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[li]AEM is not as easy at these posters make it out to be. This is becoming an urban legend at this point. A "business degree" at most colleges are considered "easier" by outsiders, but it is not easy per se. By comparison it is easier than Engineering or a typical pre-med track, but that would be true of any university. These students do very well with career placement upon graduation, it is a highly respected program in the business world. </p>[/li]
<p>[li]It is not easer to do an internal transfer than an external transfer. You still have to satisfy requirements of both the college and the major. </p>[/li]
<p>[li]You can minor in AEM as an Engineering Student <a href="http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/prospective/undergraduate/about-engineering/majors/Interdisciplinary-Study.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/prospective/undergraduate/about-engineering/majors/Interdisciplinary-Study.cfm</a></p>[/li]
<p>[li]For those of you interested in Professor Perez areas of interest:[/li]<a href="http://vivo.cornell.edu/entity?home=1&id=8699%5B/url%5D">http://vivo.cornell.edu/entity?home=1&id=8699</a>
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<p>Oh Crap, he teaches required classes.</p>
<p>My apologies to those who have read this ad nauseam because this comes up so often, but the OP did ask to tell him everything about AEM.</p>
<p>From this thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=297186&page=2%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=297186&page=2</a>
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The acronym AEM is fairly new, but the business program has been around since the university was founded. The business program in CALS has gone through many transformations. I could write a tome on this, but CALS started as the NYS land grant college (Google- The Morrill Act, July 2, 1862). Farmers attended that College - since farming was a big business in those days, that's how business originated there. The first business program was called Agricultural Economics. Over time, the program grew and changed as the population changed. Today, you can still major in Agriculture Economics in AEM, but most people are interested in the Business Major. </p>
<p>One of the reasons why it has become so competitive to gain admission to in recent years is due to the accreditation. Contingent on accreditation, they had to lower the student/faculty ratio. People call this a new program because it is fairly ?newly accredited?, therefore it has not been ranked by US News until recent years. It is also extremely popular because of its reputation as a strong program in terms of networking, recruiting and educationally. Wharton and AEM are the only two accredited undergraduate business programs in the Ivy League. Wharton is a separate college within Penn, The AEM program at Cornell is an Undergraduate Business Program. They are both AACSB accredited business degrees. AEM became accredited in 2002. <a href="http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicl...EM_accred.html%5B/url%5D%5B/quote%5D">http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicl...EM_accred.html
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<p>Perez teaches Intro to Business Management (AEM220) and Entrepreneurship (AEM120), and yes, he's a ****ing useless professor that gives out the most random tests.</p>
<p>I transferred from Arts & Sciences into AEM junior year. The acceptance rate is around 50% for internal transfer (got this straight from Dale Grossman, the transfer director for AEM), and much lower for external transfer. You will need to prove your interest in business to get in (which was kinda hard for me since I'd only taken bio and chem classes).</p>
<p>As for how easy AEM is: the people who tell you it is a piece of cake are probably the engineers that only took entry level classes like marketing and and business management. Yes, those classes are rediculously easy but once you get into higher level classes like Investments, Derivatives, etc it gets harder. It's def easier for me compared to classes like linear algebra and organic chem that I took as an Arts student but its not a walk in the park like most people make it out to be. Furthermore the quality of teachers in AEM (with the exception of Pedro who sucks) is very high. Rich Curtis (who teaches Finance) was recently recognized by Businessweek for his outstanding teaching. You will also never have TAs that can't speak english (which was pretty much half my classes in Arts & Sciences).</p>
<p>AEM is also a relatively short major. I am on track to finish it in 4 semesters (taking 17-18 credits per semester) so if you plan going abroad or doing a double major I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>I was accepted into ILR but if i attend Cornell i will highly consider transferring into AEM. IS this easy to do? and if so what year would i be able to transfer?</p>
<p>twista, which double major(s)/minor(s) best complement AEM</p>
<p>sry i meant to ask DH277</p>
<p>twista, You would have to transfer to CALS in order to major in AEM.</p>
<p>Pedro teaches 120, 121, 220 and 222 during the regular school year and 240 during the summer sessions. i seriously wanna smack that guy...</p>
<p>hey dh277, i looked at the IS site and it has a lot of required courses, how hard is it to double major in AEM and IS. </p>
<p>and is Russo easy for comm201?</p>
<p>twista: I'm fairly certain that you are not allowed to transfer after only one semester as a freshman. You would apply for transfer in spring of freshman year (your second semester at Cornell) and start in AEM in the Fall if you are accepted. I highly recommend looking at some AEM graduation requirements and taking a few of them to show you are really interested in transferring (I suggest taking econ 101/102 and aem 240/220 if you can fit those in your schedule.</p>
<p>MNOAAA12: I think your double major has to be in the CALS school. If you are thinking about going into finance its helps to double in biometry/statistics along with AEM. I also have friends who are double majoring in Communications, Info Sci, and Biological Sciences (I am a minor in Biological Sciences but only because I took a lot of science courses prior to AEM). </p>
<p>harvardman1988: I'm not sure how hard it is to double in AEM and IS, but I think if you get started freshman year on that track and stick with it it shouldn't be too bad. As for COMM201 I had Russo and it was pretty easy. The professor doesn't have much of an impact on your grades its mostly the TAs and section that determine your final grade. I skipped most of the lectures and did fine.</p>
<p>Do you have to declare as AEM or can you simply apply to CALS and declare later?</p>
<p>you must select your major when applying. however, if you select a 2nd choice major if you aren't admitted to your first one. this applies to CALS only.</p>
<p>So, would AEM be considered one of the more difficult majors to gain acceptance to in CALS?</p>
<p>aem acceptance rate is ~10-15% for RD i think... not sure tho</p>
<p>So what are the chances that if i entered into ILR my freshman year that id be able to transfer to AEM?</p>
<p>get good first semester grades, take a few econ/aem classes, write a convincing transfer letter, and i'd say your chances are as good as anyone else in Cornell.</p>