SFS econs vs MSB business

<p>Hey all,</p>

<p>I'm stuck between doing SFS econs in business in MSB. I do realise that both are great schools are equally great schools but i'd just prefer the curriculum in SFS econs rather than that of MSB. And because i view myself as a borderline case, (i'll post stats below later) i do not know whether applying to SFS would be a bigger risk because it seems a lot more competitive. ( just by looking at the sat profile of students). what do you all think?</p>

<p>Singaporean student!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (730 R, 790 M, 640 W)
Writing's not considered so its 1520/1600 woohoo!
SAT II: Math 2 (780) Chem : 800 Phy : 800
A Levels (place score in parenthesis): A B B / B</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track and Field 7th to 12th grade( sec 1 to JC 1) Placed 2nd and 3rd for a national event. Won several relays in several competitions. Vice captain of team in 9th and 10th grade.
President of environmental club, hosted several projects and did some community service here and there.
Served the army after junior college ( part of national service). Was an officer cadet and now a commissioned officer serving in a unit. ( don't know if that's applicable in a college application).
A lot of other random cca's but didnt bother to put them down yet. yup</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 50+ hours
Summer Activities:
Essays: Havent written those essays yet.
Teacher Recommendation: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: NO
Intended Major: economics or finance
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Singapore
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Strong SAT 2 scores and strong cca's?
Reflection
Strengths: lots of CCA's
Weaknesses: Weak a level grades and quite weak sat 1 scores.</p>

<p>you’re SAT I grade is good ignoring the writing portion (which georgetown does). you’d probably be a much better fit for the SFS than MSB–i’m an SFS alum so have some knowledge of the culture. the sfs is a little more prestigious and may give students more flexibility down the road in terms of career choices (can do business, politics, government, NGOs, academia…etc.) whereas coming from MSB, it’s primarily business.</p>

<p>i’m american so don’t completely understand the european/asian grading system with the A levels…so can’t comment on how that might factor in.</p>

<p>I’m not going to respond to your stats as that gets too difficult to judge, but in terms of program quality the International Economics or International Political Economy degrees are considered more prestigious than MSB degrees. They are arguably the most difficult degrees in the SFS, but if you are a natural at econ more power to you. It’s frequently stated that SFS graduates have a higher per-capita acceptance into business-type jobs- IBanking, etc.- than those in the business school. There’s a good chance that a lot of these statistics are resultant more of the type of people drawn to and accepted into these programs however. IECON and IPEC are more selective than the business school as a whole; that said, the students that are serious in the business school I frequently find to be brilliant. Best of luck in your decisions!</p>

<p>-SFS 2013</p>

<p>I didn’t want to respond to the comment above, but there’s one thing the poster said that is inaccurate (to say the least)…</p>

<p>“It’s frequently stated that SFS graduates have a higher per-capita acceptance into business-type jobs- IBanking, etc.- than those in the business school”</p>

<p>I rather think SFS kids who are interested in finance struggle the most (as a generalization). Frankly, I think the best SFSers are off saving the world somewhere / going to law school / working in politics in varying degrees.</p>

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<p>I’d really like to see some actual data stating that, rather than anecdotal evidence</p>