<p>Hi.</p>
<p>I'm thinking about applied math/econ/stats. So pretty much a math/econ major going into business/financial sector. Schools i've applied to/accepted</p>
<p>accepted:
uc berkeley
northwestern</p>
<p>still waiting:
stanford
yale
cornell</p>
<p>Which of these schools are the best considering my proposed major/career plans?
Thanks</p>
<p>All excellent. You can’t lose with any of them. If you make it into all of them then I would say Yale only because of the major recruiting firms for banks, etc.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>EDIT: i got rejected from stanford 
so i wont be going there</p>
<p>for undergrad applied math + econ there really wouldn’t be a difference in the educations that you get at any of these schools. For placement on wall street from undergrad it’s probably:</p>
<p>Yale = Stanford > Northwestern = Cornell > UCB</p>
<p>that’s probably the order in which I’d pick schools as well.</p>
<p>One thing i’m worried about for northwestern is that I may work in Korea, and northwestern is not very well known in korea as, say, Berkeley Cornell or Yale. Also, they don’t call northwestern ‘northwestern.’ They translate it into Korean so it doesnt even sound like anything those who dont speak korean would recognize. Is it going to have that much detrimental effect if I choose berkeley over NW? I’m not entirely sure about berkeley i’m going to visit all the colleges i got accepted into over spring break. :D</p>
<p>Go to either stanford or uc berkeley bro, california is unbelievable.</p>
<p>What exactly do you want to do? If you just want to be an actuary I’d go to wherever gave me the most money. If you want to be a quant, I’d perhaps suggest UC-B since their MSFE program is considered the best in the world.</p>
<p>MSFE = Masters in Financial ENGINEERING or ECON?</p>
<p>I"m talking about undergrad…unless going to berkeley as an undergrad gives me better chance for grad school :/</p>
<p>I’m not entirely sure…i just like numbers and econ
Besides, these are some of the top universities in US so would it make that much difference other than alumni association??</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>Berkeley’s MFE (Engineering) program is meant to be tops, but it’s part of Haas, while I’d wager that math/econ is part of the Math and Econ Departments. You could look at the faculty for each program’s course offerings, but I doubt there’s a big connection between the two. Haas also wants MFE applicants to have work experience, so you wouldn’t immediately move on.</p>
<p>That being said, their math department is probably the most prestigious of the group, and their econ is up there with any of them. They’re all good schools - choose the place where you’re most comfortable (and with cost considerations).</p>
<p>look at [MMSS</a>, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.mmss.northwestern.edu%5DMMSS”>http://www.mmss.northwestern.edu) it’s not as selective as you think, and just ask if you can apply now. several of my friends applied in april after the deadline.</p>