<p>What are the differences between them and which one would be better?</p>
<p>i think aem is basically just undergrad business as its an accredited business school.</p>
<p>Read this thread:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=18484%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=18484</a></p>
<p>whoever posted scores for AEM kids that were underqualified is a moron and probably making this up, AEM has some of the most brilliant kids at Cornell and his highly selective- it has turned into an incredibly difficult major to get into and only top students should really consider it</p>
<p>Do banks, consulters, etc. recruit strongly in the engineering departments of Cornell or the AEM(especially regaring ibanks)? I thought Cornell was known first and foremost for its engineering program and that recruiters felt the same way.</p>
<p>Besides wharton, cornell has produced more ibankers than any other school, banks love kids from AEM because they know Cornell students are the hardest workers. All of the top banks come to Cornell each year to recruit for i-banking. I work at Goldman this summer</p>
<p>believe me, if you do well in aEM you will ahve no problem getting a tob job. There are firms like Credit Suisse First Boston that will take very few i-bankers besides Cornell students.</p>
<p>Umm on the flip side, do they strongly recruit engineers at Cornell? I'm interested in pursuing engineering and want to know if most kids who want to work at financial/consulting companies can do so? My alternative is a CMU Information Systems/Finance Double Major which is attractive and I know I would have less competition internally at CMU for NYC banking jobs because of various factors including location, more diverse interests, etc.</p>
<p>so is getting into AEM hard? Noone recruits at CAS Econ?</p>
<p>no econ does amazing as well, but if you want i-banking AEM is definitely the better place to go</p>
<p>Confidential:</p>
<p>First of all, I want to wish you much luck as you explore your options in the college search. I'm an old alum, so my info might not be entirely accurate. If you are interested in any of the following suggestions, call the admissions offices of the various colleges at Cornell to verify the information below. </p>
<p>If you want to pursue an Information Systems/Finance Double Major at Cornell, I believe you could do it in a number of ways. </p>
<p>You can apply to double major in Info Sci/AEM in Agriculture and Life Sciences or Info Sci/Econ in the College of Arts and Sciences. </p>
<p>If you want to take Info Sci in Engineering, and you would like to add Finance to your major, perhaps you would like to design your own Independent Major <a href="http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/programs/undergraduate-education/majors/independent/index.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/programs/undergraduate-education/majors/independent/index.cfm</a>. If you chose this option, you have to take 32 credits in one of the majors offered by Engineering (Info Sci for example), and 16 credits in a "logically connected area taught anywhere in the university". You could possibly design your own program, somewhat like the one that CMU offers. </p>
<p>Here's the general Info Sci website:
<a href="http://www.infosci.cornell.edu/ugrad/%5B/url%5D">http://www.infosci.cornell.edu/ugrad/</a></p>
<p>You can have a concentration/minor in Info Sci in any of the seven colleges:
<a href="http://www.infosci.cornell.edu/ugrad/concentrations.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.infosci.cornell.edu/ugrad/concentrations.html</a> </p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>If I went the IS/Finance path, as I stated in my previous post, I would apply to Carnegie Mellon(CMU). I heard that Cornell has started an ISST major recently in engineering but I just feel that CMU's program is more well established and would give me a stronger foundation in IS if I chose to pursue it. Also, at Carnegie Mellon, since they are so leniant with givign credit(4s and 5s) and leniant with double majoring, I seriously think I can double major in 3 years leaving me the 4th year to pursue an accelerated masters program in information systems. cmu's is program is also ranked #2 undergrad and #1 for MIS(Masters in Management IS if that means anything).</p>
<p>Tahoe: I really appreciate your in-depth comment. Its people like you that helped make this forum grow. I will be a first generation American-educated kid in my family(cousins etc.) so I came to this site hoping to really learn about the college process so I wouldn't put my self in a disadvantaged situation. Thanks to people like you, I feel like I can make much more informed and confident decisions and ones I will not regret. So, thanks!</p>
<p>Confidential: You have certainly done your homework.... again, I wish you a lot of luck. I'm sure you will be a tremendous asset to any university.</p>
<p>If I had to rank the flexibility of the top undergrad business schools, as I have done much research (and even tried to make schedule like confidential), I'd say:</p>
<p>1.Carnegie-Mellon
2.Cornell
3. MIT
4. Wash U
5. Wharton</p>
<p>Really, the top three are interchangeable, depending on what you want to do. MIT is great for me, as I want to go to Med School; their requirements include all the sciences I need to take. Carnegie and Cornell also are flexible about this. Wharton, NOT flexible. Again, I am speaking in terms of something sciency related. It may or may not reflect in other major/minor combinations.</p>
<p>tm2000: Would you know the stats regarding the top 5 GRAD business schools rankings?</p>
<p>sports684 - I'm curious. What year are you at Cornell? It's interesting that your interning for a top i-banking company.</p>
<p>no, sorry. Just taking things one step at a time lol. Grad school comes in the next four years haha.</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. </p>
<p>Good luck with the next 4 years of your education.</p>