<p>IM trying to figure out which school I want to apply early to for the Class of 2012. Deciding between UC economics and Northwestern MMSS. If anybody could give me some more infor that is not on the northwestern website about the MMSS program that would be great. Does anybody know if this program is good for a potential job on wall street?</p>
<p>MMSS has extremely good grad placement rates. But Northwestern has ED, and you're not guaranteed into the MMSS program, so if you're betting on that don't apply early.</p>
<p>I can relate my (admittedly limited) experience from my overnight at Northwestern. When people asked what my potential major was, everyone's immediate response was that MMSS grads have fantastic placement into well-paying jobs in the business world. No one, however, said anything about how intellectually rewarding the program was, how much MMSS students enjoyed the teaching, or anything about the experience besides its difficulty. My impression was that the fantastic job placement was the chief motivation for people in MMSS and few are passionate about the subject itself. My host told me that he went into MMSS because he "wanted to make a lot of money after graduation". As someone who was more interested in the subject than the potential monetary rewards, this sort of turned me off and was one of the reasons I decided against attending Northwestern.</p>
<p>Of course, that was just my experience. YMMV</p>
<p>^^let me guess, you went to U of C? yea, it is kind of a turn off when so many ppl say they do it for the money. reality bites. get used to it.</p>
<p>Catfish,</p>
<p>Am I missing something? More than half of MMSS graduates have gone to graduate schools. So much for doing MMSS just for money! FYI, judgemental people and those who constantly think they are smarter or more intellectual than others tend to have poor people skills (I wonder why none of the Fortune 500 CEO went to Chicago undergrad).</p>
<p>I apologize for giving you the wrong impression. I'm not trying to be judgmental, nor do I think that I am "smarter or more intellectual" than other people. I just posted the impression I got from my limited observation over a 24 hour period. I'm sure there are plenty of people who truly enjoy the subject on its own merits. It just so happened that I didn't see them. I don't know, that might be because of my host.</p>
<p>Regardless, there were more important reasons I chose not to go to Northwestern. My visit made me realized why I decided to apply entirely to LAC's before choosing to apply to Northwestern as well. The small college experience is definitely a better fit for me.</p>
<p>Sam: the MMSS website says more than half have entered graduate or professional schools, which include law and business. </p>
<p>Catfish: that's perfectly fine, and I'm glad that you ended up somewhere where you'd be happy! Lots of current students/alumni don't realize that prospectives mostly have a short time-frame to visit and form impressions (cough Notre Dame cough). Hey, if the school doesn't appeal to you while you're there, you should have no qualms about going somewhere else.</p>
<p>I visited Northwestern and talked with some professor about MMSS. The program sounded interesting, but it seemed like the major was very light on math classes. This turned me off and I ended up applying to engineering. The professor repeadidly lauded how well the MMSS kids do after undergrad in both the workplace and grad school. In the end I chose Chicago for math/econ because I felt Chicago was a much better fit for me both academically and socially. Chicago econ and Northwestern MMSS are both great programs. I think its just a matter of which school suits you best. I suggest you visit both schools. The enviornments are vastly different in my opinion.</p>