<p>I found this forum when looking for info on which program to enroll in at cornell. I'm gonna be starting in '09 and need to know which program i want to be in. </p>
<p>Basically i want to start my own business or work in banking/finance since thats what my pops does and i've been into that kind of stuff since i was in preschool. Up until last year i just planned on getting a degree in economics and doing that normal college, work , mba thing but lately i've been getting more interested in starting my own business. </p>
<p>It looks like AEM is the big business school, but i also see a lot about the ILR program and how it give you more freedom and work more on the ppl side of things. </p>
<p>Which do you all think would be the better for someone who wants to start there own business but has a good degree to back it up if the whole business thing doesn't work out?</p>
<p>ILR sounds like a better fit and probably the way i'll go but the aem PROGRAM ( thats for you ****** bag) is tough to turn down with it having all the recognition which possibly out weighs benefits of ILR. </p>
<p>Anyone else have any experience with either of the two schools</p>
<p>Yeah i checked out some of the courses for each of the programs and read about them in general and i'm still kinda undecided haha. I like the idea of ILR because you can basically jack half your courses from other programs and that would be nice as i could choose what I wanted to learn and not what someone else thought would be good. But again the degree is almost more important than what you know if i went the employment route. </p>
<p>and the exact business idea isn't concrete, i seem to think of something new everyday and something that is actually ****ing realistic once a month.</p>
<p>either way i think all the programs look good and have their benefits but i have to have the program figured out soon to let coach know so he can get it done.</p>
<p>who the hell do you think you are...I'm sorry but if you don't know that AEM isn't a school you have some serious gaps in your knowledge of Cornell which will be reflected in your application. As far as your vocabulary goes, I hope you don't write your essays using words like "tight" and "******bag" because i'm pretty sure you're going to be rejected. </p>
<p>I wouldn't go so far as saying if he doesn't know AEM isn't a school he has some serious gaps in his knowledge. He's obviously new to the college experience, and has yet to start applying, and many pre-frosh don't understand the colleges system anyways until they begin their applications. And considering how AEM has become such a separation from CALS, it's an easy mistake to make. Both of you should just chill.</p>
<p>ILR does give you a lot of flexibility... but not until junior year. If you don't like studying the social sciences and prefer more real-world instruction in strictly business, AEM or Hotel is a better choice. ILR always brags about "blending theory and practice," but that means a very high volume of reading about subjects that aren't exactly business and finance. You really have to be into what you are learning for the first two years in ILR.</p>
<p>and don't go off telling me about my <strong><em>ing "vocabulary", this is a chat on the internet, you really think if i was writing an essay it'de say stuff like tight ( but ide still call you a *</em></strong>* bag ) and second off telling me that i'm gonna get rejected??? </p>
<p>I already committed to play hockey and just have to let coach schafer know which PROGRAM i want to be in. So quit with your "intellectual superiority complex" (theres some essay words **** ass) and stop taking the built up anger you have from being picked on in high school and reverting it onto people asking for advice on a COLLEGE ADVICE CHAT.</p>
<p>Hey other than thanks to everyone else for helping me get a better idea of what each of the programs has to offer. </p>
<p>And im with green, the brewski's were definetly legit tonight haha</p>
<p>Ha, this is thread is so funny. But seriously, you should consider your interests which are illustrated through ECs, course load, etc. and then choose a school. If I were you, I would apply to ILR and if you get in and start to feel that you desire a more business oriented career make the transition to AEM by means of internal transfering.</p>
<p>A hockey player....haha. I'll let my friends on the team know that a big ******bag is gracing them with his presence next year. Additionally, just because you've committed to play hockey doesn't mean you're going to be accepted to Cornell....fortunately academics do matter. As far as your comments about me in high school, I'm surprised you had the audacity to suggest I was "picked on" in high school, and I am also surprised that's the best comeback you came up with, aside from your slew of "words of 'emphasis'." </p>