<p>I've been accepted into both Stern and the college of arts & sciences at Cornell. At Stern I'd be able to major in finance and marketing, and I've heard it's very easy to get internships, and ultimately helps a lot in landing a Wall St. job. At Cornell I got into the Dean's Scholars Program, which has some academic perks like special seminars and the chance to apply for a research grant later on.<br>
Cornell's also got much better overall name recognition than NYU.</p>
<p>I hope to get an MBA after working a couple of years (probably in finance or marketing), and according to US News Cornell was ranked #1 for undergrad business schools in placement for top MBA programs (NYU was ranked 20-something).</p>
<p>Finance and economics are very different fields. Both are solid programs, so make sure you know which discipline you are more interested in. If you're indifferent to the choice of finance or economics, that probably means you haven't done enough reading/research.</p>
<p>Well, finance is probably more directly related to what I want to do immediately after college (for now, investment banking). But I also know that many econ majors are also able to go into that field (so while the classes may be different, econ and finance can lead to the same jobs).</p>
<p>As far as personal preference, maybe I've a slight preference for finance at Stern, but if Cornell will give me better opportunities in the long run, ie grad school (MBA) and career, then I'm perfectly willing to do economics at Cornell.</p>
<p>That was my main question- will Cornell have long-term advantages over Stern because of its name recognition and academics?</p>
<p>There are a lot of Cornell graduates who are ibankers because Cornell is a target school. You may change your mind about your career in college and Cornell offers you that opportunity because overall the quality of its programs is much higher than NYU.</p>
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<p>This is a completely worthless stat and you should ignore it.</p>
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<p>I don't get this. Are you talking about a complete career change out of business? Because, the NYU undergraduate business program is certainly ranked higher than that of Cornell.</p>
<p>NYU also gives the added benefit of location which will be beneficial when you search for internships and fulltime environment. The only reason I wouldn't choose NYU is if you didn't like the culture or the competitive nature of the students.</p>
<p>When I said Cornell doesn't have a formal undergrad business program, I mean that the graduate business school, the Johnson School of Management which confers the MBA degree doesn't have an undergraduate program. The undergraduate business program is under the College of Agriculture and Sciences which is part of the SUNY school system.</p>
<p>Yes there is an undergraduate business program. It's called Applied Economics and Management and it's in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences.</p>
<p>Yes, Cornell does have a business program (Applied Econ&Management at the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as tehrahk said). However, I applied and got into the College of Arts and Sciences, so I'll just be doing economics if I go (I can still take classes at the AEM business school).</p>
<p>From what I've heard the opportunities for Cornell CAS Econ grads are very similar to Cornell AEM grads.</p>
<p>From schools/programs of this calibre, econ majors are as capable as business majors at landing top jobs in S&T and IBD (if not more so due to their generally superior quant skills). So you should decide:</p>
<p>a) What you'd rather study; and
b) Where you'd rather study.</p>
<p>Both are target schools so forget all the rankings/BS and pick your preference. In your case if you are unable to land a top job, it will be because of your own lack of ability/personality/preparation or a combination of these -- not because of the school/program you attended.</p>
<p>I see these as the major factors you should consider:
-location advantages (easier access to internships/networking events in NYC)
-theoretical, liberal arts vs. practical, vocational curriculum <-- big difference
-how set you are on business/how many electives you want to take
-non-academic factors (e.g. campus vs. no campus, rural vs. urban, expenses, etc)</p>