<p>I can only choose one of the to apply to (family issues). Im probably doing an econ major (not AEM for cornell but under arts and sciences). I'm really conflicted because I don't really like Cornell's location and the weather. However, Ive heard that Cornell is a bigger target school for Wall Street. Additionally, both schools are already a reach for me, and Cornell is (relatively) easier to get into. Which one should I apply to please help?!</p>
<p>Northwestern and Cornell are both great schools. However, to say that Cornell is a bigger target school for Wall Street is probably false. I’d give NU a little more weight. Go to the schools you want to go to, if you don’t like Ithaca, don’t go. NU has a great econ program, probably better than CU. At the end, pick a school that you could picture yourself living for 4 years.</p>
<p>I am not sure why you think Cornell is easier to get into than NU. Since you are thinking about Wall St…My daughter double majored at Cornell, math/econ. One of our relative’s daughter went to NU, also double majored with math/econ. They graduated the same year and both of them are working at a bulk bracket WS firm.</p>
<p>If you don’t like Cornell’s location and weather you shouldn’t go there. I don’t think NU’s weather is better. NU is closer to a major city, but it is in the midwest. Have you visited the schools? </p>
<p>cornell is larger target than NU</p>
<p>I am not sure if I agree. </p>
<p>When the op says Wall Street, I am assuming he wants to work in finance in new york city? if that is the case, cornell has the edge. The reason is because of location and also because cornell is larger and is an ivy league. Northwestern places kids into chicago banks, but that is definitely not the case all the time, it is obviously possible to land a job in nyc</p>
<p>I disagree because my kid’s IB recruits at NU and so does GS and many other IBs. They may recruit for their Chicago office, but they also recruit for their NY office. Those banks understand there are many good schools and students outside of NE.</p>
<p>you say your kid’s IB recruits at NU. Of course they do, NU is a good school. I never said NU wasn’t a target school, i just said cornell is more of a target. </p>
<p>superdub - you are a high school student, right? Enough said.</p>
<p>It is silly to choose one school over another on a perceived notion that one school is more of a target school for IBs. What if you should change your mind a year later? How many high school students know what they want to do 4 or 5 years later. How many people decide not to be pre-med or pre-law after few years. </p>
<p>and your daughters work on wall street, how does that make you more of an expert than me?
<a href=“Cornell or Northwestern? | Wall Street Oasis”>http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/cornell-or-northwestern</a>
<a href=“What is Northwestern University's Reputation | Wall Street Oasis”>http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/northwestern-undergrad-for-wall-street</a></p>
<p>@oldfort @superdub stop arguing you guys are saying the same thing. Both are good schools and posting in the Cornell section will come with some bias. OP should go where s/he feels is a better fit.</p>
<p>superdub and I are not saying the same thing, please read the posts. What makes me more knowledgable than you? Lets see, because I have worked in WS most of my life. I don’t get my info from the internet.</p>
<p>you don’t even know the proper term, it’s bulge bracket not bulk bracket.
I’m not going to waste my time, OP can decide who’s right. OP, I advise you to check out the links i posted.</p>
<p>Sorry, cooking and posting do not mix. Yes, OP should go to a school that’s best fit for him/her and not worry about if he/she would have a better chance of getting into IB.</p>
<p>That I can agree with. you might not even want to work in finance later on</p>
<p>If you don’t like the weather in Ithaca, you for sure are not going to like it on the lake in Evanston. It’s f r e e z i n g there! </p>
<p>Wow, OP and post #1 are the second and third pandas I’ve seen on CC today, I think.</p>
<p>To answer your question: I think it ultimately depends on whether you’d prefer suburban Evanston or semi-rural Ithaca, and whether you like the quarter system or semesters more. Northwestern and Cornell are pretty similar and you’ll probably have the same opportunities coming out of both. I’m a STEM GT, but from what I remember AEM has one of the top undergrad programs in the country while Kellogg (NU) is a pretty fantastic grad school and usually higher-ranked than Johnson. On-campus recruiting does go on at Cornell but because there are so many students, competition can be fierce…</p>
<p>Sorry I didn’t have more to say. Usually there are some striking differences between institutions in an X vs. Y post, but I really do think Cornell and Northwestern are a lot alike. </p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>NU Class of 2018 % admitted: 13.0%
CU Class of 2018 % admitted: 14.0%</p>
<p>Moral of story: how about you actually try to get into one first and then decide. If you get into both, choose the better FA package. They’re both great schools, if you don’t like Ithaca, don’t do ED…no need to start a war over this.</p>
<p>Just based on this thread, I would choose to take @superdub’s advice over @oldfort’s. THe latter come across as arrogant and isn’t really even following the argument. The former is providing his opinion to a specific question, exactly what the OP asked. </p>
<p>Working on Wall Street DOES NOT give you the right to dismiss HS students or anyone else. Certainly not when you can’t even bother to pay attention. Again, the HS student answered a question and did not make a suggestion about reasons for choosing a school. So there was no reason to get on his case about “perceived notions” and choosing schools. If you ask me, an apology is in order.</p>
<p>The discussion we were having was if 1) someone should choose one school over another because it is more of a target school, 2) is Cornell more of a target school than Cornell.</p>
<p>My response, 1) No, because high schoolers often change their career aspirations over time, 2) No, based on what I know, Cornell is not more of a target school. Why do I know? Aside from where I worked, I know people from other firms, my kid has shared her firm’s recruiting list with me, so have her friends from other firms. Cornell was dropped from my kid’s firm recruiting list two years ago and just made it back on this year. Another word, the list changes from year to year, except for extremely top tier schools, like Wharton, HYPS. It is a mistake to choose a school just based on whether it is a target school for WS firms. Just another side note, over 75% of analysts do not end up staying in the business. They either get burned out or decided it wasn’t for them.</p>
<p>Anyone can post on the internet. The trick is to figure out what to believe in. On CC, I usually go back to read people’s postings. No, I don’t think a high school student has any idea about what it is like to work on WS or how to best get hired, unless he/she knows someone in the business. It is no different than the Chance Thread where high school students are predicting someone’s chance of getting into a school.</p>