<p>…if you can secure an internship in New York at a bank during the school year (or just network well) you will be in better shape then Whartonites</p>
<p>No – no one is in better shape than Whartonites. Sorry.</p>
<p>Here is a link to the Wharton Undergraduate Class of 2011 Career Placement Survey:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/WHA_2011cp.pdf[/url]”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/undergrad/reports/WHA_2011cp.pdf</a></p>
<p>Im sorry I am a applying ED to Stern and I still dot believe that they are #1 for Finance. They are #2, and that ranking on the NYU website is largely b.s. as it places U of Rochester over Wharton. For that it looses all credibility in my mind.</p>
<p>^ Thank you for your honesty :)</p>
<p>Good luck. For ‘finance’, I’d rank the two truly global schools – Wharton & MIT – far ahead of Stern. And personally, I’d put several Ivies-Econ (obviously HYP, but also Dartmouth) ahead of Stern.</p>
<p>Lets not quibble over rankings, I think it is fair to say that Stern has a great finance department and is a good choice if you want to end up in banking. Granted it is not as prestigious as Wharton, but by no means is going to Stern a disadvantage for IB. If you put in a little leg work and have a solid GPA you will land a an IB job weather you are at Wharton, Stern, Ross, Haas, Sloan, Kelley or most other b-schools mentioned in this thread.</p>
<p>NYU is excellent, but Wharton is the top undergrad business school in the country and also has a worldwide reputation that can’t be beat.</p>
<p>Did you check carefully the link in FT rankings? It was pulled from Stern website with reference to FT. Most probably you missed that point.</p>
<p>Again its from FT!! [A</a> league of their own - FT.com](<a href=“A league of their own | Financial Times”>A league of their own | Financial Times)</p>
<p>dfree124 you have some interest in Wharton ye? Sorry that Stern beats you in Finance…</p>
<p>I am guessing at this point the curriculum is pretty similar at both schools. Where Wharton beats Stern is in prestige and alumni connections. Lets face it many college decisions are made just based on prestige alone, and there is no denying Wharton has a great brand name appeal. I am 100% sure that as time progresses Stern will become more and more prestigious as their alumni start climbing up the ranks of the business world, but as it stands today Wharton is a clear #1.</p>
<p>busconnect you have some interest in Stern? Sorry that Wharton beats you in finance…</p>
<p>I was accepted by both Wharton and NYU Stern (fyi dfree124) but the big issue for me is that I love NYC so I am inclined for Stern which I see is a top tier business school overall and particularly elite in finance. I find it very intriguing having world class professors like Damodaran, Ed Altman, Robert Engle (Nobel Price winner), etc teaching you.</p>
<p>I was accepted by both Wharton and NYU Stern (fyi dfree124) but the big issue for me is that I love NYC so I am inclined for Stern which I see is a top tier business school overall and particularly elite in finance. I find it very intriguing having world class faculty like Damodaran, Ed Altman, Robert Engle (Nobel Price winner), etc teaching you. I have also been looking at their MSc in Global Finance and Risk Management which appear to be world class programs: <a href=“http://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/global-degrees/ms-risk-management-executives/index.htm[/url]”>http://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/global-degrees/ms-risk-management-executives/index.htm</a> I recently read at US news that due to the oversupply of MBAs the degree is becoming heavily saturated and therefore more specialized degrees are needed, which also give you the possibility to get exceptions from a large part of exams of top notch professional designations. It may make sense given the competitive environment.</p>
<p>MBA warning signal and the emergence of specialized degrees: [Slight</a> Decline In MBA Program Interest | Poets and Quants](<a href=“http://poetsandquants.com/2012/03/13/slight-decline-in-interest-for-mba-programs/]Slight”>http://poetsandquants.com/2012/03/13/slight-decline-in-interest-for-mba-programs/)</p>
<p>btw dfree124, NYU Stern has far lower acceptance rate 13.6% than Wharton 18.8%… [10</a> Business Schools With the Lowest Acceptance Rates - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/2012/03/15/10-business-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates]10”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/2012/03/15/10-business-schools-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates)</p>
<p>That’s for the MBA program. The real geniuses at Wharton are the undergrads.</p>