Penn CAS or Wharton?

[sp1d3ysense]

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@confidentialcoll

sp1d3ysense: It’s actually HPSM Chicago</p>

<p>Yale is not considered as elite for economics as those 5 and penn and northwestern probably match yale for econ. rankings are forced to follow a strict methodology and so often miss out on subjective factors which make a program good. Usnews econ rankings are based heavily on peer assessment, which again is broadly a decent measure, but often lags behind the times. Columbia for example is still ranked low, despite having faculty, resources, nobel prizes and research to match HPSMCh, because Columbia 10 years ago wasn’t nearly as good of an Econ dept, they’ve done some aggressive hiring, their faculty has recently become filled with heavy weights but peer assessment has not caught up because it takes a longer time for perceptions to change.

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<p>confidentialcoll,</p>

<p>You are correct. Yale does not belong with the other five.</p>

<p>Despite your Columbia bias, you are also correct that Columbia has caught up to Yale for economics. But neither Penn nor Northwestern are as good as Columbia or Yale. (Not to mention, both Columbia and Yale have better mathematics than either Penn or Northwestern.)</p>

[IBclass06]

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@ilovebagels

Then you take your Penn CAS degree and go to Wall Street, just like all the other Ivy Leaguers with non-business degrees do. Why this is so hard to comprehend I will never know

I agree. Any perceived (or real) difference in placement between the two hardly justifies sitting through a major different from one’s interests.</p>

<p>It shouldn’t need to be said that math is a more marketable degree than business.</p>

[DunninLA]

<p>IBclass06 wrote: “It shouldn’t need to be said that math is a more marketable degree than business”</p>

<p>Au contraire, mon ami(e), it does need to be said. I think most high school seniors applying to colleges think an undergraduate degree in Business is the #1 way to prepare for a career on Wall St. My experience and apparently yours too tells me that math and natural sciences/engineering degrees hold higher value in Wall St. recruiting.</p>

[ChoklitRain]

<p>A business degree is generally not a great idea for someone trying to go straight to Wall Street, since recruiters want the quantitative skills of math/physics majors. But I’d also disagree that a Wharton degree should be considered along the lines of a random business degree, as it has its own unique cachet with some of the most sought after employers.</p>

[modestmelody]

<p>When are people going to realize that most of the prestigious “business” positions are really just looking for whatever filter exists to find “smart people”. They start with schools then majors, but really their goal is just to hire smart and motivated people first and foremost because rarely is information used on the job coming from undergrad, even if it’s a business degree, in these positions.</p>

<p>Of course, then there is the separate need for “quants”, giving the math/applied math, CS, physics, and chem people a double boost-- not only are they in majors that tend to be more difficult to succeed in but they have the math skills for some positions which require more than just a brain.</p>