<p>^ O maybe that would be good. U can c if u like marshal enough to stay but keep researching ILR and visit a couple times and see how it works out.</p>
<p>If u r going to live in California that might tip it more towards USC. As much as I LOVE Cornell I also love thinking of the future networking and connections I'll have...but in California ull probably get more from USC than Cornell (altho I'm sure there will be a ton of Cornellians there as well). There's almost a quarter of a million living Cornell alumni and California is such a nice place that I'm sure a lot ended up there. If u weren't going to live in Cali i'd say Cornell. Best of luck, just remember there is no wrong decision with ur situation!</p>
<p>Already posted the following on the USC board. Interested to see if any AEM students have opinions on the following:</p>
<p>I'm not sure how Cornell ranks so highly in the BW rankings (though Marshall ranks higher in USNWR). AEM seems to be one of Cornell's less selective programs and academically it seems to be very limited in scope.</p>
<p>Average SATs for AEM: 1333. For Marshall: 1376.
Acceptance rate for AEM: 25%. For Marshall: 23%.</p>
<p>AEM has ~ 60 courses in the AEM department, and none of the disciplines (other than Agribusiness) offer nearly as in-depth coursework as USC Marshall, which has roughly 150 courses (including Leventhal school of Accounting). For example, it looks as if Cornell offers 8 upper-division finance courses. Marshall offers 29 different upper-division finance courses for undergraduates, spanning 5 different undergraduate concentrations in the finance department.</p>
<p>Marshall has considerably more depth in every one of it's departments, including finance, entreprenurship, business communication, management, marketing, operations, and accounting. </p>
<p>As far as i can tell, the only subject in which Cornell has stronger course offerings is Agri-Business (ie, Farm Management).</p>
<p>To the OP: Good luck in your decision. I imagine that after visiting the two schools you'll be able to make a highly informed decision.</p>
<p>AEM is self-selective so that's y the rates r like that. </p>
<p>If u go to Cornell all the other colleges are open to u. U can take courses in any of the other colleges. Add those trillion courses to the list...</p>
<p>Figgy, any private school is like that. Marshall students can take courses in any USC college. I don't think that has any real effect on the quality of the business program.</p>
<p>The difference in quality is negligible. Depends on whether you want a degree from Cornell or USC, whether you want to live on the west coast or the east coast, whether you want to work on the east coast or the west coast after graduation, etc.</p>
<p>Actually, those numbers are from 3 years ago... I don't know why businessweek used such old numbers, but they did.</p>
<p>AEM has become considerably more selective. Last year they had an acceptance rate of 16% with an average sat of 1360. Keep in mind that many recruited athletes come to cornell for aem and that brings down the average sat score. Nonetheless, this year I heard the acceptance rate is even considerably lower, and the average sat is higher. </p>
<p>You should really just checkout the program's website instead of looking at business week. Some of their info is outdated considerably. </p>
<p>That's correct. AEM is the most selective major at Cornell (with the possible exception of arch if you count that as a major). The SAT means are depressed by the athletes that are in AEM but overall it is very selective.</p>
<p>I have the same problem. I got into Cornell engineering and USC Viterbi engineering. I really can't decide. Both colleges will cost the same. And i don't want weather to be a deciding factor because i think thats silly.</p>
<p>Im curious, what is the rationale for Cornell having its undergraduate business program in the "farm school" as opposed to in the Johnson graduate school of business?</p>