<p>Hello,
I'm going to be senior in August, and I'm looking to cut off some of the colleges from the list and seriously consider only few colleges that will fit most appropriately on me.</p>
<p>Could you rank hotel/hospitality related majors offered by university from top to bottom.. (in your perspectives)</p>
<p>I'm currently thinking about:
1) Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne - first hotel school in the world, good programs, Switzerland (landscape), I feel comfortable and easy-going at a places like that... Always dreamt to live at Switzerland.</p>
<p>-REQUIREMENT-
*<em>GPA 2.5
*</em>SAT I 1000 - even including SAT I Writing (or I don't think they still don't count, because they still said that the requirement will be 1000 points)
**3 AP credits (but I only have 1)</p>
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<p>2) Cornell - will be hard, but I heard it is not hard as other majors in Cornell when selecting. I think that work experiences will help.</p>
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<p>3) Michigan State Univ - seems like the school admin requirement fits to me. beautiful campus, small private school.</p>
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<p>4) Temple Univ - An user from CC recommended me this school,and I checked it out. It seems great and not that hard school to get in.</p>
<p>other choices are Denver, UNLV, and Hawaii... but I would really want to go to Switzerland or any decent school.. (not really of UNLV, Hawaii type schools)</p>
<p>I would pick Cornell over Lausanne because if you decide to change majors, at least at Cornell, you can.</p>
<p>Anyway, other good hotel programs include University of Nevada-Las Vegas and University of Massachusetts-Amherst. University of Denver and University of Houston are pretty decent too.</p>
<p>Washington State University has an excellent hotel administration program AND they have a junior year in Switzerland that many of their hotel majors take advantage of, if you wouldn't mind Eastern WA. They have very good placement rates.</p>
<p>UNLV is great, especially for casino/hotel type stuff.</p>
<p>As I recall, several schools in Florida rank high, especially for touristy related areas like theme parks, etc. U of Central Florida for one?
MSU was good and I think maybe Penn State was highly ranked. It has been a while. You could maybe guess that we had a kid that was interested at one time.</p>
<p>Of course, the most prestigious of them all is Cornell. But really, the best match for you would depend on the area of interest. Some allow you to specialize. Some make you take, for example, many food service classes when you really want to study hotels or tourism. Some require many more hours of experience in the field to graduate than others.</p>
<p>If I were to rate US Hotel Schools, I would go with the following:</p>
<p>Cornell </p>
<p>Michigan State University
University of Houston
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Nevada-Las Vegas</p>
<p>Pennsylvania State University-University Park
Purdue University-West Lafayette
University of Denver
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Maryland-College Park</p>
<p>I'm more interested toward hotel management than food & restaurant management.</p>
<p>Would ED really necessary other than applying for Cornell? If I apply starting from this fall, I think I would apply ED for Cornell, and RD for the rest of the school. Maybe around January (when semester grade releases) for Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne (Switzerland).</p>
<p>As I was looking at colleges that people recommened me I was interested at:
1) Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne
2) Cornell
3) Michigan State
4) U of Houston - Conrad N. Hilton School... interesting
5) Purdue
6) Penn State
7) Boston U.
8) U of Mass-Am
9) Washington State
10) U of Hawaii (mainly because I live in Hawaii..)</p>
<p>The number of schools you should apply to depends on a number of factors. First, will you need significant financial aid? If so, I'd lean towards a slightly higher number, rather than lower, so you have the chance to compare aid packages. Also, how do your stats (grades, test scores, etc.) compare to the schools you're looking at? If they're all going to be reachy for you, you need to apply to more schools. If they're all matches and safe bets, fewer is fine. I'd also consider if any of the schools are on rolling admissions --- if your top choices are on rolling admissions, you can apply early in the fall and know within a month to six weeks whether you've been accepted - no need to apply to many schools once you're into your top choices. Even if one of your top choices isn't a rolling admissions school, you might consider applying early to one of the other schools RA so that you have a definite bird in the hand --- then you probably don't need to apply to a ton of schools. </p>
<p>So, weigh all of these factors and then draw up a plan - I personally think most people apply to way too many schools. If you've carefully chosen your list to include safeties, matches, and one or two reaches, there's no need to apply to 20 schools! But, I would aim for at least five or six unless your top choice has RA.</p>
<p>You don't need to go to a huge school or a famous school... Coastal Carolina University has a great Tourism/Hotel Management program and it's located about 10 miles from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It's small and affordable and has a great reputation around here.</p>
<p>Would it be a good choice going to Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne? (In Switzerland).... it's the first hotel school in the world, and it has great program. I think that going to Switzerland would give me some time to think about the past and find a better resolution as a person. It might be hard, living alone, but I can endure that if I can go.</p>
<p>Why not just kick your own ass right now… save yourself the money and trouble.
You do not need an education to work as a hotel or restaurant manager.</p>
<p>What are the ranking criteria? What data are people using to say confidently that a school is in the top N? Has a peer assessment been published for HM schools/departments?</p>