<p>i have been accepted to georgetown sfs and northwestern as a soph transfer.</p>
<p>i want to start with a career in (strategic/management) consulting or possibly ibanking but as of now preferably the former. later on, i want to go to law school , do private equity/ hedge fund, or get mba and continue consulting/ibanking.</p>
<p>at sfs i'd be majoring in international econ
at nu i'd be majoring in econ and/or ir</p>
<p>any suggestions on where would be better for my future aspirations?</p>
<p>Your future options don't have a lot to do with IR. If you wanted to persue IR in the future, then Gtown would definitely be the winner.</p>
<p>But for ibanking and econ those two schools certainly wouldn't be among the first 5/6 schools I'd think of.</p>
<p>Actually Northwestern happens to have one of the largest econ departments in the country.
Along with Dartmouth and Princeton, Northwestern also happens to be a school where 4 of the top 5 elite consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Mercer, Monitor) recruit directly on campus.</p>
<p>Georgetown gets recruited by 1 out of 5.
(Reference: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=235587&highlight=consulting+core%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=235587&highlight=consulting+core</a>)</p>
<p>In terms of objective figures, it ranks 7th in USNWR, above Penn, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, and 9th in the Nat'l Research Center rankings, again above schools like Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Brown, Caltech.</p>
<p>Georgetown ranks 54th.
(Reference: <a href="http://www.stat.tamu.edu/%7Ejnewton/nrc_rankings/area36.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area36.html</a>)</p>
<p>"But for ibanking and econ those two schools certainly wouldn't be among the first 5/6 schools I'd think of."</p>
<p>yeah well that's what you think. we do pretty well.</p>
<p>"at nu i'd be majoring in econ and/or ir"</p>
<p>And at Northwestern Int'l Studies is a conjunct major, so it is very possible and plausible to major in econ in conjunction with Int'l Studies.</p>
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<p>for a future in a financial field, northwestern is the clear winner, but for IR or a political career, georgetown has nu dominated.</p>
<p>"or a political career"</p>
<p>-What is a "political career"? And how does a school prepare one for such a career?</p>
<p>The edge that Georgetown has over NU in terms of a "political career" is its location, not its instruction.</p>
<p>i know that nu obviously has a better econ department, but for consulting and even ibanking, firms don't really care that much about major or strength of schools' respective department. i'm just wondering which school is probably more intellectually stimulating and also to a certain extent which would cause employers to say "wow" when they see the name on your resume. also, just because 4/5 top consulting firms recruit directly at NU doesn't mean that you can't get into them from SFS (you just need to take an extra initiative), so this isn't really that much of an issue.</p>
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but for consulting and even ibanking, firms don't really care that much about major or strength of schools' respective department.
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<p>clearly you have no idea what you're talking about. look at the link provided.</p>
<p>don't just come on CC and distribute misinformation, it's not helpful.</p>
<p>am00 - Especially for ibanking, firms care about undergrad. They have target schools which they recruit from, as spots are extremely competitive. It would be near impossible to get a spot otherwise, even if you took the extra initiative.</p>
<p>They don't look at applications and tell themselves "oh, he or she is from a good school" -they only take the people from the specific schools they look at.</p>
<p>Northwestern is recruited moderately there. Georgetown is not.</p>
<p>wait... so you two are telling me that top firms only take job applications from their 'core' schools and don't even bother glancing at applications from other well-respected and prestigious institutions that 1) may not have a large enough interested student body deserving of expansive recruitment effort (i.e. sfs students generally more interested in pursuing ir/academia careers as opposed to many more NU econ majors who are more interested in pursuing banking/consulting) or 2) doesn't offer majors directly applicable to the intended job (georgetown sfs obviously doesn't offer finance and regular econ)</p>
<p>seriously, that's just absurd. top firms (consulting and even ibanking), btw, don't discriminate based on major. it says on their career websites that they seek both individuals with pre-professional degrees as well as those with liberal arts and other degrees.</p>
<p>also, i know for a fact that gtown is well recruited by ibanks (something that i previously mentioned i only had minor interest in)</p>
<p>my questions in this thread is more so focused on the learning environment and which school better prepares you and helps you develop the skills necessary to excel in either consulting (or ibanking/law school/PE,Hedge funds)</p>
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<p>woah.. there's putting words in my mouth if i've ever seen it. i was merely repudiating this erroneous claim:
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<p>by saying that firms, in fact, do care about both department strength and major in recruiting employees, as evidenced by the article linked.</p>
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if this is valid, why is MIT recruited equally to michigan, why is williams above UNC, and why is harvey mudd even on the list?</p>
<p>you are, in fact, incorrect.</p>
<p>just to add:</p>
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<p>try getting an interview with mckinsey or goldman sachs as a poli sci major. it's been done, but not easily. trust me, i would know, i'm a poli sci major at a highly recruited school on that list.</p>
<p>oh.. i just realized you were the OP... nevermind, i thought it was someone else giving you misinformation, that's why i started arguing with what was said.</p>
<p>"my questions in this thread is more so focused on the learning environment and which school better prepares you and helps you develop the skills necessary to excel in either consulting (or ibanking/law school/PE,Hedge funds)"</p>
<p>can anyone actually help me with this...</p>
<p>^^^???????</p>
<p>How about you not be a consultant/i banker like EVERYONE else here... :)</p>
<p>um... ok, what else could i do that allows me live in a big city comfortably</p>
<p>yeah, because when I think of nice and comfortable jobs, I think Ibanking.</p>
<p>lol gomestar.</p>
<p>You might live comfortably but think about the hectic lives of the people on wall street.</p>
<p>Get up EXTREMELY EARLY then have a long long day, ending at maybe 6. And then you have events or dinners or what not with clients ect. most nights of the week getting you home around 11-12. Obviously there are exceptions but I have plenty of family friends who have done this and it is a hectic lifestyle. Seriously if you want to do Ibanking do it, but don't just pick any job because they theoretically will make a lot of money.</p>
<p>OP,
You're doing it all wrong. You would be a much better fit at Greed College. Check out the BA in Hedge Funds, BA in Investment Banking, and BA in Private Equity. I hear they even offer a minor in Getting Rich Quick. This school is very popular with companies that care more about making sure their employees get rich, than with making profits. Don't ask me give examples of those firms though, as I conveniently can't remember what any of them are called.</p>