<p>So I got into these two schools and would like to know the employment prospects for each. At each school I would be an econ major. Note, for Penn I am in the college of arts and sciences, not wharton. How do you feel these two schools compare to each other interms of the opportunity they provide for a career in financial services such as IB, consulting etc. I noticed that on most of the lists of hires in this forum, Northwestern wasn't even listed. Also do you all think that Northwestern graduates are restricted to working in the Chicago branches or do you feel they have opportunities in New York as well? Thank you for your help.</p>
<p>Wow, this is a tough one. I think most people would tell you to go to UPenn, but I would actually go with NU if I were you. I personally would hate to go to go to CAS, because there's a lot of rift between Wharton + Upenn. The general consensus is that being Wharton carries with it a different prestige, a unique distinction of going to the best school within a great university, and if you can handle four years of dialogue along the lines of,</p>
<p>"hey, where do you go,"
"The University of Pennsylvania,"
"Oh, are you in their business school?"
"no, I'm in their XXXXX"
"Oh, that's cool. "</p>
<p>then... I'd say sure, go for CAS. Maybe you should run a search on other forums to see how pronounced the difference is (Juicycampus maybe)? Being at Penn CAS, however, does allow you the option of using Wharton's career services. Also, if you get really lucky (and I mean really), you may be able to internally transfer (This is highly unlikely however, due to the fact that Wharton has an extremely high retention rate, and the Penn administration has been aware of this FOREVER and is trying to make it as difficult as possible.)</p>
<p>Also, of course going to NU won't limit you to Chicago branches. However, most grads end up there because Chicago offices love NU and UofC. Northwestern has great placement and a fantastic econ program, and I think the reason that it doesn't get much love in wall street placement guides is the fact that, well, it generally doesn't place that well on *Wall Street<a href="i.e.%20most%20grads%20stay%20in%20Chicago">/I</a>.</p>
<p>I always love hearing of this mythical "rift" between Wharton and CAS from incoming Duke freshmen. It doesn't exist.</p>
<p>Go to Penn.</p>
<p>"It doesn't exist" , are you serious? Maybe not among Penn students (I'd hope that they'd be better than that, but who knows), but that's not who I'm talking about. If you don't think that people outside the university make a distinction between wharton and CAS then you are seriously crazy</p>