Is it insanely hard to get into AEM?!

<p>Got deffered with 1770 on SAT. Hoping to get higher</p>

<p>It’s not that hard to internal transfer… go into Cornell, do something like Econ or undecided or whatever, anything. Get a good GPA 3.9+ and apply for internal transfer into AEM. the success chance is pretty high.</p>

<p>I’d imagine a lot of things are possible with a 3.9 GPA at Cornell.</p>

<p>But fact of the matter is that the major is pretty small and a large number of spots are occupied by recruited athletes. I’m sure there are tons of examples of people with low (relatively) SATs getting accepted and 2300+ getting rejected. Best thing you can do is be as well-rounded as you can and hope for the best. Unless you have a real hook (URM, athlete, huge legacy) then it’s going to be a crapshoot.</p>

<p>I just got in ED with a 2100, a 3.7 GPA, and no hook. I took classes like AP environmental, AP psych, and AP calc that really apply to what I’m going to be doing as a business major. Definitely apply with your stats because you never know.</p>

<p>Would it help that I’m going to a technical Economics and Law school? I’ve basically studied only business-related subjects since first year of high school.</p>

<p>Looking for opinions on U of Michigan business vs Cornell’s AEM for undergrad business. For 2009 Business Week ranked UMich 4th (6th in 2008), while Cornell is 8th (dropping from 4th in 2008).</p>

<p>rankings never matter. just saying. look at some of the criteria that they look at - and you can obviously tell that rankings are useless.</p>

<p>it’s up to you which one is better: cornell is large, but mich is larger. cornell is “ivy league” but mich is definitely in the top 20 too. cornell has a much stronger presence in the northeast while mich will offer you much stronger connections in the midwest - although, if you wanna work in business, and you’re gonna be in the midwest (ie: Chicago) i’d say that kellogg @ northwestern would be the way to go - as opposed to mich. but that’s just my personal opinion.</p>

<p>@arobins92 - Did you have some amazing EC or essay going for you? </p>

<p>Just curious, and I have the same GPA as you</p>

<p>I thought my essays were really good, but that’s completely subjective. As far as EC’s it was pretty basic. I’m a two sport varsity athlete, member of a couple of clubs, and have about 100 hours of community service. I won second place at a marketing summer program at Drexel, but that’s really the extent of it. Good luck!</p>

<p>cc- kellogg is a grad school.</p>

<p>scrapdog- if you MUST use a ranking, use usnews’s ranking, its more widely followed and still puts mich above cornell, but your opportunities at either school will be beyond vast as a business major. However, the Ivy league is a real boys’ club, and cornell alumni definitely look out for their own. Its up to you, both are great schools.</p>

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<p>oops, yeah. okay, my point still stands though - northwestern, imo, has a much stronger presence in chicago (if you wanna go the cookie-cutter business route and you wanna be in the “midwest”, that’s usually the city to go to) than mich. and northwestern does have an undergrad major for business too.</p>

<p>i got in ED with a 2280, no amazing EC’s, just a couple of sincere essays and decent recs (hopefully) this was last year</p>

<p>i’d agree with the people who said FIT is a more important factor than stats</p>

<p>I heard about some guys with SAT scores around 2000 getting in. If im not mistaken this comes from a thread on CC. Btw I am also applying for AEM ED.I don’t have great stats (crap SAT) but I do have a successful business + a franchise agreement + nominated for business award under 40yrs old(im 18) … </p>

<p>Hope we both get it :)</p>