<p>What are the differences between these two programs at Cornell as it relates to the business world? I'm a little confused as to which one I should apply since I plan to go into International Business/Investment Banking/Financing/Consulting when I graduate from college. Can any current Cornell students, especially those in either or these programs, or even any Cornell alumni/parents please give me some advice about what to do? Your help is greatly appreciated.:)</p>
<p>Hey there, I'm a current ILR student and my roomie is an AEM student, so I'll give you some perspective.</p>
<p>If you want to do the stuff you mentioned, AEM is probably better for you. ILR is a broad but focused curriculum on labor. You're going to have to take classes like Organizational Behavior, U.S. Labor History, Labor Law, Human Resource Management, Collective Bargaining, and Economics of Wages and Employment in your freshman and sophomore year. You CAN take finance courses later on, but it would probably be better for you to apply to AEM since you know what you want to do.</p>
<p>Things to note about AEM though.
1) Very few students are accepted. I think 90 freshman, and the rest are transfers, so you will need a strong application.
2) There is a full year biology requirement if you haven't taken AP Bio. My roommate hates this class.</p>
<p>ILR SOUNDS A LOT MORE INTERESTING THAN AEM!!!!:) tun, I don't see how all those labor/human resources/collective bargaining classes don't prepare you for a solid career in business/ibanking or even law if I decide to switch careers somewhere down the line.</p>
<p>I don't care if AEM is a business school if I have to take some year-long biology class or pursue some farmer major if I don't get in, especially since the program is so selective. ILR sounds a lot more relevant to having a solid foundation in a professional career.</p>
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<p>You can DEFINITELY go into business or law from ILR. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to business school after I go through ILR.</p>
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<p>compared to aem, ILR is very similar in regards to placement into business fields, though ILR tends to place students in a more diverse range of other areas as well (like labor, HR stuff, or law stuff). ILR is less focused on the finance things and so forth, though you could take the courses in AEM even as an ILR major. ILR vs. AEM is pretty much the same when it comes to things like placement into iBanks and stuff. AEM is more pure business, while ILR is more specialized in a few niche fields (HR, org. development, labor, etc). </p>
<p>For a little FYI, Goldman Sachs did a little private recruiting of ILR students last semester. </p>
<p>There's the obvious curriculum difference, look online to compare the two.</p>