<p>The Hotel School, more than perhaps any school in the country, emphasizeds that you should really only apply there if you have an extreme passion for the hospitality industry and that the Hotel School is your first choice.</p>
<p>Isn't it a bit hypocritical that the Hotel School then takes only 25% of its incoming class from early decision and 75% from regular decision?</p>
<p>just because you apply ED doesn't mean you are qualified to be at the school or that you have the proper experience needed to be a hotelie. </p>
<p>wouldn't you agree that applying RD with 3 years of experience in a hotel shows much more passion than just applying ED w/o much (if any) relevant experience?</p>
<p>I was assuming in my post the the ED applicant was well qualified and had significant hotel or hospitality experience. What you have not explained in your post is why the applicant with three years of relevant hotel experience who wants to much to go to Cornell Hotel School did not apply early decision. </p>
<p>I think that there are many who apply regular decision to the Hotel School who have minimal or no relevant work experience but were simply rejected from other Ivies......and I wonder how many of them are accepted.</p>
<p>i know nothing about hotel school, but i'm assuming that even though 25 percent of the class comes from ed, the percentage of students accepted from the ed pool is higher than the percentage of those selected from the rd pool, which i'm assuming is a lot larger. i do understand where you are coming from though</p>
<p>This is from a parent's point of view:</p>
<p>Please remember that applying Early Decision does not make financial sense for some families because the families need to be able to compare financial aid packages in April before making a final decision. </p>
<p>Also, Cornell, like the rest of the schools in the Ivy League, does not offer merit scholarships. Some families may want to consider schools that offer merit scholarships in order to avoid the need to go into debt, especially if Cornell's financial aid package involves substantial loans.</p>
<p>Someone who desperately wants to attend the Cornell hotel school and has exactly the right background for it might still apply RD for financial reasons.</p>
<p>"I was assuming in my post the the ED applicant was well qualified and had significant hotel or hospitality experience. "</p>
<p>this assumption shouldn't be made, no 2 applicants are alike. </p>
<p>"What you have not explained in your post is why the applicant with three years of relevant hotel experience who wants to much to go to Cornell Hotel School did not apply early decision."</p>
<p>there are many reasons why people don't automatically pick 1 school. I never applied ED to a school, I wanted to evaluate programs in combination with scholarships, opportunities, etc.</p>
<p>a lot of hotelies that i know have no interest in going into the hotel industry. they later go on into management, investment banking, consulting, etc.</p>
<p>which is better for investment banking/finance: Applied Management and Economics (CALS) or Hotel?
also which one has more applicants get accepted to the top MBA programs? out of AEM and hotel?</p>
<p>I'm only going to tackle the second part of sillyrabbit's question because I don't want to get into a debate between the hotelies and the aem kids on this board!</p>
<p>Regarding which program has a better success rate at top MBA programs - I don't believe that is tracked. The top tier MBA programs usually (there are some rare exceptions) require a minimum of 3-4 years work experience and you (the public) will just see listed the university the applicants came from - not the program. </p>
<p>Quite frankly, most b-schools don't even care if you studied business in college. You could get a liberal arts degree from Cornell-CAS, Swathmore, Dartmouth, etc. and do just fine. They like to see well-rounded individuals, high GPAs, high MCATS, great employer recs, etc.</p>
<p>not MCATs... I think you mean GMATs</p>
<p>jrcho88 - thanx :)
I had MCATs on my mind!!
I must have wanted to be a doctor in my other life!</p>
<p>tahoe: when you say well rounded, what do you mean? as in well rounded extracurriculars, or well rounded in working at lots of different companies/ fields of the business industry?</p>
<p>sillyrabbit - what would make your application stand out, for instance. Look at the "chances" threads on this forum - most of the posts are similar on a quick glance, although the students are quite accomplished. B-schools are not looking for narrow thinking, straight business individuals. NYU actually has a very creative component to their app. Also, when I mentioned that b-schools require a minimum of 4 yrs. work experience - that is not a hard and fast rule. Working at lots of companies in a short period does not look good. You should hang out on the "Business School" forum to learn more.</p>
<p>You should do your own research...but on a quick look, I found that NYU's site gives you the most info about the demographics of a typical entering class... Wharton and Harvard did not give a lot of info on their sites. So... here's NYU's demo:
NYU</a> Stern Exceptional Students</p>