<p>I'm currently a freshman at NYU planning to major in economics. I've been looking into possibly transferring to Cornell for either my sophomore or junior years. My hope is to eventually go to investment banking, and it is my understanding that i-banks generally recruit from both AEM and ILR. I was just wondering whether anyone had a recommendation as to which school/program I should apply to and how competitive it is to get into each one. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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<li><p>Although they do recruit from these programs, you can basically be whatever major you want, as long as you "show interest" in the field (i.e major in an economics related field or just take some aem, econ or ilr classes)</p></li>
<li><p>AEM is kinda hard to transfer to I think, because it's such a small program. I believe ILR is perhaps a little easier but I mean it all depends on your stats. </p></li>
<li><p>ILR is obviously in the ILR school, but AEM is in CALS, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, which has some hefty science distribution requirements. Just something to consider because I'm sure that you haven't taken majors' Biology if you're an econ major! :)</p></li>
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<p>In general, I think coming from NYU would help because it is also a great school. Just make sure that you explain why you fit at Cornell/why you want to transfer there really well. And of course, keep you grades high and get involved in NYC.</p>
<p>hey i just transferred to AEM and yes the two biology requirements are ridiculous</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the responses. Any other advice would be great.</p>
<p>i was just thinking, had you thought about doing some kinda internal transfer (obviously i don't know how it works at nyu) to stern? investment banks might recruit heavily from there as well (i really don't know). of course you should come to cornell :) haha but i mean that's just another option.</p>
<p>either one will really suit you well. </p>
<p>many Ibanks recruit at Cornell in general, though Goldman Sachs (the best in the business) held a private recruitment session for ILR students just a few weeks ago. </p>
<p>I'd choose based on the program itself - both are very different to start off with, ILR of course having a larger focus on the workers. By the time you get to upper level classes, you'll have to option to take classes anywhere at Cornell. Both are pretty tough to get into, yet both accomodate transfers very well. </p>
<p>Another thing i'd consider is the fact that ILR is a much larger program than AEM ... many more students and many more options within the ILR curriculum itself. </p>
<p>Both will get you in the same place, pick on whichever one you like best.</p>
<p>The most prestigious i-banks and consulting firms recruit from Cornell. Many of them were interviewing about a month ago. It wasn't too big of a surprise because Cornell is Ivy after all. But I was impressed with how many seniors had two or three job offers.</p>
<p>"i was just thinking, had you thought about doing some kinda internal transfer (obviously i don't know how it works at nyu) to stern? investment banks might recruit heavily from there as well (i really don't know). of course you should come to cornell haha but i mean that's just another option."</p>
<p>I looked into that and transferring internally to Stern is almost impossible. I also don't want to major in just business because I think it's too narrow and would prefer a more broad all-rounded education. So far, it seems ILR would be a better fit for me. </p>
<p>"Both will get you in the same place, pick on whichever one you like best."</p>
<p>Thanks gomestar for the information. Do you have any specific tips/things I should do now to strengthen my transfer application to ILR?</p>
<p>"The most prestigious i-banks and consulting firms recruit from Cornell. Many of them were interviewing about a month ago. It wasn't too big of a surprise because Cornell is Ivy after all. But I was impressed with how many seniors had two or three job offers."</p>
<p>Would you happen to know if those students were from ILR?</p>
<p>"I also don't want to major in just business because I think it's too narrow and would prefer a more broad all-rounded education"</p>
<p>amen...but then why would you apply to aem</p>
<p>I was under the impression that AEM is more general and concentrates on all the different aspects of business unlike most undergraduate business schools such as Stern where you would major in only finance, accounting, international business, business administration, etc.</p>
<p>well....i mean there are options of different concentrations like agribusiness, applied economics, or business...but they are basically pre-professional tracks just like stern or any other undergrad business school. personally, i agree with your way of thinking (the importance of a liberal arts education) and even though i want to go into business for a while after school, i am not pursuing a business program at Cornell. if you want this, come to cornell but don't do aem. maybe check out some other programs in cals if you're into that or just check out ilr like you said (although this is a bit profession oriented as well) or go for arts and sciences. but choose what you're passionate about because that's the only way that you will get in as a transfer, if your passion comes through in your application</p>
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<p>I did AEM undergrad (it wasn't called AEM back-in-the-day) and Wharton for my MBA later in life. I am still very involved with both universities.<br>
You are correct... you have the ability to get a broad education at Cornell while majoring in AEM. </p>
<p>For instance- If you are enrolled in CALS, you must take a minimum of 55 credits in CALS toward a 120 minimum credit graduation requirement. The bio you are required to take as an AEM/CALS student is for non-majors. I believe it is still called BIO 109. You can take up to 55 credits in the endowed colleges (Arts & Sciences, AA&P, Engineering, Hotel). You could take a lot of other courses with that allotment. </p>
<p>You can get a terrific job in business as an ILR, CAS, HumEc, Eng and Hotel graduate, however, the only accredited undergraduate business program at Cornell is AEM <a href="http://www.aacsb.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.aacsb.edu/</a>.</p>
<p>well you could still get this same type of education at NYU if you were in Stern, you could just take liberal arts classes as well. but as far as AEM ALONE being more "general" or "broad" or something...no</p>
<p>is it that important to be in an accredited undergraduate business program if you are interested in business?</p>
<p>you can fill the two bio requirements AFTER transfering in if u do internal rite?????????? and i just had the worst pre enroll nightmare...</p>
<p>i mean i guess this is an opinion thing, but take a look at ILR, which evidently is not in the aacsb...plenty of kids are recruited from there to various top level jobs, such as IBanking, as has been mentioned previously. of course AEM is great and i guess that's why it is accredited but no, i don't think that the status is tooooo terribly important for the quality of education or job placement. probably what it signifies is that AEM is a specific type of very focused business program that fulfills requirements of such an undergraduate entity.</p>
<p>I'm wondering whether I should wait until my sophomore year at NYU to apply...I think by then I would have had more time to build a stronger application because I would have had four semesters of college grades and more time/opportunities to get involved in NYC.</p>