UChicago Econ v. NYU Stern

<p>I agree. I had several offers upon graduation.</p>

<p>OK. Now for another opinion.</p>

<p>If the OP's goal is just a WS job, go Stern. You probably won't actually get a better job, but you'll be happy that you followed conventional wisdom. The only real reason to consider Chicago is that you MIGHT get a better education, but this is counterbalanced by having to work harder.</p>

<p>Consider the following:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>NYU is right by Wall Street, so internships on WS should be easier. Of course Chicago is in the second financial capital of the country (CBOE etc), but conventional wisdom does not consider such things.</p></li>
<li><p>Econ at Chicago is tough. In order to stand out in the pack, you'd need to work hard.</p></li>
<li><p>They are both excellent academic institutions. Chicago is strong across the board, whereas NYU has invested selectively for strength. This means some departments are great, others so-so. But for a WS job, it does not matter.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Now, before you get too hung up on that WS job, consider that the jobs most grads get are pretty mundane. It is no accident that most folks don't stay in those jobs very long. And, you think Chicago calls for a lot of work? Wait till you see a WS job. It is no accident that they have provision for evening meals...</p>

<p>newmassdad, I don't know if Chicago is harder than Stern, especially finance. it is a pretty tough school, lot of studying, and brutal curves.</p>

<p>quakerman,</p>

<p>So the differences matter even less, then. Besides, I think we are at the point of hair splitting. </p>

<p>Bottom line: Based on what I know from these posts only, It does not matter. You can do well out of either, so pick the one where you'd fit in the best. Like clubbing? Don't go to chicago, for example. (and for your lurkers, IMHO, there is nothing wrong with clubbing...)</p>

<p>No question about it: UChicago is far superior to NYU-Stern. Uchicago is the undisputed number 1 school for economics at any level and their undergraduate finance program run by the economics department is stellar. </p>

<p>Quakerman, as usual you are talking rubbish, "The finance faculty is at least on par with Chicago's if not better." The faculty, in any department of Stern, is not comparable with that of UChicago. UChicago's economics and B-school faculty are virtually incomparable. </p>

<p>Just to quote j10cpc5000 "I threw out my NYU big package in the garbage." Ya, so did I.</p>

<p>Why do i even bother arguing with an 18 year old who hasn't had a course in finance his entire life.</p>

<p>Really, most all academics and finance faculty period would disagree with what you just said.</p>

<p>But go on, tell me what you believe is the truth.</p>

<p>I talk to my brother, who is a MBA, all the time about the subject of finance. He knows that it is laughable for me to even consider NYU after getting accepted into Chicago. No contest, two different weight classes. Why do you think the decision was so easy for me to make?</p>

<p>" talk to my brother, who is a MBA, all the time about the subject of finance."</p>

<p>Funny because a good percnetage of the MBAers at Stern i knew chose it over Chicago. But thanks for the biased sample to make a sweeping generalization. </p>

<p>Lets see where you are in 4 yrs, since you talk pretty big for a 18 yr old who has never had a college course or recruiting interview in his life.</p>

<p>A good percentage eh? How many do you suppose got accepted by both Chicago and NYU and from that limited group of people turned down Chicago for Stern? How many is a good percentage? Maybe 1? </p>

<p>I'm actually 17.</p>

<p>come on folks. Truce. This is not a search for truth. They're both good places, just in different ways. And keep in mind that differences in individual performance far outweigh any institutional advantages/disadvantages, at least when comparing schools at this level.</p>

<p>Where do u work and how much do u make?</p>

<p>hahahha, sooo funny</p>

<p>ok:
UNDERGRAD here</p>

<p>NYU's stern is a BUSINESS school, Chicago doesnt have a undergrad biz school, all u get in chicago is economics.do u like economics? econ is different from business.nyu offers biz while chicago gives excellent econ.</p>

<p>stern's finance is almost as good as wharton if u r talking about undergrad, chicago's econ and stern both find u great jobs</p>

<p>but, seriously, chicago is harder school, a lot of studying; while nyu gives u a little more free time. chicago and nyu are both prestigious internationally.</p>

<p>one thing to keep in mind: stern's students can get pretty insane, they are all like you, who wants a high paid jobs; while chicago's students are more likely to be intellectuals.......</p>

<p>what ya want: econ (more theory) or biz (more math)?</p>

<p>Prestigious is stretching it for NYU</p>

<p>toss a coin, my friend</p>

<p>"Prestigious is stretching it for NYU"</p>

<p>I think you have sold NYU-Stern (and many other excellent schools) very short on this board.</p>

<p>do you like to play chess</p>

<p>“A good percentage eh? How many do you suppose got accepted by both Chicago and NYU and from that limited group of people turned down Chicago for Stern? How many is a good percentage? Maybe 1?”</p>

<p>I don’t know anyone else who got accepted into both, but I did along with Cornell AEM and a scholarship to the University of Toronto… Hopefully I didn’t make a mistake lol, but I chose Stern because despite any shortcomings NYU as a whole may have compared to Chicago, it’s apparently one of the best finance schools in the country, and the ultimate deciding factor for me in the end was that NYC is just a slightly better location for an aspiring banker than Chicago is. </p>

<p>There seems to be a misconception that Stern is heavily pre-professional, which probably comes from the stereotype most people seem to have of undergraduate business schools seem to have. Just like Chicago’s core, Stern has a mandatory 2 years liberal arts program -which includes a study of humanities and natural sciences- that we all have to complete before learning the real pre-professional material. I was going to go to UC because I definitely wanted the experience of a “liberal arts” education, until I did some research and discovered that such an education was also available at Stern.</p>

<p>Ironically I did the exact opposite of you dreamormoney. I was accepted to UChicago and NYU Stern year and thought that UChicago was not preprofessional enough and completely about the liberal arts and the Core. But upon doing some research I found out that UChicago places extremely well into Wall Street and the finance sector. </p>

<p>UChicago also allows its students to take some business classes at Booth and its program CCIB prepares and helps students obtain jobs in business. So really I guess it just comes down to perspective.</p>

<p>If you want to pursue a MBA in the future does it makes sense to get a BBA? WS job, there are dime and a dozen. Pretty much being a stock broker is the lowest of the lowest job category on WS. Financial Anaylsyt, yeah, there are so many types. Like a Mortgage broker, that too is a WS job. Like a bank teller or bank cashier, that too is a WS job.</p>

<p>^</p>

<p>I thought about this as well. Supposedly most top MBA schools strongly value work experience, so even with an economics degree one would probably need a few years of solid work experience at least before an MBA.</p>