<p>Don’t make momentous decisions because of my advice! I personally think Cornell AEM is a long shot for you. I don’t know about NYU Stern. When we visited Cornell, someone told us that even though they give you the option of applying to two programs, if you do, you probably won’t get into either (although I’ve heard of people who do). Cornell engineering and AEM are both very competitive so probably if you don’t come across as a perfect fit for one of them and if you are willing to go either way you won’t, I don’t know. I wish someone else could advise you. Maybe with the Cornell alum giving you a recommendation that would help with Chemical engineering. How did you get your knack for business? What made you want to do business? You’d have to explain that for Stern too. Are you sure you want to do business? If not, Cornell and NYU are both bad for changing majors. Maybe another school like Wash U where it’s easy to change majors.</p>