<p>My son has applied to Cornell, Virginia Tech, Penn State, UNLV, University of Houston, and Johnson & Wales(Denver). Just waiting to hear from first two. If he doesnt get into Cornell, what programs are the strongest of the remaining?</p>
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<p>Kat</p>
<p>Its not on your list but we've heard great things about the Rosen School of Hospitality at University of central florida (in Orlando) which has major funding and connections with the hotel industry there.Hope its not too late to apply!
I would think being in Las Vegas would also be an excellent situation.</p>
<p>Thanks......cant get him to look at any FL schools/programs....he dislikes that state ;-></p>
<p>Cornell and UNLV are the HYP of hotel schools as far as I understand. My cousin went to UNLV and now has a great job in management at the Mandalay Bay.</p>
<p>My D is a freshman at the University of Denver in the hotel school. She has been happy with the quality of her hotel and business classes. They are just about finished with a brand new building that will house the school. The head of the hotel school was at Cornell for 30 years before coming to Denver. I don't know if you can still apply.
She also applied to the hospitality program at GWU. She wasn't willing to go to Las Vegas or Texas so did not apply to either of them.
She applied to Cornell and was not admitted. Her 1 rejection. She also applied to other schools where she would have done a minor in business and a liberal arts type of major as her main area of study.
we had a hard time finding rankings of hotel schools outside of Cornell being the top ranked. I think Michigan State is supposed to also have a good program.
I would have encouraged my D to take another route but she is stubborn. What I would say is have your child consider what the school has to offer him if her changes his major. Especially something to consider with Johnson and Wales.</p>
<p>Alot of Hotel Management/Tourism Programs are within a schools "Dept. of Recreation and Tourism". To link up to the specific college website, you may want to check out the National Recreation and Park Assoc. site--NRPA.org once you are on this site go to--
1. Left hand column click onto "Accredited/Certification programs"
2. click onto University Accred.
3. right hand column -hit accredited program
A listing of schools with Rec and Tourism majors will appear and will direct you to the Tourism/Recreation school website. As my d is interested in sports management, we used this website to link into Recreation programs. Programs in sports management, tourism and Recreation are sometimes handled in the same Dept. My d applied and was accepted to Temple- School of Tourism and Hospitality. Indiana U also seems to have a similar program. Hopefully a computer savvy person can link you directly to the website, but I just wanted you to know about it. There are many programs listed on this website. Some are basically outdoor Recreation programs, but many have tourism/hospitality components to them. Good luck.</p>
<p>Univ of Denver has a 1/15 application date.
Marny1 is correct- the hospitality programs can be found in a number of different departments. It takes some research to find them all. There are a lot more then you would think. Some are in the business schools and others are in the Recreation Departments</p>
<p>thanks......I have friends who teach in Uni of Denver's Communications dept....my ds wasnt interested in applying there. Same with Mich State...have friend teaching there.....no interest on ds part.</p>
<p>Aren't kids great? My daughter refused to look at some schools, usually for pretty pathetic reasons, that, in the end, I suspect might have been places she really would have liked. What's that old saying? You can lead a kid to water...</p>
<p>carolyn......I thought if you held their heads under water long enough, they would drink ... ;-></p>
<p>Houston called my ds to offer him $$$ and instate tuition rate so looks like a road trip to Houston and UNLV at the end of the month to see these schools up close</p>
<p>among my friends in california, in terms of going to hotel schools, the top ones go to cornell, the above average ones go to UNLV, and the average ones go to cal poly pomona.</p>
<p>I am interested in seeing how UNLV's program is....I am trying to convince my DS that its the strength of the program at the school that matters as much as the overall reputation of the University (although Cornell ranks high in both these categories)</p>
<p>WE are booked to visit UH and UNLV</p>
<p>the top three hotel schools according to an industry poll are cornell, purdue and cal poly pomona. and given the selective admissions rates at the latter school i really doubt the students there are average as was previously posted.</p>
<p>If you are considering Johnson and wales at all, please see my previous posts regarding all the problems my son has had over the past 2 years, with no end in sight until he graduates. Proceed with caution, or IM me for any information. I am happy to provide it.</p>
<p>drj- Cal Poly Pomona is not selective. The average SAT according to US News is 880-1130 (2004 addition). It is a public school in the California State University system.
You are probably confusing it with Pomona College which is a very selective private liberal arts college.
Aside from Cornell it is hard to find a Hotel Program at selective schools.</p>
<p>I have heard that Houston is well respected due to the Hilton Hotel School.
There have been some other people asking similar questions so if you have free time after your vists please let us know how they went :)</p>
<p>mom,
you are confusing university selectivity with program selectivity. i have taught at both universities you mention and am not unaware of their differences. apart from that point selectivity and program quality are hardly synonymous anyway.</p>
<p>drj- I apologize. I had no idea about Cal Poly Pomona. When my D was looking it was never suggested to her. At her high school. a Ca public the Cal States are rarely mentioned aside from SLO and San Diego State the counselors don't seem to push the Cal States. If you don't qualify for a UC they tend to suggest the City College to UC route.</p>
<p>From your experience how would a student who has top scores, GPA and credentials to be admitted to highly selective schools feel in a school like CP-Pomona if they decided they did not want hospitality?</p>
<p>I've stayed in the hotel run by the Cal Poly Pomona hospitality program and they do a terrific job with it. It's great to have that "clinic" right on campus for hands-on experience. Definitely a school to consider for hospitality.</p>
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<p>in a school like CP-Pomona if they decided they did not want hospitality?</p>
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<p>Depends whether they're going into another program that the school does well -- in CPP's case, that would primarily be architecture, landscape architecture, agriculture, or engineering. If the student decided he wants to study philosophy or French literature, it might make sense to transfer.</p>