<p>How does job placement for an Econ major at Northwestern to that at Duke, Penn, or Columbia?</p>
<p>I believe that it very well.</p>
<p>What if you aren’t in MMSS or the Kellogg Certificate program? Does that put you at a disadvantage when it comes to employment?</p>
<p>^I don’t think it’s any different from Penn students that are not in Wharton or Columbia students that are not in, say, finanical engineering. Obviously, some majors are more marketable than others; some recruiters target specificly MMSS students while Kellogg cert students have access to Kellogg database. But at the end of the day, it’s still more about the overall package (performance in the interviews, evidence of drive, interesting ECs, prior experience, personality…etc), rather than just grades and majors.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t call it a disadvantage, rather MMSS/kellogg kids have a comparatively more marketable major. Just as an Econ major would be more marketable than, say, a sociology major. Plenty of econ majors go into trading, consulting, ibanking, vc, entrepreneurship, etc. Anecdotally, I was an econ major, and had lots of friends who were, and all of them have good jobs. </p>
<p>Northwestern also has the advantage over Duke of being near Chicago – makes it very easy to find and interview for internships and jobs.</p>
<p>It’s about you, not the major. </p>
<p>That being said a northwestern econ degree basically gives you all the chances you need to make it about you. Don’t worry too much about it - heavy chances are you’ll be totally fine like most other Northwestern Econ majors. You’ll get the interviews where you want them if you try from NU.</p>
<p>Northwestern has an interesting reputation in that it is considered by many banks/consulting firms to be a regional target. Simply put, if you are at Northwestern your best shot would be at Chicago firms (e.g. MBB targets NU for Chicago Offices but NOT for national offices), and I would say your chances at New York would be very slim. The other schools you mentioned, however, definitely have more prestige on the east coast. </p>
<p>In the end, I agree that it’s about you and not as much the school. Maintain a high GPA, have good ECs, network your ass off, get great internships and you can go anywhere you want.</p>
<p>Your statement that Northwestern has slim chances for NY offices is incorrect. Sorry. </p>
<p>It’s not a Wharton/Harvard, but it is a fully recruited target on the scale of the upper ivies. End of story.</p>
<p>Your comments are ridiculous ManMan!</p>
<p>Manman is incorrect. I’m going to be a senior at NU (Econ major) and we have pretty sweet recruiting. Just accepted an offer for a top IB gig and when going through the interview process I had interviews at just about every IB shop, including all of the top BBs and Boutiques. For IBD, my class sent kids to GS, BX, MS, JPM, Greenhill, Moelis, and many other sweet banks. </p>
<p>Also on the MMSS/Kellogg front - it really does not matter at all. Yes, it looks good, but employers do not really care about it. It will actually hurt you quite a bit if you do it and cannot get a high GPA in it (it’s pretty tough, so definitely a concern). Of the people I know going to GS, MS, and BX, only one of them was MMSS or Kellogg - so definitely doesn’t hurt you if you are just Econ. </p>
<p>Feel free to PM me with any questions.</p>
<p>^^Interesting, were these mostly in Chicago or NY? What were some of your prior internship experiences if you don’t mind sharing?</p>
<p>Split, I’d say more than half are in NYC though. Had pretty good prior internships, two at BB (one through CFS), and another at a boutique AM shop.</p>