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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi, I went to Cornell. I applied to A&S OOS because I was undecided, and you had to apply to major at schools like CALS and Hum Ecology.

In my experience, the in-state students often tried to shoehorn themselves into a major that was offered at the state school, to save $. So for example at the time, a lot of students who wanted to be in business took "Agricultural Economics"--now called Applied Economics and Management in CALS (The Ag School) whereas OOS might take Economics in A&S or even Hotel Management at the Hotel School. Many in-state kids who wanted to be lawyers were in the Industrial & Labor Relations school, whereas the OOS kids wanting to be lawyers might major in Government or similar at A&S. So the majors may seem "niche" but unless you're doing Apparel Design or something, they really don't have to be. I have friends from the Human Ecology school who became doctors (studied Human Development or "Biology & Society") lawyers, marketing professionals, etc. I have friends from CALS who went into finance, or became doctors, or became lawyers.

If your DC is unsure what they want to study, I would consider whether there are majors in the "easier to get into" schools (i.e., not A&S or Engineering) that are broad enough. There probably are.

That said, I do think even these schools will be more difficult for OOS than in-state. The reason is the yield. If you look at that link PP posted, a school like Industrial & Labor relations has a higher acceptance rate (almost 20%) but over 80% of students then matriculate. That's probably because virtually all the in-state kids who were accepted said "Yes of course I'll go to an Ivy for $46K a year instead of $68K" meaning they were probably prioritized for admission, probably more ED'd, and there are fewer spots for OOS who are less likely to commit if admitted.[/quote]

For on campus recruiting at Cornell, does it matter what your major is?  For example, if you are majoring in Hotel Management but you change your mind later on and want to go into finance or consulting, will you be competitive with the business majors if you have taken the finance and business courses as electives?[/quote]

Parent of waitlisted ILR OOS legacy kid from this year's cycle.

My impression is that many ILRies go into consulting.  The ILR major/degree looks a lot like a combo of Economics with a smidgen of Org Behavior & Business. The consulting jobs ILR people get are sometimes falling within that specialization  (e.g., employee benefits/labor force consulting).  But sometimes are with the typical mainline strategy consultants everyone thinks of.

Basically a huge amount of all Ivy League grads go into consulting for the $$$.  It's an up or out profession, so many leave after a few years.[/quote]

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