Cornell vs. UVA (for business)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Hey,
Time is running out and I can't decide! I need to choose between Cornell AEM, UVA CAS, and UVA McIntire. I'm interested in business and maybe a career in financial services. I was accepted (as a junior transfer) to AEM and CAS, but I could also do CAS for 1 year then apply for McIntire.</p>

<p>AEM: private $80k (40k x 2 years)
pros: good ranking, job placement, 2 years, ivy :P
cons: most expensive, far from home, reputation for being stressful</p>

<p>CAS for econ/IT: instate $40k (20k x 2 years)
pros: cheapest, school spirit, 2 years, instate
cons: not business,might have a trouble finding a job</p>

<p>McIntire: instate $60k (20k x 3 years)
pros: great ranking, job placement, school spirit, instate
cons: no guarentee of being accpeted next year!, 3 years</p>

<p>Any thoughts? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Trust me, AEM is anything but stressful.</p>

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<p>Cornell AEM simply because its a better move for graduate school no matter what anyone says, undergrad does matter for the elite MBA programs and Cornell has a much better overall rep than Virginia and even if UVA is better in business, it is always going to be looked at as a state school and that's reality. Also, take into consideration that you might not get into the program since a lot of people try to apply.</p>

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<p>im visiting cornell tomorrow.. see how it goes, lol</p>

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<p>Pre-medwannabe, hahahahah, UVA is looked at as a state school because <em>duh</em> it is one - but a damn good one. By the way, UVA (and Cornell) both have excellent elite MBA acceptance/matriculation rates - better than Wharton undergrad according to Business Week.</p>

<p>By the way, Twald, McIntire is a 2 year program not a 3 year like Ross (Michigan).</p>

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<p>Twald, ignore my dumb statement about 2 vs. 3 years. I missed your mention of being accepted to CAS not McIntire. Hmmm...you're in an interesting predicament. Oh well, McIntire will move to a brand new business school complex next year. (<a href="http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/Building/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/Building/&lt;/a&gt;) But is it worth an extra year though it is still cheaper than Cornell.</p>

<p>That said, you should check out McIntire's and AEM's profiles and vitual tours in Business Week. It speaks highly of both programs. </p>

<p>Overview:
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_12/b4026066.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_12/b4026066.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>McIntire:
<a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/04/BSVirginia/index_01.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/04/BSVirginia/index_01.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>AEM:
<a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/schooltours/BSCornell/index_01.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/schooltours/BSCornell/index_01.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Good luck w/ your tour of Cornell.</p>

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<p>For the record, Cornellians have plenty of school spirit as well. We may not dress up for our football games, but we tend to be a pretty loyal bunch. How many other alumni bodies consistently know the words to their alma mater?</p>

<p>Either choice is great... you can't go wrong. Pick the school you are most comfortable with.</p>