<p>Duke for the name and overall academics vs. NYU Stern for finance (and potential job placement)?</p>
<p>I would go with no on that one.</p>
<p>:/ You think I can still potentially find good job placement with Duke?</p>
<p>Absolutely. It's Duke we're talking about, not Podunk U.</p>
<p>depends on the industry. Assuming you are looking at finance the only schools that would give better opps than Stern would be ivies (Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Wharton) and possibly MIT. Duke is a great school but Stern finance is the second best program in the country behind Wharton finance.</p>
<p>it depends, a lot of people that are pro business school will tell you to pick NYU but honestly Duke is better in almost every way.</p>
<p>you don't need a finance major to do well in Ibanking or any other field, plenty of kids go from being an art major at an Ivy or Duke for example to doing Ibanking.</p>
<p>go to duke, much better academics and better name recognition.</p>
<p>you'd be missing out on a lot if you didn't go to duke.</p>
<p>....a lot of cheating</p>
<p>go to duke</p>
<p>i'd say duke has better career options post grad. unless you are very interested in studying finance as an undergrad and livin in NYC, i'd go with duke</p>
<p>Stern if you're looking to go into Business, particularly FINANCE, but Duke if anything else. Stern also costs an arm and a leg, so take that into account</p>
<p>I'm going to sound like a douche here, but in my opinion this question is a no-brainer. Duke is by FAR the better school. Even if you seek a career in investment banking or finance, Duke would put you in a better position.</p>
<p>Duke has a great campus and campus life; the people know how to have fun.
Stern is located in NYC, but I have friends there who transferred out of NYU simply because they wanted to have a campus, and sternies are pretty notorious for hardcore competition, pre-professional, elitist attitude</p>
<p>A liberal arts major is a lot more valuable in my opinion... who wants to major in finance? That essentially pigeon holes you into a career in finance, and if you don't have a good GPA and don't break it in the industry, you're essentially screwed. Nobody is going to say that an Econ or Math degree from a top school is any less valuable than a finance degree from anywhere except for maybe Wharton, with Math even more impressive than Finance. All firms know that quantatitve abilities take years to learn, and whereas finance can be learned almost instantly (which is why many top firms hire people with no finance experience at all, Fischer Black is the prime example)</p>
<p>Duke has just as much recruiting as stern, with less competition. Whereas Stern you are competing against every other classmate, at Duke you'll be competing for just as many spots with far less (albeit prepared) people</p>
<p>Finally, this is a guess, but I'd imagine it's easier to do well at Duke than Stern, and GPA matters a lot when trying to break in the industry...</p>
<p>I really can't see why anyone would choose Stern over Duke, the only, only, reason why one would do that is because of NYC, though it's not like you can't spend your summers in NYC if you're a blue devil</p>
<p>and finally, no I don't go to Duke</p>
<p>bipolarbear knows what he's talking about, totally agree. People think you have to go to a top business school to get into prestigious jobs but unless it's your only option a liberal arts degree at a top school will be a better option almost always.</p>