<p>^Yes, I already mentioned the risk clearly and I am sure the OP knows it. No, we are not talking about recruiting for the overall school. I wouldn’t even bother if that’s the case as Dartmouth/Duke does have clear edge there. I think that’s well-understood. But look at the title of this thread. The OP is specficly questioning how much “extra” MMSS/Kellogg cert provides. Also, even with just MMSS, I saw that out of the 07 alums, 7 got intern positions with GS, LB, and ML and most of them were NYC locations. That’s 7 out of a class of about 40 people and many of the 40 students were having other plans such as going to insurance, think tanks, or grad schools (MMSS isn’t supposed to be a business program). That’s a decent rate. But for a risk averse person that isn’t sure he’s gonna do well on MMSS (it’s pretty rigorous after all) or get into Kellogg cert, then Dartmouth/Duke is gonna be better for WS recruiting.</p>
<p>Also, the OP isn’t even deadset on IB which is kinda dead at the moment. So this shouldn’t be all about WS recruiting anyway. MMSS is a kick*ss program strictly from the pure academics point of view. How OP factors that into his decision is up to him.</p>
<p>OP, just one more thing: the first sequence of “Statistical Methods for MMSS” (fall quarter of your second year) should give you most of the background you need to sit for the first actuarial exam (if you haven’t already taken it by then and want to take it at some point).</p>