<p>so i just turned in my application today for the hotel school.
the idea seemed cool--getting a jump start in the hospitality industry.</p>
<p>but what do the graduates do?
are they limited to only jobs in hilton and sheraton?
and what exactly do you learn in the school anyways?</p>
<p>yea im pretty curious about that too. can any current/prospective hotel admin student answer those questions? also, is the hotel school harder to get into than cas or IRL?</p>
<p>this might help some, it is the 2005 Post Graduate Report of students who graduated withe Master of Management in Hospitality:</p>
<p>Just found this, which is probably more applicable as it is on undergrad hotelies... enjoy!</p>
<p>wow... class of 2005 only had 43 people??
thats insane!
i go to a school with 100+ kids and i thought it was tiny!</p>
<p>but arent these the numbers for the graduate school?</p>
<p>Hey, I'm a current Hotelie and I had the same concerns when I was deciding where to go. What really won me over was when I tried to think about a job that wasn't considered hospitality. Grads go on to work for hotels, restaurants, clubs, resorts, cruise lines, theme parks, stadiums, airlines, banks, retail stores, etc. Within those fields, they do management, finance, consulting, marketing, sales, f&b, event planning, and just about anything else you can think of. In short, careers out of the Hotel School are very diverse.</p>
<p>As far what we learn in school, it's basically a business curriculum with an emphasis on service. The material is very practical--right down to lessons on how to give performance reviews or terminations. Take a look at some of the course descriptions.</p>
<p>Anyway, I wanted to respond because I felt the same way when I was applying, but now I'm extremely grateful that I enrolled. I couldn't be happier with the program.</p>
<p>the first link is a summary for the graduate school.</p>
<p>the second link, however, is for undergrad.</p>
<p>hope that helps!</p>
<p>Trigger, what other schools did you consider besides Cornell for Hospitality? I know that the Hotel School is the best for Hospitality studies, but are there any other schools out there that offer a similar course of study? (As you described...a business school with an emphasis on service). In other words, where would you have gone if you did not get into the Hotel School, or do you know of any comparable programs?</p>
<p>NYU <a href="http://www.scps.nyu.edu/departments/degree.jsp?degId=13%5B/url%5D">http://www.scps.nyu.edu/departments/degree.jsp?degId=13</a> and BU <a href="http://www.bu.edu/hospitality/about/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.bu.edu/hospitality/about/index.html</a> have good programs. Here's a link with a list of other programs, but I'm not familiar with them.<br>
<a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/majors/brief/major_52-09_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/majors/brief/major_52-09_brief.php</a></p>