<p>This is the current list I have in mind. However, if possible I'd like to narrow the chocies down a bit. SO if possible, could you rank these colleges based on your preference? (I'd be grateful if you could provide your reasons as well)</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Cal Haas - Business Administration
Chicago - Economics
Cornell - Economics
Georgetown Mcdonough - Finance
Northwestern - Economics
NYU Stern - Finance/International Business
Stanford - Economics
U Penn - Economics
USC Marshall - Business Administration
UCLA - Business Econmics
WUSTL Olin - Finance</p>
<p>Stanford - you shouldn't turn down Stanford...
Chicago - great econ program and unique environment
NYU Stern - amazing finance program and one of the best locations
Northwestern - nice school with a well respected program
U Penn - beautiful school, too many frats
Georgetown Mc - it's Georgetown...
Cal Haas - top-notch business and cool area around school
WUSTL Olin - great school :D but not the best business program
UCLA - good if you don't get into Cal
USC - overpriced and the Marshall Curve scares me.</p>
<p>Chicago - Economics - best damn school for econ
U Penn - Economics - if referring to wharton, then overrated but best name brand for business
Stanford - Economics - the stanford name gets away on this one
Cal Haas - Business Administration - close proxmity to sf financial district, decent program, good school name.
NYU Stern - Finance/International Business - tied with haas, good solid program, in NY which is great for finance
Northwestern - Economics - don't regard it as a top notch compared to chicago
USC Marshall - Business Administration - decent bus program but haas and stern are better
Cornell - Economics - neh
UCLA - Business Econmics - okay
Georgetown Mcdonough - Finance - bleh</p>
<p>-My preferences are biased towards the east coast so stanford/ucla/usc suffer alot
-My top is Cornell- but its because my sister goes there
-Georgetown is near the top, but only because the business school (as of last year) accepted 30%</p>
<p>Unless you take a huge poll, individual preferences are useless (unless you're just looking for inspiration for you "why" essays)</p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford...easily.</li>
<li>Chicago
Northwestern
UPenn
Cornell
Cal Haas (it makes it up here for consulting)</li>
<li>NYU Stern (probably better than haas for finance-related jobs)</li>
<li>Georgetown (good recruiting)</li>
<li>USC Marshall
UCLA Bus Econ (both are excellent for accounting and the LA area, but a bit harder if you want to go to Wall Street or something)</li>
</ol>
<p>WashU is amazing all around, though if one is considering business, it probably is one of the worst choices on that list. It would be ranked higher (by me at least) if we were comparing WashU Econ instead of Olin finance.</p>
<p>mschop,
Just because Northwestern's econ is ranked #8 instead of #1 doesn't mean it's not "top notch compared to chicago". From what I gathered, UChicago's curriculum is more theoretical while Northwestern's is more practical. That doesn't mean NU students aren't taught to think critically. Their College Fed Challenge team beat UChicago's team three times in a row in the midwest regional (they went on to win the national champ 3 years in a row). That to me is an indication that the two are very comparable in rigor and training. Chicago has the edge in reputation but NU's program is still highly regarded.</p>
<p>i dont know how you guys rank, U PENN and UCB are the best fo these schools, followd by UCLA nd NYU, i dont understnad why you would rank georgetown higher than any of these.</p>
<p>Sam Lee, you've posted that Fed Challenge **** in about 2000 out of your 2500 posts on collegeconfidential. It's not very persuasive and kind of annoying. I'm sure you can find 30 other things that vindicate Northwestern Economics that are more compelling and might actually point to something desirable in the program. Also, do you work for/get paid by Northwestern?</p>
<p>Vindicate what? You mean a #8 ranking isn't enough to show it's highly regarded?? </p>
<p>I am just saying there's not a huge difference between #1/2 and #8 program (graduate ranking) at the undergrad level. I am not saying it's better and I'd already acknowledged UChicago has the edge in reputation. I pointed out NU students won 3 times in a row in a head-to-head econ competiton. Now the burden of proof is on you if you want to insist UChicago undergrad econ is much better.</p>
<p>Not very persuasive? Again, please show me persuasive evidence that shows UChicago's econ majors have much better econ training than those in NU or other #6-#10 schools like Columbia or Penn.</p>
<p>Your last question shows you can't help engaging childish game instead of focusing on the discussion.</p>
<p>34% of Olin's graduates chose to work in the finance sector. Among the top 12 hirers, you find: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, AGEdwards, Bank of America, CIBC, Edward Jones.</p>
<p>Finance and economics are actually two different fields now. It is difficult to compare the two. If you are more theoretically/analytically oriented, you choose Economics. That's probably a good thing for undergraduates.</p>
<p>Olin's finance is superb. By contrast, Georgetown's finance faculty members do not have national (academic) reputations. It is the weakest one among the programs OP listed.</p>
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<p>I agree completely. But people still don't realize that stregnth of the graduate program has nothing to do with Introductory Economics 201 (or whatever). Such undergrad courses are not going to be taught any better by a nobel-prize winner than a regular professor.</p>
<p>Besides, Economics has become such an popular subject of study that almost every top-ranked schoool (save Caltech) has a comparably great undergrad program.</p>
<p>(And I'm not defending Northwestern- I still prefer Chicago by a little)</p>
<p>Sam Lee,
I have never insisted that UChicago's program is "much" better. In this thread I put Northwestern and Chicago on equal terms, in another thread I put Chicago and Harvard above Northwestern, probably on the basis of reputation alone. But even in that thread I did not regard the gap as very significant.</p>
<p>I acknowledge that my tone was harsh, but my post was more of a suggestion that it might be more didactic for you to post information more directly pertinent to the quality of the economics program at Northwestern, if of course, educating people about the program is even your goal.</p>
<p>And my last question was genuinely just something I was wondering. I don't see how it was childish, as it was not intended to be an ad hominem attack. I just like to understand the backgrounds from which people come and the perspectives that they employ, so that I can better evaluate how to consider their advice and judgements on this forum. </p>
<p>My apologies for any misunderstandings,
Nuveen</p>
<p>I have already given more info about a single program (NU's) than other posters on this thread: (1) it has a more practical appraoch than UChicago's and (2) its student team had won a collegiate econ contest. </p>
<p>To answer your last question, I went to NU as an international. I am biased in the sense that I like informing people about the strength of NU. I <em>love</em> selling NU. But I don't lie, post false stats, or misinform (such as saying a program is world-renowned or top-10 when it isn't).</p>