<p>I really love Stern right now. i want to be a finance major and then probably investment bank (i know, I know... you've heard this before...) I was hoping that someone could suggest some other schools to look at, in all selectivity ranges. </p>
<p>I'd prefer to be on the east coast or in a big city, but I'm willing to look at anything. </p>
<p>Thanks a million!</p>
<p>well wharton from upenn and sloan from MIT are all very highly repected.</p>
<p>If New York City is your flavor of choice, look at Fordham. I'm not sure if they have a finance major..you'd have to check, but I know they have amazing business connections in general.</p>
<p>George Washington is also supposed to have a really great internship program for students interested in business and finance and such. </p>
<p>Also look at Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>usc has excellent business</p>
<p>Don't forget to consider an economics degree. A well-regarded economics degree is worth more than a mediocre business degree.</p>
<p>Check out the following. </p>
<p>Boston College (Carroll) - Graduating class of 500
Boston</a> College Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) - Graduating class of 100
Carnegie</a> Mellon Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>Cornell University - Graduating class of 150
Cornell</a> University Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>Georgetown University (McDonough) - Graduating class of 300
Georgetown</a> University Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>Lehigh University - Graduating class of 300
Lehigh</a> University Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) - Graduating class of 80
Massachusetts</a> Institute of Technology Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>New York University (Stern) - Graduating class of 550
New</a> York University Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>University of California-Berkeley (Haas) - Graduating class of 350
UC</a> Berkeley (Haas) Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross) - Graduating class of 350
University</a> of Michigan Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Kenan Flagler) - Graduating class of 300
UNC</a> Chapel-Hill (Kenan-Flagler) Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) - Graduating class of 500
Notre</a> Dame Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) - Graduating class of 600
University</a> of Pennsylvania Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>University of Texas-Austin (McCombs) - Graduating class of 1,000</p>
<p>University of Virginia (McIntire) - Graduating class of 300
University</a> of Virginia Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>Villanova University - Graduating class of 500
Villanova</a> University Undergrad Profile</p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>Psssttt... really want to go to a great finance college without having to pay a lot of money and still be guaranteed having company recruiters recognize your degree ?</p>
<p>Look no further than Baruch College of the City University of New York.</p>
<p>If you grades are good and your SAT scores impressive, you can get to their HONORS PROGRAM and pay close to 10 times less the tuition of Stern (or maybe pay nothing ) and still get a finance degree that prestigious investment banks in NY and surrounding areas recognize.</p>
<p>Also, get this --- Baruch has a state of art trading room that actually simulates what is happening on the front desks of most big brokerages in the nation. NYU actually sends their students to use the facility.</p>
<p>What's not to like ? Why pay more money and compete like crazy for acceptance with others when you can get basically the same recognized education at a much cheaper price ?</p>
<p>Let me tell you this, I work around the area of Wall Street and I can tell you for a fact that there is not much difference in the starting salaries of Finance Graduates from Baruch or Stern.</p>
<p>I'm talking undergrad. If you want to go for your MBA, well, maybe Stern's the better school for you.</p>
<p>But if you don't want to graduate with lots of debt, try Baruch.</p>
<p>Northeastern University in Boston?
Also, I'll bet that CUNY is awesome, as the poster above suggested. Plus, it's inexpensive.</p>
<p>The reputation is great, too. I know a guy who went to CUNY (Brooklyn College, I think) and then to Yale Medical School.</p>
<p>It wasn't known as the "Harvard of the Proletariat" without cause, you know.</p>
<p>I'll second CUNY Baruch, I live in the tristate area and I've only heard good things about the school. I believe it is a commuter school though. (not quite sure)</p>
<p>Harvard Yale Princeton Wharton
Emory UVA Notre Dame UC Berkeley
are all good alternates if you can get into those colleges. Good luck!</p>
<p>How about Indiana University Bloomington? I heard their business school (Kelley) is pretty good.</p>
<p>IU is awesome and Kelley is excellent. However, it is not a major IBank hunting ground. However, top students at Kelley do have many options.</p>
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<h2>RE: I'll second CUNY Baruch, I live in the tristate area and I've only heard good things about the school. I believe it is a commuter school though. (not quite sure)</h2>
<p>Yes it is a commuter school right smack in the middle of Manhattan, New York City. Best way to get to it is by bus or train.</p>
<p>Note that like NYU's Stern, it does not have a traditional campus. It is composed of modern buildings that are spread out across several blocks. The college is situated on Lexington Avenue near the Flatiron/Gramercy Park district of Manhattan.</p>
<p>Since the OP is comparing it to Stern, I presume he/she is interested in a business career. </p>
<p>Baruch, along with Brooklyn College is rated either first or second in admissions selectivity among CUNY colleges. The school has one of the most diverse student bodies in the United States. Its students hail from more than 120 nations. Baruch is particularly noted for its Zicklin School of Business (the largest collegiate school of business in the United States) </p>
<p>The largest AACSB-accredited business school in the U.S., and one of the most prestigious. Zicklin is in the heart of Manhattan, the center of global business.</p>
<p>And note, if you get accepted to their honors program, your tuition is probably waived.</p>
<p>Their in-state tuition is something like $4,300 and out of state tuition is something like $11,000. Compare this to NYU's Stern, which will cost you about $36,000 !!</p>
<p>Add this to the fact that Baruch business grads are just as sought after and actively recruited as Stern grads, then you can tell which one is more value for money.</p>
<p>Baruch is an excellent excellent school for finance, especially looking at it value-wise. I'd have to disagree with TheWatcher's last statement though - I assure you it's not as heavily recruited as Stern or numerous other B-schools. Especially not this year with firms drastically shrinking their hiring programs. But that doesn't mean it's a bad choice, on the contrary if you can get into the honors program, I'd definitely say you should go.</p>
<p>My experience is based on the companies that I work with in Wall Street. I see tons of Baruch College grads in management, Investment Banking and Trading Floors all over Downtown New York WORKING TOGETHER with NYU grads.</p>
<p>If firms are going to drastically cut people ( as they are doing now because of the subprime mess hitting the financial industry ), then everyone regardless of what school you graduated from will be affected. They're not going to ask where you graduated from --- the ultimate deciding factor is what you have contributed in your job.</p>
<p>5 years after graduation, the school you went to is going to become less and less of a factor compared to your job performance, experience and other personal characteristics.</p>