Hi guys - looking for some advice here. I was admitted to Cornell University (School of Hotel Administration,) University of Southern California Marshall School of Business (I was admitted as a Sping Admit,) and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business (Pre-Admit.) I am completely torn and would love to hear pros/cons of each program.
I plan to work in Investment Banking upon graduation, preferably in NYC.
why SHA not AEM…
Suggest look carefully at the curriculum/ required courses/ latitude to take other courses at each of the specific programs/schools you are considering. There may be differences that are material to you.
Also consider where you’d rather spend the next four years. And where you are best situated should your career and academic interests change over your college years.
If you had to cross one of your list, which school is out?
Now that SC Johnson school of business is the umbrella for SHA I think Cornell has the edge plus their ties to NYC with Cornell Weill and Tech campuses they have a huge presence in the city. Since your future is investment banking in NYC you will have so many Cornellians with whom to network. I think your chances of interning in NYC in your field are better attending Cornell.
If banking is your goal, you should pick Ross. It’s just as good, if not slightly better than Cornell’s AEM program.
Hi. Congratulations on your acceptances. My dream college is Cornell University School of Hotel administration. Would you be able to share what you did (grades, internships, other skills/qualifications) to get into Cornell? It would be a great help as I mostly plan on applying there this October for ED.
Parent here, and I work in NYC in the investment industry for decades.
I meet far more Cornell grads in high ranking positions than the other 2 choices.
That said SHA is not a common choice for such a career.
@blevine probably OPwas admitted into SHA because it has FARE (finance accounting real estate) concentration with emphasis on investment banking
Good point, and besides, it is easy to take courses across colleges and learn what you are interested in. Recruiting on wall street doesn’t seem to care so much which college within Cornell you attend.
They recruit at Cornell but may or may not recruit at schools much further from NYC.
Even Cornell is a pain for some firms, my firm recruits much more at Columbia since graduates come to onsite recruiting events at my firm, in addition to us sending recruiters there. Since we do have many passionate Cornell alum both in my firm and in the industry, there are always some willing to make the 4.5-5 hour trek up to Ithaca from NYC and meet students. I have worked for 2 firms where one of the two top execs were Cornell grads, and nobody ever mentions which college within Cornell they attended, at least for undergrad degrees.
They may not mention it, to you, but believe me, they are aware.
Not that it necessarily makes much difference. There are excellent individuals attending all of its colleges, and firms hire individuals.
But to some degree firms recruit at selective colleges for their role as a first-pass selectivity screen.
The admissions selectivity of each individual college there is not identically the same, and alums are well aware of these distinctions. Though the differences may be not all that material when looked at from afar, and do not apply to each individual student in any event. It is generally viewed as being in poor taste to talk about this, not “PC” there. That does not mean they don’t know.
They often don’t have to explicitly identify their college if they say what major their undergrad degree was in.
If they majored in Philosophy they were in CAS. If it was Industrial & Labor Relations they were in ILR.
If it was Electrical Engineering they were in COE. Etc. There are some gray areas but most are clear enough.
To alums, at least.
Not that #10 should make much difference to OP.