<p>So how is princeton if I want to follow a business carrer?</p>
<p>Should I try UPENN Wharton?</p>
<p>ZERO difference, especially in banking/ consulting.</p>
<p>didnt know that..</p>
<p>what about entrepreneurship?</p>
<p>entrepreneurship is pretty hard to learn anywhere. entrepreneurship is about instincts, and so they come from anywhere. (babson is ranked #1 by USNews for it, and wharton #2, but that doesnt assess whether an entrepreneurial degree is even worth it, since youd be relying on yourself for employment)</p>
<p>princeton doesnt have many specific business majors since it does not have a business school. most follow economics/finance and do fine since their economics program is top in the nation</p>
<p>If you're interested in ibanking, you'd be hard-pressed to find a school with better job placement coming out of college. All the top firms recruit heavily here, and ptons the type of place where you can major in anything, get a finance certificate, and easily land an ibanking job. </p>
<p>As for entrepreneurship, I think there are some classes on it here, but in general its more about leadership skills, organizational talent, ambition, and risk-taking ability. It's not something you learn in a classroom. </p>
<p>Wharton definitely has a more applied focus. If it's business that you want to study, then great. But if you want to study history or politics or engineering in college, then you can do that too and have just as successful a career in business later.</p>
<p>akx great analysis. thats what ill be doing. princeton truly doesnt have any weak departments.</p>
<p>If you're interested in a business career then Princeton has several strong programs that might interest you: The Economics department is strong, the school offers a certificate in Finance if you'd like more practical business-oriented training, there are several entepreneur clubs and business assosiations, as well as the chance to try running a business youself: Princeton students run the Student Agencies and the school is very supportive of students with ideas for new businesses they would like to run on campus. Besides that, there are internships through alumni networks, and New York is just an hour away so Wall Street is closer to Princeton than Wharton ;) </p>
<p>What type of business, specifically, are you interested in?</p>
<p>when I go out of college I want to start my own business</p>
<p>There might be only a small difference in recruiting between Penn's Wharton and Princeton. But it is not only the matter of getting a foot in the door, you also have to perform. I would argue that Wharton would better prepare you for the business world - even more so if you want to create your own business (accounting etc).</p>
<p>CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt - Princeton. CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos - Princeton. CEO of EBay, Meg Whitman - Princeton.</p>
<p>CEO of Yahoo, Terry Semel - Long Island University.</p>
<p>What about training in terms of investing, finance, and stocks?</p>
<p>The econ and operation research/financial engineering departments both provide a number of more applied courses for finance on topics from corporate finance to options, futures, and other derivatives. So there are plenty of courses to provide you with a solid background for finance. Also, most ibanks and other finance jobs will train you for six or so weeks before you actually start working.</p>
<p>You can do a certificate (minor) in finance if you want. These are among the few fields that will actually train people with an undergrad degree, though. It's competitive everywhere, but motivated students get highly paid summer internships in these fields that often translate into employment after graduation, and these firms all interview for post-Princeton jobs on campus. You need to do reasonably well in your coursework and also interview well. If you have these qualifications, you can be very confident coming out of Princeton.</p>
<p>You can go to any top school and get a decent job at ibanking or another business related career.</p>
<p>I would venture that The Wharton School can give you the best placement since they specialize in this.</p>
<p>How would you rate the econ program as far as competitive students. It is cut throat? Is the economics program difficult as say pre-med majors?</p>
<p>princeton isnt cut-throat. its a very slow-paced place.</p>
<p>This is a wonderfully enlightening thread.</p>
<p>Anounou5 -- I know you are correct that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, but do any of the Ivy's bring in successful entrepreneurs for the students to <em>osmose</em> from a bit? </p>
<p>Dizzyson is actually thinking about majorinig in a science in order to have a "hard" major because Princeton is the one school that will allow him to also delve into his love of English and Philosophy. Is that a wise choice?</p>
<p>WEll, having faced this exact problem, and chose Wharton over PRinceton (very tough choice cuz i found princeton very fun!) But i would say to if it is just a career path you want, then Princeton is fine, it really depends how quickly you want to do everything. IF you have other VERY strong interests other than business Id suggest you go to Princeton and u can go to business grad school. I know for a fact that there is nothing else I want to do, and that (along with certain class differences) is why I chose Wharton. The bottom line is that either way you cant go wrong, at least thats what everyone said to me...which btw didnt help my decision at all. Just make the decision for you..ignore the name and rank since either way the school ur going to is ranked number 1 (wharton and princeton) and good luck</p>
<p>although either way youll eventually need an MBA...</p>