Thanks in advance for your comments
Determines if you want only a Finance education or a General Business and Finance education.
Which employment reports did you like better?
This should be an easy decision. But then if you think you are competitive enough to get into Northwestern MBA, you should be competitive for the most competitive MS finance program, not the one at WUSTL. This is just odd.
The MBA is generally for those with work experience.
Agree with @ChaChaanTeng.
The MS in Finance is a pre-experience professional degree designed for STEM and Economics majors who want to work in entry level Finance jobs such as an analyst etc. So, I too agree with @ChaChaanTeng.
WUSTL curriculum has courses which seem to be suitable more for those who have undergraduate degrees in business. This is the main reason for having this thread.