Cornell or Washington STL?

gomestar
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:18:52 +0000

“I am very familiar with Cornell”
no, you are not becuase this statement:

“I would say ILR is not your best bet to land IB or consulting jobs.”
is completely and utterly false.

ILR is among the BEST at placing grads into jobs, especially in wall street. How do I know? Well, for starters I’m about to graduate from ILR. I know a dozens people go just graduated who are on wall street in numberous ibanking firms right now. I know a few more who are in other parts of the country working for a few consulting firms that people usually consider prestigious.

ILR grads, on average, earn about $15,000 more their first year of work than their fellows in the college of arts and sciences.

'ILR is considered a soft major, while the skills you get by majoring in econ/math are sought after no matter you would like to pursue Investment Banking or Ph.D. programs."
ILR grads are picked up for their analytical ability and superb problem solving skills - but dont worry, much of ILR is grounded in econ and you can take as many econ classes as you like. Your transcript will be a reflection of what classes you’ve taken and what you’ve learned, not your major.

“There are just other majors at Cornell that grab those jobs away from the ILR students, such as Econ, AEM, engineering, math majors, hotel, etc. Good luck though”
It’s the opposite, actually. Do you know what Goldman Sachs did last fall when they were done recruiting Cornell students from any major? Yeah, they held private recruitment sessions open ONLY to students at the ILR school. Mercer Consulting did the same shortly after.

ILR is the best choice here, unless you have some affinity for Missouri. You’ll be hooked up very nicely with tremendous recruitment and career placement. Take it from somebody who actually attends the school and has done the whole job/internship search.