<p>Some of these are just stereotypes I heard so don't get ****ed or anything...</p>
<p>Cornell (AEM)
+ugrad biz
+Ivy
+alum network (east)
+NYC nearby</p>
<p>-hypercompetitive/cutthroat
-HYP rejects
-middle of nowhere
-grade deflation
-insane major requirements
-huge greek scene
-lower ranked than ND Mendoza in businessweek</p>
<p>NU (MMSS/Econ)
+small close knit group, collaborative
+Chicago
+Econ highly ranked
+alum network (midwest)
+easier to get into Kellogg
+Kellogg certificates (though they're not even minors)</p>
<p>-no ugrad biz
-too intellectual/academic, not practical enough
-Ivy rejects
-huge greek scene</p>
<p>ND (Mendoza)
+ugrad biz
+higher ranked than cornell AEM
+alum network (midwest)</p>
<p>-not diverse
-Catholic --> not Jewish --> Jewish bankers don't recruit
-religion classes
-middle of nowhere
-no sex</p>
<p>Probably won't get into Wharton, so looking to early one of these instead. Any thoughts? Career plans = ibanking/consulting as usual</p>
<p>"-no ugrad biz
-too intellectual/academic, not practical enough"</p>
<p>that's a misconception you will soon dismiss once you get to college. An econ degree from any of the top programs >>> business degree when it comes to "practicality."</p>
<p>definitely more "academic" though, i would say.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure the MMSS kids on average are more successful than other two in getting jobs from elite firms. But then MMSS is smaller, harder to get in, and more rigorous than the other two.</p>
<p>while there are convenient buses between cornell and new york city, it is a VERY LONG trip, as in upwards of four hours (though i've heard it can be done in 2.5)</p>
<p>i just got back from preview NU as a prospective econ major. I also was concerned about no undergrad biz school, but the econ major is basically the same as any biz major anywhere. there are a lot of managerial type classes built in. the econ program is like in the top 5 in the country (world??), so its a quality program. </p>
<p>i learned this week that around 35% are in greek life if that helps.</p>
<p>NU faculty were saying that the kellog financial economics certificate for undergrads was a prestigious opportunity because of its connection with an amazing grad biz school. Some very rigorous prerequisites in econ and calculus...</p>
<p>you could also do a business institutions minor...i dont know a whole lot about that, but it will help you on the road to business, like MBA or just the business workplace in general.
Many prospective students that i met at preview NU were accepted to ivies, so dont worry about the ivy reject issue. there will be plenty of brilliant minds at NU. I talked to a sophomore econ major who turned down MIT and Harvard to come to NU for its econ program.
hope this helps.</p>
<p>one of the speakers at the "Roads to Business" info session said, word for word, that the level of the classes in the certificate programs "blows" anything Wharton has to offer out of the water. he actually said that. besides this comment, the info session really showed how committed they are to those that want a great future in business. the main programs highlighted were the econ major, MMSS, the kellogg program, and the Learning and Organizational Change major within SESP. i truly believe that besides maybe Wharton, Haas, or Ross, the econ major at any top college is way better than an undergrad business degree from anywhere else.</p>
<p>i heard the same thing about ridewitbd,
i remember how they said it blows wharton out of the water. I think an econ degree from NU is more prestigious than a business degree from Cornell or Notre Dame. you should go wherever makes you happy, though.</p>
<p>I have to make the same choice as you (except Cornell AEM - didn't apply and probably wouldn't go there even if they paid me.) I vote for MMSS, see what above posters have said.</p>
<p>I also remember the "blows Wharton out of the water" comment - but I wonder how true it is. After all they were trying to attract students to NU, and a statement like that can't really be verified. </p>
<p>People were very nice, helpful and friendly, but I also can't be sure if that was because it was Preview NU.</p>
<p>"I also remember the "blows Wharton out of the water" comment - but I wonder how true it is. After all they were trying to attract students to NU, and a statement like that can't really be verified."</p>
<p>just think about it, wharton is #1 undergrad b school, kellogg is #1 GRADUATE b school. kellogg certificate program is also much more selective than wharton, as well as much smaller. Kellogg MBA ranks above Wharton MBA.</p>
<p>the caliber of professors at kellogg is going to be much greater than at wharton, it is the premier graduate business school, teaching at wharton undergrad would be seen as a stepping stone to kellogg. Also, from the point of view of companies, the applicant will have taken graduate business classes, in addition to a top 5 economics degree. </p>
<p>Wharton is simply #1 undergrad business, however as already reasoned elsewhere, this is not as large of a claim as one might think. Top schools: HYPSM, Uchicago, Northwestern, Colombia, Dartmouth, etc. do not have undergraduate business programs. However they all have economics programs and NU is in the top five among THOSE schools, which ALSO includes upenn.</p>
<p>absolutely, elsifidl</p>