<p>I've heard of Cornell's School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering and is extremely interested. Compared to other majors and schools in Cornell, is the Operations Research and Engineering is more competitive? </p>
<p>I know that the program is a part of the College of Engineering which is easier for females to be accepted. Is it the same case for ORIE?
(I'm an international Asian female from Thailand)</p>
<p>ps. it would be great if someone could estimate the acceptance rate for international females for this program. (ED,undergrad)</p>
<p>The admissions officers don’t really take your intended major into consideration when you are applying, especially since you don’t officially declare a major until sophomore year. From my experience, it is not a competitive major at all. For the most part the whole college of engineering generally has a relaxed and collaborative environment. </p>
<p>it is a very interesting major however. Students in other majors will play it off as being the easiest (engineering) major, but ORIE shows up all the time in our daily lives and has applications everywhere. For example, the finals schedule each semester is determined by professors in OR using an integer programming problem with thousands of variables and constraints! Before the OR department stepped in, there were many more students who had 3 finals within 24 hours.</p>
<p>The admissions officers only use your intended major to place you in your freshman year advising groups. They collect that data and find out that most people end up in a different place then what they put on their application. I was told that straight from the admissions officers. Your intended major may affect your admission in other colleges, but not in engineering.</p>
<p>Is it really considered the easiest major? I heard that is was mainly another path to a business degree which is why I am interested in it. I was hoping to take that major along with some communication courses and head off to become the CEO of a large consulting corporation…</p>
<p>wow that was a mouthful lol. O well, I do really like the major, but if it has small job perspectives and small to offer, I really may reconsider. I appllied to Civil Engineering, but I keep changing my mind, good thing I don’t have to decide anytime soon.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have any comments on the major? I’d like to hear about it as well.</p>
<p>lmao really? Is there any particular reason for the female thing? I don’t want an easy path for business, I want one that will make me stronger, smarter, and an all around better person than the guy next to me. (there’s an oxymoron to the last statement ) I feel like the ORIE could make me a better asset to the business world. Do you know if it really is considered an easy major? If that’s the case, I may even double major or reconsider.</p>
<p>I love this school, there are sooooo many things that look appealing! But, seriously, I have time.</p>
<p>Really? How easy is ORIE for someone who is below Cornell’s average in math and science? Is it super heavy on upper level mathematics, physics, and stuff? I’m currently in ILR and am looking for a more powerful (for lack of a better word) business degree, but I don’t want to be swamped and over my head in heavy duth math and science.</p>
<p>Not very. You are better off taking more advanced econ/stats courses through ILR.</p>
<p>That said, don’t underestimate what you can do with ILR. An alumnus just got tapped as undersecretary of the treasury for economic policy. Is that not powerful enough for you?</p>
<p>There is definitely a lot of math and science, and that is true for all engineering majors. You do still have to complete 4 math classes, 5 semesters of chem and physics, computer science, and lots of statistics and probability. I would almost venture to say that ORIE is the most heavily math based of all the engineering majors, rather than science (physics, chem, in some cases bio).</p>
<p>Something to understand first: Like another poster has said, all the CoE majors have general science and math requirements and some programming. However, from these foundations, the majors have different courses that make them distinct. As a MechE, I have to take courses such as mechanics of solids, mechanical synthesis, material properties, fluid dynamics, mechatronics etc. </p>
<p>the ORIE requirements are considered less technical and for the most part, easier. ORIEs take stats and probability classes not required by other majors. However, the major also suggests electives to be fulfilled with business/finance/etc courses and behavioural science, all of which are less technical.</p>
<p>Applications to CoE is done regardless of whichever major you’re applying to. </p>
<p>As a side note, while the ORIE major is considered “easier”, it also has the highest starting salary average as posted by the career office. last year this was about 90k for ORIE compared to 54 for mechEs.</p>
) I feel like the ORIE could make me a better asset to the business world. Do you know if it really is considered an easy major? If that’s the case, I may even double major or reconsider.</p>