Is ILR easy or hard to get into?

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<p>I want to be an investment banker and on the brochure I got, I saw that kids who graduate from the ILR go on to become Investment Bankers and thus I want to go there too.</p>

<p>I was just curious as to how competitive the ILR is relative to Cornell's other undergraduate schools.</p>

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<p>cornell as a whole takes 21% while ilr takes like 25%. </p>

<p>Engineering has a higher acceptance rate than ILR.</p>

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<p>If you want to go into IBanking, I'd steer clear. If you know you want to do IBanking, you won't want to waste your time with a lot of the core curriculum that you need to take as an ILRie. But then again, we do have some exclusive recruiting with firms like Goldman Sachs that are specifically for IBanking. However, I think AEM in the Ag school would probably more suited for your interests.</p>

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<p>tun thats a very ignorant statement. if youre in ILR than you should know better than to say something like that. a large percentage of students go into the financial sector, and that number is continually increasing.</p>

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<p>"Is ILR easy or hard to get into?"</p>

<p>No, since when has any ivy league school been easy to get into?</p>

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<p>a large number do go into the financial field ... though this year is certainly a bad year to become an ibanker!</p>

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I never said that a lot of ILRies don't go into the financial sector. I merely said that taking the ILR curriculum is a waste of time if you want to go that route.</p>

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<p>if ILR is considered a waste of time then I suppose every major is a waste for going into ibanking</p>

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<p>Jesus, you guys are so great at putting made-up arguments in my mouth. I never said that the ILR curriculum nor any other major was always a waste of time. I just happen to feel that the ILR core curriculum isn't that useful in this particular situation. My point was that being an AEM major might be better suited for IBanking since you have more freedom to take more relevant courses, and to do so much earlier in your college career. I have friends that want to do IBanking but instead they're wasting their time with courses like OB, HR, Labor History, etc.</p>

<p>And if more ILR grads are going into the financial sector, I think that says something about the school itself. If kids merely see it as an "easier" means to get into IBanking and other Financial sector jobs, you lose the purpose of all of these ILR related core curriculum classes.</p>

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<p>lol calmmmm ur both right</p>

<p>It all matters how you want to do business. AEM is straight business just like you'de picture it while ILR is sort of like the psychology of business. After you do this STUDYING you can go into WORK as an ibanker. Neither will provide you with a simple door to step thru...u have to do that urself. ILR is the 2nd highest paid school after engineering so we obviously do get high paying jobs but AEM does as well. I'd say that you could get into that sector either way but the AEM program seems like more of a straight shot while ILR seems to be a way of taking business if AEM doesn't interest you (more math and sciency approach of business w/ many of the typical sectors being studied). In short, you can go into Ibanking either way...but that's not the point. The point is that you will be here for four years so take the business program that interests you and the rest will come...I mean ur at a Cornell business program either way! GL!</p>