<p>I recently got admitted into the Medill school of Journalism at NU, and Olin at WashU. I don't know which one to choose!</p>
<p>Pros of NU: nice campus, driven but chill people, location, slightly bigger name, proximity to home is better, sports/school spirit
Cons: weather, quarter system </p>
<p>Pros of WashU: even nicer quality campus, food, driven but chill people, offered a bit more money, everyone there seems very nice (professors esp)
Cons: location isnt as good as NU, not much about sports</p>
<p>I like business, but for me straight up business would be bland. My strength is writing, and I like being involved with journalism somehow. I guess I was thinking to go to Public Relations, a combo of the two. If I went to Northwestern, I would minor in econ or get a Kellogg certificate. For WashU, I would study business and write for the paper. </p>
<p>A factor that I also want to take into account is how successful I would be out of college--journalism is certainly not a dying industry if I take the integrated marketing communications and I enjoy it-- but the parents are paying a lot so success is pretty important to me too. </p>
<p>tell me what you guys think! Thanks so much.</p>
<p>would northwestern be the best for a public relations sort of job as opposed to olin at washu? even though it is a better school, i want to be sure that i will still want to have opportunities and a good curriculum, esp since i may want to go into a businesslike setting.</p>
<p>What specifically are your reservations about NU? You posted this thread on the NU board and I believe they’ve provided you answers on how Northwestern provides a good curriculum if you’re interested in business.</p>
<p>kimfuge88, i posted it on the NU, WashU, and the reg board to eliminate biases. </p>
<p>Well, I totally agree that it does!..but I was researching yesterday and it looks like only 50 kids get into the Kellogg certificate each. That’s my reservation now. And the prerequisites are multivariable calculus, econometrics (whatever that is), microeconomics (i’ve taken that), and probability. The people i’m up against (a lot of math whizzes) are going to be really hard to compete with. Now it’s a matter of even being able to get a certificate. </p>
<p>FlyMeToTheMoon, I want to go into public relations if you’re talking about how I later want to be involved in it. I don’t want to just be a straight up reporting journalist because I feel as though those jobs are dying out, but I feel like as a PR manager/specialist I have to know how to write press conferences, and news releases.</p>
<p>The Kellogg Cert program is a great resume booster but not particularly geared to your interests in PR or marketing. From their own website,
"For students pursuing careers in "</p>
<p>Financial services
Corporate finance & venture capital
Capital markets & asset management
Securities pricing & trading
Consulting
Business analytics
Business planning
Strategy formulation
Consulting
New product design</p>
<p>Kellogg has the best reputed Marketing program among business schools in the world supported in Medill by arguably the best Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) program in the world. The IMC Certificate, available to undergrads in any major but sponsored by Medill, is specifically geared to kids interested in all aspects of Marketing or PR. It has a few easy prereqs and is much, much less math/stats driven.</p>
<p>IMC 301: Consumer Insight
IMC 302: Research for Marketing Communications
IMC 303: Integrated Marketing Communications Strategy</p>
<p>Elective Classes (2 units)
Choose from the following:</p>
<p>IMC 304: Media and Message Delivery
IMC 305: Message Strategy and Persuasive Communications
IMC 306: Public Relations
IMC 307: Direct and Interactive Marketing Communications
IMC 308: Marketing Models
IMC 309: Entertainment Marketing
IMC 310: IMC Law, Policy and Ethics
IMC 320: IMC Capstone Project (prerequisite: IMC303 and admission into the program)</p>
<p>A degree from Medill or in Communications coupled with a IMC certificate coupled with a few internships and solid LORs serve as a great starting point in applying for jobs in PR or Marketing.</p>
<p>Thank you so much Bala, that’s really helpful. I guess I was looking into the Kellogg certificates because I’m pretty interested in consulting as well, but that can be done by Harvey Kapnick as well and the public relations can be covered by the IMC certificate. Depends on what I want to do. And I guess if I ever want to take the finance route and do consulting, I can at least try for the Kellogg although it’ll be hard. I have years to decide what route to take.</p>