<p>For undergraduate business, how good is CMU Tepper versus schools like Wash U Olin or NYU Stern? Especially in terms of finance. I'm wondering about internships and job placement after graduation as well. Thanks!</p>
<p>Phenomenal. That being said, there are advantages to each imo</p>
<p>WashU - highest ranked, prlly nicest lifestyle
NYU - proximity to wall street, TONS of internship oppo
CMU - #1 salary (according to something i read somewhere… i forget), Quantitative program (i like that anyway)…</p>
<p>Is anyone concerned about the amount of work at Carnegie Mellon compared to other schools? Heard it is all work…no school spirit…and a terrible amount of stress…any current students available to comment?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Well… i’m not a student… but i’ve been on campus… i’ve got to say it looks like one of the chillest campuses out of the ones that i’ve been to (uPenn, Columbia, NYU, Cornell)</p>
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<p>I don’t remember that being true for any of my friends in the business school.</p>
<p>CMU is for serious students. That being said, there are a lot of opportunities to blow off steam on campus and in the broader city. The key to success is time management and good study skills. If you want to party everyday, skip CMU.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard:</p>
<p>Tepper - Best for trading or any quantitative finance role (risk management, financial analytics, research analyst at a quantitative HF, etc.)
Stern - Best for investment banking. Stern is unbelievably good at getting kids into Investment Banking and Sales.
Olin - Don’t know too much about it, but I don’t think its better than Stern for i-banking or better than Tepper for trading. Olin’s reputation is pretty strong imo so its still a good choice.</p>
<p>Although it seems cliche, you should probably choose which college is a good fit for you socially and academically. All three schools are fairly different so visit them before you make a decision. Congrats on being admitted to CMU btw!</p>
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>Current Tepper School senior here. Graduate this may, and will be working in a Bulge Bracket bank for Investment Banking. Have been president of several undergraduate finance clubs here on campus. I can speak from experience that significant internship opportunities do exist here on campus. Banks, Hedge Funds, Private equity all recruit interns from the Tepper School, and most banks recruit full time as well. Seeing as the program is very quantitative, most banks recruit heavily for sales and trading (hence the hedge funds as well), however students that bone up on accounting can be placed in investment banking as well (I am an example).</p>
<p>In my experience, WashU does not place as well among Wall St. firms, but Stern does. One thing to note- class sizes at Tepper are much smaller than NYU, so direct competition for on campus recruiting is less ruthless.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Would it be easy to double major at Tepper and SCS? I got in Tepper but I was waitlisted at SCS and was really bummed about that…</p>
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Wondering about that, too. Also, how is the workload for a double major in Tepper and CS (from any observations or experience)?</p>
<p>@CMUTPR3 Thanks for the input!</p>
<p>I had friends that doubled in engineering and business, and they considered all of their business classes their easy ones. So, adding it to a business degree is very difficult. Adding it to an engineering degree not as much.</p>
<p>Just as a disclaimer, I am only familiar with the Finance concentration within Stepper, so that is what I refer to when I speak about the program. </p>
<p>That being said, a Finance/SCS double sounds very similar to computational finance. Look into that program if you are curious. It covers finance with an emphasis on math and computer programming. It is highly competitive and the courses required for acceptance to the major are tough (I believe sophomores and juniors can apply to be compfi majors after taking the basic prerequisites).</p>
<p>If you double in Stepper/CS, the bulk of your workload will be from CS. SCS works their students harder. Tepper kids will still have to work though.</p>
<p>How hard is it to internally transfer into Tepper as a freshman? How many people get selected out of those who apply? I’m got into MCS intending to study operations research, but I’ve decided that I’d rather become an investment banker or trader (so a Tepper degree is much more relevant and useful).</p>