Schools that have financial trading rooms

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<p>I saw that Bentley had one and then I started to think about other colleges?</p>

<p>These schools have one ...
Penn State, Vanderbilt, Bentley, Michigan State, Tulane, Baruch, St. Joseph, Ithaca, Siena College, Rhode Island, Idaho, Texas A+M, Southern Mississippi, Lehigh, MIT, North Dakota, Texas, Wright State, Clark Atlanta Univ, and Washington.</p>

<p>To use the room in a few of the schools, you have to be a grad student.</p>

<p>The costs of these rooms were usually paid for by alums of the schools. </p>

<p>This tells me you can make it in the financial world without going to the top 25 schools.</p>

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<p>Roger Williams Gabelli School of Business</p>

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<p>I have never heard of that school.</p>

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<p>It is not an academic powerhouse. If you have a C/ B- kid, Roger Williams might be a good choice. I believe its strength is architecture. It is a smaller school and has a beautiful campus. It is located in Rhode Island. The school is not AACSB accredited, but I think it has been working on it.</p>

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<p>Some schools have actual trading classes using real money. UW just added another $50 Million to the fixed income account.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.bus.wisc.edu/asap/program/asap.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bus.wisc.edu/asap/program/asap.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Barrons are undergrads allowed to partake in this program? They take 21 students. I wonder how competitive it is to get into the program.</p>

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<p>A few ugs are typically in the program. 3-4 out of the 21.</p>

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<p>How many do you think apply?</p>

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<p>Syracuse University (Whitman School of Management)</p>

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<p>dstark--contact the program and I'm sure they will have the info.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.bus.wisc.edu/asap/contact/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bus.wisc.edu/asap/contact/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think Syracuse is building a whole new business school. Is the trading room new, or was it in their school for some time?</p>

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This tells me you can make it in the financial world without going to the top 25 schools.

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<p>Although I agree 100% with your conclusion I don't think the evidence necessarily supports that conclusion. Also, I have seen classrooms that were labeled, "TRADING ROOM" that turned out to be fairly run of the mill classrooms without much special equipment. OTOH, have seen some pretty amazing language labs with computers at every desk and projector screens up front that could be easily adapted... with a little software.. </p>

<p>Technology has changed so much in recent years that the traditional huge cavernous crowded trading room is a bit of an anachronism (although it still exists). You can be almost anywhere with a computer and an internet connection and trade just about anything.</p>

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<p>Barrons, thanks for the link. It looks good. </p>

<p>thisSHHHisBANANAs, I was unaware that Syracuse had such a good program.
I am adding these links for me. :) Thanks.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.whitman.syr.edu/people/institutes/ballentine/programs.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.whitman.syr.edu/people/institutes/ballentine/programs.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://whitman.syr.edu/about/news.asp?id=140%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://whitman.syr.edu/about/news.asp?id=140&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>NJers, any schools I should drop from the list? Any that should be added? I agree you can trade anywhere. A trading room should have an atmosphere. A couple of terminals aren't enough. Which schools have the feeling?</p>

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<p>can be accessed through their website - sju.edu. And I believe they list all the information on the room's technology and uses, as well as the student managed portfolio.</p>

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<p>Having looked at Quinnipiac, I can report it has a full-fledged trading center. I am told that Bryant does too, but I have not yet seen it firsthand.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x10011.xml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x10011.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.sju.edu/hsb/wstr/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sju.edu/hsb/wstr/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think that you should know that Quinnipiac does not offer on campus housing to their seniors. It might not matter, but I thought that you should know. Additionally, as I understand, you would need a car to get from any off campus apartments to class. Many students move off of campus much earlier (as early as sophomore year) requiring a car. They do offer access to a bus to get into New Haven, which is a nice feature that Babson does not offer (into Boston). At Ithaca, Syracuse, St. John's, Bentley, and even Bryant, for example (I forgot the other schools you named), I think that there are less transportation and housing gliches (although I am not as familiar w SJU, so I am guessing about that one). Susquehanna, again, you need a car. It is very isolated.</p>

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<p>Northeastmom, thanks. Any information on these schools, good or bad, is great.</p>

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<p>univ of maryland</p>

<p><a href="http://www.smith.umd.edu/financelab/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.smith.umd.edu/financelab/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>