November 5, 2024

12 thoughts on “Changing Cornell Landscape

  1. Perhaps it is time for you to realize that you are nothing but an idiot; why don’t you stop writing this messages about AEM when clearly you know nothing about the history and research produced in that department

  2. AntiElite,

    Dennis is not poking fun at AEM himself. He is simply stating that the program’s website reinforces a negative stereotype that the program has around campus. He never said this stereotype is necessarily true.

  3. Hey Dennis — When was the last time you checked the rankings of the A&S Economics Department? Do you really believe they are still top 25? Do you have any idea of how terrible their placements of graduate students have been? — By ‘these messages’ I meant that you speak out of ignorance and arrogance. I know the truth hurts, but do us all a favor and get a reality check! I hope after all the sophisticated micro and econometrics, you will be able to find a job!

  4. @AntiElite

    If you’ve read this blog before, you’ll know that I actually did a recent post about AEM rankings. I was quite excited about them moving up to the #5 spot in this particular one!

    http://cornellinsider.com/2010/03/06/aem-moves-up-in-undergrad-business-rankings/

    In terms of arts and sciences economics, they’re ranked 18th according to US News rankings:

    http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-economics-schools/rankings

    If you know of another ranking system where they are ranked out of the top 25, i would be glad to look at it, but US News is considered to be the most reputable ranking metric.

    I’m still not sure why you’ve chosen to react so coarsely to my comments. As Peter pointed out, I was merely pointing out a stereotype that exists on the Cornell campus. I in no way endorse the stereotype, and, if you want to know my honest opinion, I think very highly of both the department and of AEM students in general. I have many great friends who are AEM students and have done research with several AEM professors.

    I’m also not sure why you’ve chosen to react to my “message” by making ad hominmen attacks about my intelligence, knowledge about undergraduate rankings, ability to comprehend reality, as well as my job prospects.

    Finally, I’m a bit surprised that you’ve also taken this opportunity to disparage the A&S economics department. If you are upset about me taking stabs at AEM–which I clearly wasn’t– why would you react by taking pleasure in what you believe are the shortcomings of another Cornell department? If you think this is an acceptable thing to do, then why would you react negatively to my original post?

    But thanks for reading! We always welcome and appreciate reader comments.

  5. i’m with dennis on this one. he clearly didn’t say anything negative about aem in the original post, and while i don’t think we deserve it, the stereotype definitely exists on campus. aem and econ are simply different departments that fill different roles and there’s no need to argue about the respective superiority of either

  6. First off, Dennis did not directly insult AEM. For those throwing around statistics about the program’s ranking I would like to point out three things:

    1. Most elite schools do not have undergraduate business programs, like six of the other seven ivies.

    2. The rating has fluctuated pretty wildly to be honest. Three years ago it was outside the top ten. A year ago is was number four. Now it’s like 8 or 9.

    3. Superficial things like these aside, my qualm with AEM is its enormous size, high median grades (noticeably higher than most majors in Arts and Engineering, but still slightly better than COMM), and its incongruency with the mission of CALS. CALS is a school grounded in the life sciences and agriculture. Agricultural economics sounds like a great boutique program to that effect. AEM sounds like an undergraduate tuition revenue stream to me capitalizing on our generation’s desire for career track programs. But whatever …

  7. Simmer Down Now…your confusion in 3. is to assume that aem is just the undergraduate business program. do u happen to know that some of the world’s best environmental and development economists are in the aem faculty?

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