Employment Prospects from Stern?

<p>I’ve recently been accepted to Stern, Berkeley, and UMich and I’m trying to decide which one would be the best choice. In terms of campus, dorms, size, location, and student body, I like them all equally well (I’m not very picky when it comes to those things). What really matters to me is recruiting opportunities. In reality, I’d choose Stern in a heartbeat because it is a 4 year business school and I won’t have to worry about the reapplying to the business school at places like UMich and Berkeley. It is Stern’s recruiting prospects that worry me a little. It’s not that I have heard many negative things about recruiting at Stern; it’s more that I don’t know a lot about it. Ross aptly provides its employment statistics online for every year since 2000. NYU, unfortunately, only discloses a placement survey for the school overall, and not specifically Stern, so its difficult for me to compare the two schools. Could any alumni or current Stern students tell me more about recruiting at Stern? How helpful is the recruiting office at NYU? How aggressive are they at attracting recruiters that are not conveniently located in New York City? I was talking with a Stern graduate. He graduated during the recession and he had a hard time landing a job in NY. Fortunately, he landed an i-banking job, but he said it was with no thanks to the recruiting office since he had to do all his own leg-work. He advised me that Stern was not worth the tuition because the recruiting office is unhelpful and because Stern doesn’t attract recruiters beyond those that are conveniently located near by. Is his story a common one for Stern students? Also, as of now, I’m not sure I want to do finance and I’ve heard that the other business departments in Stern are weak. Is Stern’s prestige great enough to attract recruiters from all regions of the U.S. and from all business fields? I love the fact that Stern is a four year business school, but will my employment options be limited? If any Stern students/alumni could answer these questions and share their recruiting experiences, I would appreciate it so much. Thanks</p>

<p>too long buddy be concise</p>

<p>Hm.. I have pretty much the same question, except my dilemma is between Stern UMich and Northwestern</p>

<p>I know someone at UMich who, after her junior year, landed a summer job paying $800/week. The businesses started visiting the b-school in Sept. ridiculous! hahaha....</p>

<p>I'll probably ask the dean/students/profs when I visit NYU this weekend.</p>

<p>But NYU is in the heart of Manhattan. Could it really be that difficult to land a job? Besides, landing a job really depends on the individual- as long as you're willing to work to show businesses that you're competent, or as long as you're going to follow-up on stuff, I'm sure you'll be fine. Another reason why I think NYU's a bit better... you are forced to live in the city and interact with all kinds of people-- not just 'college town' people or other students. You'll be a lot more independent and will also learn a lot more real life skills.. if that makes sense. </p>

<p>just my opinion....</p>

<p>with a 3.0+ you'll be solid from Stern, if you can get a 3.5+ you'll get several offers from who you want if you can interview semi-decently. Stern has amazing prospects.</p>

<p>how does a 3.5+ from stern compares to one from a northwestern econ / stanford econ?</p>

<p>how does these 3 colleges compare to each other?</p>

<p>"how does a 3.5+ from stern compares to one from a northwestern econ / stanford econ?"</p>

<p>how does these 3 colleges compare to each other?</p>

<p>I can only speak for Stern, and a 3.5 is very tough to achieve in Stern, esp. if you major in finance, and with the curve it would place you in the top 20-25%, which is extremely impressive. You would be working a lot of hours for a 3.5.</p>

<p>Wow, a 3.0+ is solid if from stern? i guess i should start getting ready for that?
btw, does stern not have any grade inflation or are these grades that low with the inflation? i hear a lot of the top universities and LACs all have at least some kind of grade inflation...not that that's a good thing</p>

<p>Stern has huge grade deflation. It's one of the worst places to go along with MIT for example if you just want to get high grades or take fluff classes. By definition the median student gets a 2.7.</p>

<p>NYU has grade inflation in the liberal arts areas, but in in Stern. The Stern curve is BRUTAL, which makes sense because thats how the business world is. A 3.0 will make you above average in what along with Wharton is the best undergrad b-school in the country, so I agree with Quakermen.</p>

<p>Does it matter tho, like employers see someone with a 2.7, they will be lik, w/e thats fine?</p>

<p>do you about what percentage of classes stern students take in the other schools? i'm just thinking, if the avg gpa is a 2.7 and the liberal arts classes actually have grade deflation, the avg gpa just for stern classes must be completely horrendous...
i worried now since stern scholars are supposed to maintain a 3.5</p>

<p>moose & whoever else who knows,
Are there other requirements to keeping the Stern Scholarship other than maintaining a 3.5? And also are there anyways of upping your scholarship amount by say getting super grades once you're at NYU?</p>

<p>The school may help you a bit if you are a Scholar. Also, it depends on major-marketing and mgmt are easiest and the fiercest competition is within the finance major.</p>

<p><a href="http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/finance/academic.cfm?doc_id=4007%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/finance/academic.cfm?doc_id=4007&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Don't get too scared by this-it used to be a lot harsher curve.</p>

<p>Yeh coffee, aside from the 3.5, you also have to do 30 hours of community service per year. From what i heard, you also have to be involved in the stern scholars "community" - like you have to go to Broadway shows and stuff with them and go to meetings once a week. I guess this is more reasonable/fun stuff. The 3.5 is definitely the hardest requirement.</p>

<p>I doubt you could up your scholarship. NYU seems pretty cheap with money. I spoke with the financial aid officers with my parents when i was at sunday at the square and they took a very "if you haven't gotten it yet, you most likely won't get it" approach.</p>

<p>Do only stern scholars get perks like broadway shows and stuff? Do regular stern students get stuff, too?</p>

<p>"Do only stern scholars get perks like broadway shows and stuff? Do regular stern students get stuff, too?"
I don't think any students in nyu get free tickets to broadway show, however all students can use their home.nyu.edu webpage to buy broadway show tix at a discounted price.</p>

<p>Hello. I'm looking into Stanford for grad school (business) and was wondering how a 3.0 g.p.a. would look on one's record from Stern. How do grad schools recognize that some undergrad colleges have grade inflations/deflations? I'm really not likeing the idea of having below a 3.5 g.p.a. and don't know if i'd be better off pulling a 3.5 (or above) at another college (i.e. the honors program at UT-Austin which is pretty selective...lol i've posted a thread up if anyone would be able to help me out :)</p>

<p>I would have liked to ask them the question on Sunday...."how many Stern Scholars lose the money as sophomores, bec. they could not make 3.5".
Is 2.7 really the median gpa? If so, not too many are getting 3.5.</p>

<p>The good thing is...even if you drop out of the Scholars program, you get to keep whatever scholarship you received. No worries ;)</p>