<p>One huge pro I found here at Carlson is the ability for me to intern while still taking classes. During this school year as a sophomore I intern for a fortune 500 company. I couldn’t do that at Madison.</p>
<p>As far as more comparisons I lay out my opinions pretty well in the University of Minnesota section of this site.</p>
<p>The party scene at Minnesota is not bad at all. There are frat parties and house parties are prevalent in the Dinkytown and Como neighborhoods as well as the more private apartment parties on campus. Plus if your 21 (or have a fake) Dinkytown’s bars are fun and if you get bored with those things you can always go 10 minutes to downtown Minneapolis (clubs, bars, concerts, whatever you like).</p>
<p>Campus safety? For being in the middle of a large metro area our campus is safe. Obviously try not to walk alone at not (but I wouldn’t do that at Madison either). I wouldn’t choose between these two schools based on safety.</p>
<p>As far as career placement goes, Minnesota centers its placement more on the metro area here (due to all of the obvious connections). But, of course there are alumni spread out across the country. For example, I have to friends who are seniors at Carlson who will be analysts full time after graduation at Barclays in Palo Alto, CA. Carlson has an online alumni network with the contact info for all the (willing) alumni. It’s excellent to conduct informational interviews.</p>
<p>If you have anymore questions I will gladly help out.</p>