Northwestern Vs. Notre Dame business

<p>I have been admitted to both schools and i wish to hear the both advantages. Please help I am extremely torn. Notre Dame has a prestigious business school, but the certificates and economics program at Nothwestern is tough to beat.</p>

<p>The certificates at NU are more suited to financial investing, analysis, etc. and not as much towards management and administration (as far as I know) so it really depends on what you want to do. Also, ND is Catholic, and has quite a few more students.</p>

<p>Econ + Kellogg certificates are gonna be more marketable than BBA, which are everywhere. But Kellogg certificates are more advanced and quantitative; are you pretty good at math?</p>

<p>Fresh grads coming out of colleges don’t manage anybody. Management skills are best to be first learned on the job and then maybe fine-tuned through theories learned in MBA programs after some years of experience; that’s why those intro courses in something like management or organization behavior in BBA programs are kinda lame in my opinion. The finance courses are okay but they are fairly basic in comparison to the Kellogg cert program in financial economics; accounting degree is fine and ND has a great program in accounting.</p>

<p>I think Northwestern has a better national reputation than ND with regard to academics. ND is a great school but I don’t think many would consider it to be in the same league as Northwestern and its peer group (lower Ivies, Duke, UChicago, etc.).</p>

<p>I love Northwestern but would have to point out that Notre Dame’s business school keeps ranking first in the country with Bloomberg Businessweek. Here is the article from last March.</p>

<p>[Best</a> Undergraduate Business Schools 2012 - Notre Dame No. 1 for Third Consecutive Year - Businessweek](<a href=“http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/2012-03-20/best-undergraduate-business-schools-2012]Best”>http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/2012-03-20/best-undergraduate-business-schools-2012)</p>

<p>^But it’s ranked 11th in US News. Different methodology, I guess.</p>

<p>The only thing that the rankings really prove is that it’s a generally high quality school, but, as evidenced by the 10 spot difference between Bloomberg and USNWR, it isn’t a super accurate reading. The business schools at both are highly ranked, so you can’t really compare that too much.</p>

<p>There are many schools that don’t offer undergrad business degrees and students from schools like HYPS, Darmouth, Chicago, Duke, Northwestern are more sought-after for IB/MC than many grads out of most undergrad business programs. </p>

<p>MBA rankings are much more widely recognized; in that ND is ranked #20 by Business Week and #25 by USN; the disconnect between MBA and undergrad business program rankings is one reason why many don’t put a lot of stocks on undergrad business rankings.</p>

<p>Honestly, if you visit ND and NU you’re going to have a personal preference for one over the other, so (assuming finances are the same) go with your gut feel.</p>

<p>they’re both excellent schools. you’re going to have to decide between a liberal arts education (some say it creates more critical/smart/well rounded thinkers) and a bba program (focused primarily on what you’re doing, offers many internships geared towards what you exactly want to do). i’m deciding between olin at washu and northwestern, and i’m thinking that i’m going to go the northwestern route. their certificates, after all, are pretty impressive and tailored for many types of business. although you cant go wrong either way.</p>