<p>I've never stressed this much over any decision in my life, they've always been easy black or white answers. Of course, this will change the rest of my life, but it's stressing me like no other. I would really appreciate some advice.</p>
<p>At this moment I am split between Georgia Tech and NYU Stern. I know, very different schools. Not only are the concentrations different, the cost of attendance margin is huge. I only got a 2k scholarship at nyu o_0. and Tech is basically free with the HOPE scholarship as i'm in-state. </p>
<p>Now, at NYU I would go with finance and take the 'ole ibanking route. If i attend tech however, I would still like to stay in the business concentration. The prospect of financial engineering or industrial engineering attracts me as tech is apparently #1 in the nation in IE. </p>
<p>However, by going into IE and taking a business route, will I still be able to find a comparable job in finance to what I would get after NYU? If I were the same student at tech as i would be at nyu, would attending a good school for my mba be tough? How well known is tech among business for quantitative financing? Do businesses/business schools find IE from a good IE school as prestigious as a finance major from a good finance school? I know it's a lot of questions and many may not make sense, but thank you for reading.</p>
<p>You have a future in finance. So let me ask you this: if you took the $200,000 extra you would spend at NYU, and invested it while you were earning your IE degree at Tech, how much more would you have to earn as a result of your NYU degree (over the value of your Tech) to make up the difference of that investment?</p>
<p>Admission to MBA programs is largely dependent on (not necessarily in this order):
Undergraduate GPA
GMAT exam score
Work Experience
References (preferably from your work experience)</p>
<p>People get into great MBA programs every year who have graduated from not-particularly-famous universities because they have managed to put together fantastic work histories.</p>
<p>It is extremely hard to get funding for MBA programs. Take the scholarship to Georgia Tech. Work hard there, get good grades, get good internships, get a good job. After about 2-5 years in the work force, apply to an MBA program. Wait to take out student loans for the graduate program.</p>
<p>I might go for stern because if you really want to do i banking, I do not think you will be able to get a job at a top firm (as an analyst or something) out of virginia tech. You very well might at stern. However it is a great and funny point that you could invest the $200K and be rich before you know it! If you want a clear answer though, I say stern.</p>
<p>It wasn't meant to be funny, though I'm glad you enjoyed it. It is precisely the type of question a true business/finance major should be asking.</p>
<p>thanks for the great help all of you guys! the input made the cloudy thoughts in my mind a lot clearer. I just realized though, I'm fairly interested in computer science and I come from a family full of computer scientists. I never realized before but from what I hear getting a computer science major and doing i-banking is about the same as taking finance and i-banking. If this is the case, than would tech + compsci with maybe a econ minor be a viable option for future ibanking jobs?</p>