<p>Ok I am in a pickle. I am going to apply to either Dartmouth's Econ program or Georgetown's business program. Which one has more recruits? I hope to go into ibanking and I don't know which one is better for me. Please Help!</p>
<p>assuming you can get into both, dartmouth econ should be your choice. both are very good schools and have their fair share of recruits, but in the long run dartmouths status tends to give it a one-up during the SA and FT ibanking seasons.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is the obvious choice. But why not apply to both?</p>
<p>I meant applying. My main eye is Wharton and Cornell AEM but I don't think I can get in.</p>
<p>I applied to Wharton, Cornell AEM, Dartmouth, and Georgetown... Got into Cornel l AEM and Georgetown... Deferred at Wharton, then reject for ED. Didn't go to Cornell because didn't like the location, but all are good programs.</p>
<p>Oh, its Dartmouth no doubt. Georgetown is no where near. It's kind of insulting to Dartmouth to compare the two.
Dartmouth has tons more street credibility. Georgetown's MSB undergrad doesn't even make top 10. </p>
<p>Also, Dartmouth has a long long history with bulge bracket investment banking firms. Out of the top five bulge bracket investment banks, Dartmouth's got 4 of them as heavy recruiters on campus.</p>
<p>Plus, Dartmouth has Tuck, which has been ranked as the #1 graduate business school in the country by Wall Street Journal (the one that matters) and Forbes. That says a lot about the econ department.</p>
<p>Georgetown barely makes a mark.</p>
<p>For someone who wants to go into investment banking, you should know this already.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ibankingoasis.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.ibankingoasis.com</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1454859%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1454859</a></p>
<p>I hope that helped.</p>
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<p>yanarchy- actually, it's an insult to your intelligence that you would say something like this. Especially without giving any concrete data.</p>
<p>One thing you need to decide is if you want to go to an undergraduate business school or not. Dartmouth only has an economics major, whereas Georgetown has an undergraduate school (and is actually constructing an entire new building to house the business school).</p>
<p>That being said... it's foolish to think that recruiters don't go to both campuses. Georgetown grads are just as desired in the business world as Dartmouth grads. Choose whichever school you like the best (or whichever you get into!).</p>
<p>Good luck. ;)</p>
<p>I would go to Dartmouth because its an ivy.</p>
<p>yeah, yanarchy. you really should steer away from biased, unfounded claims.</p>
<p>dartmouth and georgetown, for all intents and purposes, are the same. sure, there are differences (ivy, urban vs. rural, renowned governement program vs. renowned liberal arts program), but they are both elite schools, and they will afford you the same opportunities in the long run.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has better ibank recruiting than Gtown which I believe was the question of the OP. Gtown isn't shabby by any means but Dart is a league higher. It also matters very little whether a school has an econ major or a business major. Many (actually the majority) of target schools offer econ only.</p>
<p>Thank you so much. I think I have a strong chance of getting into Dartmouth and I'm going to apply to G-town just to see if I get in.</p>
<p>Not unfounded claims at all. If you're going into investment banking, which I was, it's Dartmouth.</p>
<p>If you're going into investment banking, which the OP stated, Dartmouth would be the obvious choice if you're choosing between McDo and D. Dartmouth is a target school for many bulge bracket banks (JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, etc.) while Georgetown is considered a non-target by many. Dartmouth is only after HYPS&Wharton when it comes to the number of elites (bulge bracket investment banks) on campus.</p>
<p>Dartmouth may not have a business major, but neither do HYPS and they place better than top undergraduate business programs (Stern, Haas, etc. notice, no Gtown), even Wharton at times.</p>
<p>Investment banking is already a tough industry to get into from a target school, why head to a school considered by most to be a non-target.</p>
<p>Not unfounded at all. I'm speaking solely from the perspective of the investment banks.</p>
<p>"while Georgetown is considered a non-target by many"</p>
<p>This is another example of biased opinion. Where did you get this? I have talked to many recruiters from BB Banks (including GS, JPM, Lehman) and every single one of them assured me that Georgetown is a target school. Just yesterday when I was at an event in nyc for Georgetown kids, a recruiter from JPM told me, along with others, that Georgetown is a 'core' school for their recruitment. Georgetown has a huge presence on Wall Street, it's not Wharton or Harvard, but I still won't say it's a "league" behind Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Gtown is certainly a recruited school. There are kids going to banks there every year. However, it isn't recruited as much as Dart which is why I said it was a "league" behind it. The responses that you got from Gtown event is correct as it is a "core" school for recruitment, however, the amount of kids recruited varies in the core list as well. I suggest taking a look at the lists of where various summer analysts and bankers are from that have been posted on that ibankingoasis forum. Should give a decent idea on the type of presence at various schools.</p>
<p>People should not kid themselves. While Georgetown students are recruited, Dartmouth is certainly more of a target and has a stronger base on Wall Street.</p>
<p>Anyone who claimes Georgetown McD is on par with Dartmouth for IBD is utterly clueless. Dartmouth grads are so much more respected on the street, and Dartmouth is considered a "target" by EVERYBODY. Georgetown is NOT a "target," for most banks, in fact, it is most often refered to as a "semi-target." If you want to go into IB, go to Dartmouth Econ.</p>
<p>Dartmouth for sure, but Georgetown is still a definite target.</p>
<p>By the way, yanarchy, the Wall Street Journal MBA ranking is actually the worst, and MBA programs don't say much about a school's econ department.</p>