How hard is it to get into Hotel Administration?

Trigger333
Mon, 15 May 2006 22:29:55 +0000

Harvardman, I wasn’t trying to argue with you at all about whether or not the hotel school is an accredited undergraduate business school–it’s not. I just feel that some of your comments about the school are overlooking its true potential.

You said: “AEM is the only place that teaches business.”
I look at the hotel school curriculum and see Organizational Behavior, Microeconomics for the Service Industry, Managerial Communication, Marketing Management for the Hospitality Industry, and I fail to see how this is not teaching business.

You said: “excel, who told you that the hotel school is for business?”
I look at the postgraduate report for the hotel school and see people with jobs in hotel management, restaurant management, banking, entrepreneurship, and consulting, and I fail to see how this is not business.

I’m not trying to pick a fight, but I’m proud to be attending the hotel school in the fall, and I’d be frustrated to have people think I’m taking the back-door approach to a business major. Personally I think that business curricula should be divided between financial concentrations (finance, accounting, etc) and service/management concentrations.

To sum up my point, it is true that the hotel school is not considered an undergraduate business school, but I adamently believe that it does teach business and is for those interested in business.

As far as the original poster’s question, I think it’s ludicrous to apply to a program you’re not interested in. Over 80% of those who get into the hotel school enroll, and it’s because they’re genuinely interested in what they’re doing. If you want a traditional business program, apply to AEM–it’s an excellent major and if that’s where your interests lie you’ll have a much easier time convincing the admissions officers that you deserve acceptance.

-Michael

PS- Harvardman, I think the OR major in the engineering school looks awesome. Congrats on going for it.