look at you as an individual...not what kind of lawyer you want to become......and a reason to study law.</p>
<p>figgy - required class. (and lucky for us ILRies, one of the most notorious at Cornell!!). but, also the best class you will ever take. </p>
<p>jokr - not sure if it would make you look like a better candidate (i'm not a law admissions officer), but i would certainly think taking alot of extra classes in stuff like econ, philosophy, english, and some other arts stuff besides just getting a 4.0 from taking course after course of food tech would be to your advantage.</p>