<p>I noticed that when differentiating between tiers, unlike Cal vs Haas and Penn vs Wharton, AEM is not often distinguished from Cornell. </p>
<p>Is there a difference between the two? Will firms/recruiters prefer an AEM student to a student who majoring in the liberal arts but has taken a good background of econ/math/business courses? </p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Nope, although AEM has a larger alumni base which benefits the student</p>
<p>Sorry, don’t know if this makes a huge difference, but what about a liberal arts student who DOESN’T take business courses per say (still a strong base in math/statistics/econ)? </p>
<p>Thanks for the help though, it’s valuable to hear it from a source outside of campus.</p>
<p>My daughter is a math/econ double major at Cornell, with only 1 or 2 finance course. Her GPA is 3.5. She has 8 on campus interviews next week - GS, JP, MS, Blackrock… She is not getting as many investment banking interviews (they are looking at more AEM), but is getting interviews for S&T, research, asset management. She got most of those interviews on her own, only 2 top tiers came with “high recommendation” from within the firm.</p>
<p>Her two good friends will be working at GS this summer - Hotel, engineering. They got their offers already because they will be off campus this spring. </p>
<p>My daughter always knew she was going into IB. She spoke with many friends and family in the business before she went to college about what she should major in. We all told her to major in math and econ, not UG business school. She is not happy about not getting as many investment banking interviews, but I think maybe she should have taken some accounting courses.</p>
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<p>For what? What jobs or fields are you talking about??</p>
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<p>Sorry, I should have specified. </p>
<p>I guess my question was more open-ended (general corporate finance eg. IBD, S&T, boutiques in M&A or anything else, asset management, etc), but if you would like a specific sector I guess personally I’m aiming for IBD or M&A. </p>
<p>The reason I’m asking this is I didn’t get the JP Morgan Frosh/Soph internship, but as a freshman I don’t know what more I could have done (4.1 GPA, Freshman SA, VP of two clubs, took initiative and started my own project which changed a ruling on campus). I was wondering if they gave all the interview spots to sophomores, or if I really was unqualified, or if maybe they were aiming for more AEM based students. I wanted to get a liberal arts education and take a few business courses on the side, but if it’s that necessary I could switch into AEM and take liberal arts courses on the side as well.</p>
<p>OK. My D got a BB back office summer analyst position after sophomore year and a front office position summer between third and senior year. She got an offer this past summer and signing bonus. </p>
<p>She is an ILR major. She took accounting and finance courses, but she was not a AEM major.</p>
<p>She has a very high GPA and has some interesting extra-curriculas.</p>
<p>Keep your GPA high and try to network. You will have a good chance next time.</p>
<p>Haha, I remember you were one of the people who originally convinced me to stick with ILR when I had first applied (was about a year ago now, don’t know if you remember). </p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I’m just trying to find SOMETHING useful to do this summer. I’m trying to go through the boutique banks rights now just to see if I can find something to do. Would you happen to have any specific recommendations?</p>
<p>I don’t have any specific recommendations. My D got her internships through Cornell (recruiting on campus), but she also networked as much as she could at each internship. </p>
<p>Take advantage of Cornell on campus recruiting. Maybe try to get in touch w/ Cornell grads who work at places you are interested in.</p>