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<p>Northwestern v U of I...</p>
<p>Northwestern: 41k in loans. love the school. going for journalism and econ...i love journalism but i dont think id be a reporter. maybe id do PR. </p>
<p>U of I: no loans. got into the honors business program. but i dont know if id fit in there, although i honestly could be happy anywhere. </p>
<p>is northwestern worth the 41k in loans?
at U of I, i would probably do a finance related major and a job would be guaranteed. im not quite sure how people do after they get an econ degree at NU, if a similar good job would be landed or not (which is really important because of the debt). it comes down to recruiters..which would they prefer, the northwestern econ degree v. U of I business degree?</p>
<p>I’m a freshman econ major. The department’s big, well-respected, and the profs are good at teaching their subject. McKinsey, accenture, and LinkedIn have all done recruiting things on campus, and there were some larger events that I can’t quite remember at the moment.</p>
<p>Econ is a little math-heavy here. It only requires Calc 220, but it’s a very, very, very good idea to take 224 and 230 too (that’s the whole single variable calc, plus multivariable differential calc). Take a look at Medill’s IMC if you haven’t already. Might be interested.</p>
<p>i took ab calc my junior year (got a 5) so i believe that i would need to take another calculus credit. would you recommend going into multivariable/linear algebra? or is that actually a requirement. also, is econ itself at NU a hard subject to study? i know that its the most popular.</p>
<p>Oh, awesome. Definitely review your calc notes before you take calc, but if you got a 5, you’ll be fine starting with 224.</p>
<p>The only math requirement for econ is MATH 220, which is covered by your 5 on the AP. But going through MATH 230 will help a lot, and completing the whole calculus/linear algebra sequence opens up opportunities for a minor or major in mathematics or statistics, which might go well with a marketing certificate, and would be helpful if you want to go into some sort of consulting.</p>
<p>Some of the 300-level econ courses do require MATH 224 and 230; none of them require anything more than that. It’s not required, but it opens your choices up to the more math-heavy field courses. It also makes the other econ courses a lot easier. You’ll use certain techniques in ECON-310 and up that also appear in MATH 230. The more familiar you are with 3d graphs, etc., the better off you’ll be.</p>
<p>Topics, off the top of my head:
-Partial derivatives
-Lagrange multipliers
-Traces, visualizing and manipulating graphs in 3d
Also, make sure your algebra is nice and polished.</p>
<p>My econ-310 class is pretty difficult–the prof gave us what he said was the hardest problem set of the course, and it was pretty tough. Not impossible, but it can take a lot of work.</p>
<p>The hardest problem so far has probably been a generalized derivation. Proving the relationship between Marshallian and Hicksian demand equations, expenditure minimization, and utility maximization in a general form.</p>
<p>You’ll also have to take STAT 210, which is intro stats for the social sciences.</p>
<p>Another thought - a good number of kids graduate one or two terms early which is a bit easier because of both AP credit and the quarter system. That would certainly save you money!</p>
<p>D knows many kids at NU who end up with the option of graduating early. Conversely, we know several kids at underfunded State schools who haven’t been able to get all the classes they needed to graduate in 4 years, plus some who have gotten so lost in classes of 300+ kids that they’ve had to retake several classes or have dropped out.</p>
<p>Yeah if you graduate with a good GPA from Northwestern econ your job opportunities will be substantially more than U of I. Don’t worry about getting a job graduating from Northwestern econ. Top banks, top consulting all recruit here</p>