<p>I really want to pursue a career in business with an emphasis on law, I know that my first choice will be AEM, but what should my back up be? here are my ideas:</p>
<p>Industrial and Labor Relation (ILR)</p>
<p>Human Ecology: Public Policy and Management</p>
<p>Arts and Sciences: Economics</p>
<p>Arts and Sciences is very selective but, if your credentials are good enough, I would go with econ in A&S. If you are a NYS resident, ILR would be hard to pass up because of the tuition break. Human Ecology would be my last choice.</p>
<p>do you live in new york? human ecology's admit rate is higher, and i think it's cheaper for ny residents. i'm not sure if it's respected as much as CAS.</p>
<p>No I'm from Washington state, haha. Nowhere near in-state tuition. It seems like ILR is only setting you up for a job in a union or human resources, where I am not particularly interested. I know Human Ecology is easiest to get in to, but does Public Policy and Management seem like a good, respective degree heading into law or business school? Can you double major between schools?</p>
<p>generally you can't double major between schools, except in certain cases between CAS, engineering, architecture, and art & planning. and the dual degree program you need to apply to after you've gotten in.</p>
<p>you can do pre-law at human ecology: Preparing</a> for Law School</p>
<p>again, i don't know if law schools look at applicants from CAS and human ecology differently. maybe go to the cornell board and ask?</p>
<p>How good an applicant are you? If you've got the credentials to get into A&S,go for it. If not, I'd look into HumEc. That's what I'm doing for pre-med.
But yeah, you'll definitely need to be a King off all trades to get into A&S.</p>
<p>ILR is much more than unions and human resources. A lot of students are interested in policy, negotiation, business, and political economy. Twenty five percent of the graduating class goes into law school, with the rest pursuing a bunch of different tracks. I have friends getting PhDs, working for Google, working in D.C. at think tanks, and working on Wall Street. The folks just getting out of law school are entering all sorts of different types of legal careers, from corporate to antitrust, labor to environmental.</p>