Amherst, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Oberlin, or Uchicago?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi I've been accepted these schools, but I need help on deciding which one to attend. I'm interested at attending a school that has a prestigious undergraduate program, and I hope to work in ib or consulting after graduation.</p>

<p>Here are my concerns for each school:
Amherst: The student body is very small.
Dartmouth: The location is far from NYC, where the big investment banks are.
Johns Hopkins: Don't know how well grads place into ib.
Oberlin: The student body is small.
Uchicago: The acceptance rate for the class of 2013 is still over 25% despite the fact that the school now use the commonapp.</p>

<p>The undergrad program at which school is most prestigious and does best at placing students into ib?
Which school should I choose?</p>

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<p>please separate these undergrad programs into tiers with regard to ib placement and prestige.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth sounds like the best fit, by far.</p>

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<p>Hopkins is not a target school for IB BB firms… I’m a public health major at Johns Hopkins and Bain & Company, Deloitte and Accenture consulting firms etc… recruits here. I’m considering an MPH/MBA or MHA/MBA to do healthcare administration and eventually healthcare consulting in the future… Possibly work for Deloitte after I graduate… get them to pay for my MBA: :smiley: There are ppl who go into IB… A close friend landed an internship at UBS over the summer and will be paid $20 an hour working 70 hr weeks…</p>

<p>Probably Dartmouth or UChicago for IB and consulting…</p>

<p>Chicago is exceptional for IB and Dartmouth just owns in business in general…</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t worry about Chicago’s acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>IMO, for these objectives only:
Dartmouth
Amherst
U Chicago</p>

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<p>You might want to think of a better reason to not attend UChicago…</p>

<p>I’d say Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>

So very ignorant…
/facepalm</p>

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<p>I have kids at Amherst and Dartmouth. Both would choose Dartmouth if they had the choice again.</p>

<p>Far from the banks? Dartmouth will get you as close as you care to be, it has a much more powerful ibanking network than any of your other choices by far.</p>

<p>As a 30 year ibanker with a son interested in a banking career, my son choose to ED Dartmouth because there was no better choice for his goal.</p>

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<p>imperfect315 - Now I know that some of my concerns may not affect the quality of the education that I would receive. My concerns for each school may sound ignorant to you, but I had to point them out because every little advantage/disadvantage may sway my decision.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth is a banking powerhouse. Its placement into banking is incredible.</p>

<p><a href=“http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121746658635199271.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today[/url]”>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121746658635199271.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/07/22/dartmouth-a-good-week-for-the-unsung-ivy-of-financial-connections/[/url]”>http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/07/22/dartmouth-a-good-week-for-the-unsung-ivy-of-financial-connections/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p><a href=“Bankers Ball”>Bankers Ball;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/235587-consulting-core-schools.html?highlight=consulting+core[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/235587-consulting-core-schools.html?highlight=consulting+core&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>For what you are looking for, Dartmouth by a mile.</p>

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<p>I got into Cornell Arts and Sciences as well. How would that be compared to these schools?</p>

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<p>IMO maybe just a little better than Chicago, or maybe the same. for this purpose only.</p>

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<p>UChicago SAT/ACT 25-75% are the same as most of the ivies and over 93% in top 10% of class, puts it as the same as most of them. They just have more qualified applicants and don’t get random crappy ones.</p>

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<p>Although tons of IBs do not come to campus, Hopkins has a great network of alumni who do work at IBs. One of my closest friends did 2 summers at a top IB</p>

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<p>I would opt for Chicago or Dartmouth. Also ditto on the acceptance rate issue, Chicago is very self selecting and seriously WHO CARES!</p>

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<p>Please offer more opinions. I will base my decision on this thread. I will do a tally at the end.</p>

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<p>I hope you’re kidding.</p>

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<p>not kidding. I trust the wisdom of crowd. Plus, I don’t think I will go wrong with any of these schools.</p>