Economics

Colleges and Universities A-Z Northwestern University
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<p>I am an international admitted to Northwestern. I like my financial package and all, but I am just curious is the undergraduate Economics concentration really good at Northwestern?</p>

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<p>although im not basing this in any real facts, i think its tops...</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>yo atanas.. i'm also an intl and got into NU for eco.. maybe i'll see you around :P</p>

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<p>how does the econ at NU compare to econ at stanford?</p>

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<p>NU's econ has been in the top 10 for a long time (like around #8). Stanford's econ is in the top 5. So both are good.</p>

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<p>At Northwestern you will have the opportunity to take certain classes with professors from the #1 ranked Kellogg School of Management. This is a great advantage for NU undergrad econ program.</p>

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<p>Stauch where are you from? I am from Bulgaria. Did you get fin aid?</p>

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<p>i got accepted to both NU and UofC. Just started considering econ. (I really have no clue what i want to study)... I thought UofC's econ program was better, seeing as they have a Nobelist (Friedman) on the staff.
Then again, as much as I'd be interested in taking an econ class from a nobel laureate, Milton Friedman's philosophy sucks and he's an unknowing tool of big business and the republican agenda, so not really interested in that.
Then again, the Kellogg schools is #1. I think that grad schools prefer students from other undergrad locations, so going to NU as undergrad wouldnt be best choice is your life ambition is to go to Kellogg.</p>

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<p>Business schools could really care less about the undergraduate institution. It's ALL about the work experience (along with GPA and GMAT).</p>

<p>And to clarify something: you CANNOT take classes at Kellogg as an undergraduate. Not even one.</p>

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<p>uc benz, how do u know that?</p>

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<p>Know what? That you can't take undergraduate classes at Kellogg? Because I've e-mailed two different admissions officers at Northwestern asking them specifically if undergraduates can take a class through Kellogg, and they both said that it's not possible.</p>

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I think that grad schools prefer students from other undergrad locations, so going to NU as undergrad wouldnt be best choice is your life ambition is to go to Kellogg.

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<p>Don't know about that either. For example; Harvard law school has many Harvard grads. Though one of my ex-roomates who did econ at NU got rejected by Kellogg (he did get into U of Chicago), one of my ex-classmates IS IN Kellogg now even though his undergrad GPA isn't that stellar (don't know exactly but should be <3.4 because he got a few Cs in like orgo/physical chem). Therefore, I don't think Kellogg dislikes NU's grads.</p>

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<p>That's unfortunate, uc_benz. I know how you want to has a sneak preview of Kellogg MBA program. ;) You just have to be patient.</p>

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<p>i jsut mentioned that because usually grad schools dont like it when their students have stayed in one place teh whole time. In business, its good to have a wide variety of contacts and affiliations (more than one school is helpful for this).. I heard that students with identical stats from a different school will be preferred over one who went to the business school's undergraduate program. Then again, this doesn't matter at all if you are going to take time off to work in between your B.A. and your MBA.</p>

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<p>TheCity,</p>

<p>A lot of grad schools prefer students from other schools because it's in students' best interests. You are exposed to different ideas more when you are taught by professors of different schools. I think some PhD programs automatically reject their undergrads (think that's Stanford if I remember it correctly) because of this very reason. That's also why my advisor told me to go some place else for my master degree. It's better for my learning. But since NU doesn't have undergrad biz program, I doubt that kind of attitude applies.</p>

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<p>Sam, you can't blame me though can you? :)</p>

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<p>so would you say that econ undergrad at uchicago is better than econ undergrad at nw?</p>

<p>i've heard that uchicago has (is) one of (the) best undergraduate economics department in the country?</p>

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<p>LOL! I blame you for being ahead of your years. I am impressed by how much you know while still in hs.</p>

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<p>i think that applies more to philosophical econ and such at UChic. the business / MBA opportunities after college i dont think UChic would help you more with.</p>