<p>hey you guys,
I'm having a really hard time deciding where to go! I feel soo lucky to have gotten into the 2 programs that I've wanted to go into...but now I can't choose! I made a list of all the pros and cons but I still can't make up my mind. here's my comparison:</p>
<p>Stern:
program: seems awesome and really fun -stuff I'd love to study. I know for sure that I'm really into business so this would seem like the right program to be doing</p>
<p>costs: tuition is cheaper than cornell by 5 grand, but living costs makes it as much or more</p>
<p>environment: there's no campus and I don't know how i'd feel about not being able to prance around school...however, I love nyc</p>
<p>activities: doesn't seem to be as intense as at cornell, but there would be so much to do in ny that I suppose it won't matter</p>
<p>hotel school:
program: seems really exciting (especially the wine tasting haha..) but since I have no experience with hotel administration, I don't know if I'd want to go into that field... I know that business is hella competitive but atleast at NYU i'd be at the center of the finacial world...where as with hotel management its all rather sketch...</p>
<p>costs: already mentioned</p>
<p>environment: it's really pretty but so isolated...and I wouldn't have a car so i'd be pretty isolated</p>
<p>activities: so excited for all the clubs...although not to eager to root for a brown bear =_=;;;</p>
<p>anyways, thank you all so much for taking the time to read this and please give me your opinion.</p>
<p>stern: cutthroat. people who backstab. but a pure business education with lots of opporunities in financial services.</p>
<p>cornell hotel: set curriculum. 70 credits of required courses(over half). it is not a business program. friend is having a miserable time with OB and Microcomputing as a freshman. you might have take a lot of unrelated courses to what you wanna do. 236(low grade), 355, 275, 387 etc. my advise is to look into the curriculum.</p>
<p>stern vs. aem is a better comparison and i would tell you to choose AEM if thats the case.</p>
<p>Stern = stellar finance, very good international-business related stuff, so-so other things
So even if you really are into business, you might not be into the stuff Stern is good for. The networking and excellent career placement services will still get you places though.</p>
<p>Cornell will probably be cheaper with tuition costs combined, and if nothing you can always bus down to NYC on weekends. However, if you really don't know about hotel administration, might be a problem.</p>
<p>I'd recommend Stern for now--you might want to spend the following weeks talking with current students, asking people in the business, and see where your interests really lie.</p>
<p>i think you would get a better undergrad experience at cornell. it has a better, safer, and more lively campus all week long. as for the programs, they are quite different. stern is a business program. the cornell hotel school prepares you to work in the hospitality industry so it's business in a very specific culture.</p>
<p>stern is great for financial services/banking careers because you are right smack in the middle of manhattan and have access to so many on campus recruiters, part-time jobs and internships during the year, etc.</p>
<p>aem is a <em>very</em> fast growing program both in reputation and in alumni networking so its a tough comparison to make. i'd visit both and let the feel for the campus be your deciding factor.</p>
<p>hmmm AEM sounds pretty cool, but if I were going to cornell, I'd be going to the hotel school...I could do financing within the hotel school but hmm... by the way, thanks for all your replies =)</p>
<p>Cornell Hotel DEFINITELY, and for one reason: the Alumni network.
The Hotel School has the largest and most impressive Alumni network of any graduate business program, with #2 being Harvard business. The extent and power of the alumni network is by far what matters most in getting a job.</p>
<p>And by the way, Hotel school > AEM (don't worry, I'm not a Hotelie and am not biased)</p>
<p>thats what im saying, what exactly do you want? there are just so much requirements you have to take for Hotel... yea, if you want to explore the different aspects of the hospitality industry thatd be really fun. But if you want a business education that is not it.</p>
<p>hmm...the problem is I don't know if I want to do hotel administration or business! I've looked at the core courses for both and I'm really interested in all the classes (yeah, actually). If you guys know any other factors that may help me decide, (such as how hard the grading is or how "fun" you think the school is), it would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>It's so hard for me to choose- maybe I'll just go be a nun =) </p>
<p>I won't lie.. I really envy hotelies here lol. They have the most interesting classes (that many non-hotelies wish they could take) and the Statler building is probably the best building on campus in terms of facilities and comfort in design. The program is also exceptional, probably the most renown hotel management program in the world, I doubt any Cornell hotelies will have too much trouble finding a job post grad, and it's got some of the most highly rated professors in the university.</p>
<p>i dunno. i'd go with stern because it seems that business is your true passion. there are lots of students at nyu who feel the same way about the environment being different from a traditional college campus, so you won't be alone. the competition won't be as cut-throat as people claim if you just surround yourself with the right type of students. nyu folks receive great perks (ESP. stern kids--theyre treated like kings), so living in nyc won't be as pricey as one can assume. good luck with your predicament.</p>
<p>I think hotel graduates go into a broader selection of jobs than strictly hotel management. I know one who works for an investment firm analyzing investments in the hotel/entertainment industry. One graduate is working in Manhattan involved somehow in commercial real estate. I'm sure there are others as the "hotel" industry encompasses entertainment, travel, etc.</p>
<p>hmmm all stuff I haven't really thought about. Do any of you know how hard the marking is going to be at both? Because I heard that cliche that "cornell is easy to get in, but hard to stay in", and learned somewhere that Stern's marking bellcurve is pretty hard...not that I'm that much of a slacker but if my hair's going to turn grey or something...anyway, thanks you guys for your input! =D</p>
<p>any stern course will have that curve, not just marketing classes. i really couldn't say how the level of difficulty differs between both schools, but i hear the hotel school doesn't have too much work when comparing it with the other colleges at cornell. it seems to me that you aren't too sure what field of business you want to get into. if that's the case, i'd say attend the hotel school for a broader curriculum. you may even decide to transfer into the AEM program at CALS if you decide that it will be a better fit for you.</p>
<p>Biggyboy, no offense from your posts, I see that you're not a student at Cornell yet so how would you know the workload? (I suspect based purely on spectulation and stuff you have heard from people)</p>