<p>Well, I did comment on how some hotel-specific courses were a pain, but the principles of valuation, finance, etc hold true whether it is about a hotel property or a company. In hotel, you get a much more hands-on learning experience through projects, etc. I think it stinks that the students in hotel that are not interested in hospitality have to take culinary, facilities management, etc. As I said before AEM is a good program, but I believe it fails in the sense of preparation for the real world, only offering learning through test taking. Hotel students know how to best prepare documents, and apply valuations to things other than a prelim. </p>
<p>On another note, I didn’t say that banks recruit directly out of hotel or offer any statistic. “Hooked up” is not a statistical term at all… and I dont mean they are guaranteed jobs. In the hotel/real estate/real estate finance world, any one would love to have a Cornell hotel student. Many of the people at banks from Cornell are hotel though, and I don’t see any one offering any statistic on “AEM/IRL blowing hotel out of the water”.</p>
<p>You will not be at a disadvantage recruiting-wise if you are in AEM, I did not mean to make it seem that way. You also will not be at a disadvantage going into finance from hotel or ILR for that matter. I just think that it is beneficial to be able to apply what you learn to projects, and to learn how to present yourself in a professional setting, and to learn from some of the top business professionals in the US.</p>