<p>So I am absolutely in love with Cornell and I know that I def. want to go to Cornell. However my question is which school should I apply to? I know that cornell is lenient in changing schools or majors, but I am wondering what school is possibly easier to get in? I am interested in business, but I am afriad the business program in the college of agri. may be too competitive. Thus I am thinking of applying to the College of Arts and Science. However, I am considering the Hotel Administration school... AHH!! so many options! </p>
<p>Does anyone have any recommendations on what school I should go to if all I know is that I want to do business related to finance later on in life? My other question was my tour guide, who also interested in business and wanted to do Investment banking was in the Engineering school? Any help on explaining the schools competitiveness or what school I should apply is appreciated! Thanks!!!</p>
<p>Its about fit, and you can virtually enter IBanking through any field. Engineering is definetly a possibility and banks love them because they are used to working longer hours than other majors. You have to see your interests/strengths/etc. and based on that determine which program you want to apply to. Also, each school has its own different aspect on business. AEM is geared to banking/finance, ILR human resources, PAM the psychology of business, Hotel hotel (duh) and also finance.</p>
<p>It will be very hard to get into Hotel if you can't show passion for the Hospitality Industry and also have prior work experience related to the Hospitality Industry. </p>
<p>If Business is really your passion, then AEM would be your best option, because it will be the one where you fit best, and that will be easily recognizable through your EC's and essays.</p>
<p>yea, go with AEM if you really are interested in buisness. Although you can switch majors/schools, why go through the hassle? ILR is also a good choice because 1/3 of those kids go to business school afterwards. I also know a person in Hotel studying business (that doesn't involve hotels necessarily but more on the management side).</p>
<p>Also, Arts and Sci is the hardest school to get into so I wouldn't say that applying there would be safer than applying for AEM. I'm actually pretty certain you'll be more likely to get into AEM in Ag than Arts and Sci. But really, I may be just talking out of my ass.</p>
<p>The replies already sent give some good advice.</p>
<p>However, besides some of the colleges being much more difficult to get into, another consideration is that there are State colleges and endowed colleges, within Cornell University, and the tuition varies by college. Ag, ILR and HR are State colleges (there may be others, but I don't remember which they are). Hotel, Arts & Science, and Engineering are, I believe, endowed colleges, therefore, more expensive, and more competitive.</p>
<p>^ a college being endowed instead of statutory doesn't make it more or less competitive</p>
<p>Each college has a different selection committee, and each committee values different things. As previous posters indicated. Your best bet is the college that your application will best relate to. That college will have the committee that will be the most likely to approve your application.</p>
<p>I would recommend going for AEM. It is the closest to "pure business" you can get at Cornell, and your interests seem to match most closely. As everyone else has stated, each of the other quasi-business programs have their own unique spin. ILR is more of social science/human side of business and labor and Hotel is a top-notch place for hospitality and finance, but both require you to demonstrate a solid interest in those specific fields. Econ in Arts and Sciences can get very theoretical and isn't know for the best teaching. I can't say too much about Operations Research within Engineering, but the College of Engineering can be quite the GPA killer. It's worth looking into, though. I would encourage some "soul searching," though my gut reaction is to recommend AEM. Good luck!</p>
<p>I, too, would recommend AEM. However, my D is an ILR major (rising junior). She is interning at Goldman Sachs this summer. She takes many business required and related courses in ILR (econ., HR, stat, etc) and is also minoring in Information Technology (computers). She is taking accounting next semester. She will probably intern at GS next summer and most likely be offered a position upon graduation. However, she plans to attend law school.</p>
<p>My point is, there are many ways to study "business" at Cornell. Though AEM is the most obvious "business " major, there is flexibility.</p>
<p>Also, the NY contract colleges are not easier to get into and they are only cheaper for NY residents. But they are not much cheaper than a non-contract school (about $10,000 less). We found that Cornell offered less financial aid than the other (elite but not ivy) schools our other kids attend. So our out of pocket costs to each school is very similar. (Actually, Cornell is one of the worst!)</p>
<p>Since the question was what would be easier to get into the answer is clearly not AEM at 11.4%.
As others have said, you can study most anything to go into business or to go to business school. I'd assume since Cornell is in your targets you have the run of the mill Ivy qualifications and should have no problem tailoring them to several majors. Don't feel bad about or be deterred from finding the easiest entries, one them may very well interest you and given your strong high school record you should have no problem demonstrating fit. Find what they are looking for and give it to them in the essay. Remember, Cornell is the one that insists on kids at 16 or 17 picking a school/major. They know very well that many kids will change or have no idea what they want but love Cornell (for obvious reasons). Just don't sound like you are a better fit for AEM in your essay- target the school/major and find out what they want.</p>
<p>I wouldn't be so quick to take PhilMc's advice. You obviously have said you wanted to study business, even as an undergrad, and that is AEM for undergrad.</p>
<p>If you wanted to study something else for undergrad and study business for grad school, I would say you can apply to any other major, because as people have said, business for grad school doesn't require business for undergrad, but this doesn't seem to be your case.</p>
<p>ILR really looks for people who are interested in labor relations. Hotel really looks for people who are passionate about the hospitality industry. Engineering definitely looks for people who can keep up in hardcore math/science classes.</p>
<p>Even though AEM might seem to have the "lowest acceptance rate," if it's the one you really want to be in, it will be your highest acceptance rate.</p>