<p>Hi,</p>
<p>My son is an incoming Freshman. He is working a lot this summer lifeguarding so I told him I would post to this board for him. He eventually would like to get an MBA. He has AP scores of US History 4, Calc AB 5, English Language 5 and Bio 5. I know he can waive one of the Free Writing requirements. So far he is blocked out for Econ and ILRLR and with the 1 credit ILR lecture he is only up to 7 credits. He thinks he will take the Free Writing Fall semester anyway to finish that requirement. So that would put us at 10 credits. I guess he takes the ILROB class in the spring according to an email he received??? So I would think he should take 2 more classes. If his goal is to eventually get an MBA can anyone recommend some electives. Is there any way to do a 5 year MBA program at Cornell? Is that advisable if it is possible. I hope I am wording these questions right as I am trying to remember what he told me. Thanks for any and all help. These boards are a great source of info. When he gets a day off he will call over to the dept as well but I thought I would get a jump start for him.
Again thanks for your time.</p>
<p>He should take classes in courses that interest him – from Russian to history of science, network theory to chemistry. Cornell is a big place. I’m certain he will find something.</p>
<p>OP, your son might want to get some distribution requirements out of the way…</p>
<p>[ILR</a> Office of Student Services - Required Introductory Courses](<a href=“http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/studentservices/curriculum/requirements/introCourses.html]ILR”>http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/studentservices/curriculum/requirements/introCourses.html) might help, as well, if you haven’t checked it out already.</p>
<p>Finding classes isn’t the problem… I love the fact that there are so many options. I also liked Browns curriculum for this very reason. I want him to experience as many things as possible. My son is extremely social, loves sports, plays guitar etc. He was looking at one of the music classes in fact. Our question is though is it possible to start working on an MBA. This is said respectfully from more of a financial standpoint. If he could earn an MBA in 5 years rather than going back in a couple of years it would certainly save a lot of money.<br>
Indigo: so do you recommend just getting all the requirements over first. Again just trying to get an idea of what is possible for him since he will have credits from his APs and that will free up some classes.
Thanks again.
PS Very off topic but does anyone know if move in day my Senior son can stay in the dorm with my Cornell son? He has a single at Clara Dickson. We have a hotel booked for our family but I thought it would be good for my other son to experience dorm life. Unfortunately he will not be applying to Cornell (although he would be a great fit for ILR as well but concentrating in Sports Management but his SATs aren’t there) but it might be good experience for him to see some pros/cons to big school, dorms etc. We will be looking at Syracuse, Ithaca etc for him up there while we are there as well but it would be more fun for him on campus I think than in the hotel with us.</p>
<p>It might be a little unorthodox, but I don’t see any barriers to your other son staying in the dorms.</p>
<p>Has your youngest looked at Ithaca College? They apparently have a very well known Sports Management program.</p>
<p>We are going to look at Ithaca College when we are up there. He came up the couple of times we looked at Cornell but never got a chance to see Ithaca college. It is definitely a possibility for him (and how convenient for us parents!). I think I will just wait and see on the dorm thing. I also don’t want to take away from my oldest sons experience either. He may just want to do his own thing although they are close.</p>
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<p>It’s certainly possible, but not advised. Most MBA programs strongly encourage students to have 3-5 years of work experience before returning to campus.</p>
<p>But you’re putting the cart way before the horse here.</p>
<p>More of a what if??? He may even find that he goes in another direction once he is in college. ILR offers such a variety of courses those first two years so who knows.
Thanks again Cayuga</p>
<p>I totally understand financial concerns about grad school, but I’ve heard that many employers–I’ve checked out some of the firms ILR has sent grads to in [the</a> past](<a href=“http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/careerservices/postGrad/upload/Bach_2010-Final.pdf]the”>http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/careerservices/postGrad/upload/Bach_2010-Final.pdf)–not only prefer work experience before going to b-school, but will even go so far as to offer considerable financial assistance to an employee with a few years under their belt that wants to go for an MBA in exchange for coming back after getting their degree (for example, [url=<a href=“Careers | Deloitte US”>Careers | Deloitte US]Deloitte[/url</a>] will reimberse the entire cost of b-school after two more years of employment and offers a great deal of resources to get into b-school). When I first started checking out colleges, I looked at a few 6-year BA/JD programs (at schools less than awesome as Cornell), but a relative of mine (who just so happens to be a pretty successful attorney) talked me out of it. You really can’t be sure of what you want to do until you start taking classes, exploring interests, and getting real experience. There’s no need to commit to anything now.</p>
