<p>Which are the cheapest? Which are the best? Which one should I choose? Thanks!</p>
<p>oh...btw, i'm pre-med</p>
<p>I also want to double major in finance...any advice would be appreciated!</p>
<p>cheapest?? i mean this easy to find on the school websites...since you're so lazy to do this yourself...</p>
<p>Cheapest- UIC (instate i am assuming)
then UIUC (around 24k total for instate for 2007-08)</p>
<pre><code> Notre Dame and Emory I believe are a little cheaper and offer more scholarships than NU but NU is the most prestigious and best school, IMO, out of all 5. pre-med acceptance over 80%!!! you cannot go wrong w/ NU. GPPA at UIC is also a great program but very selective. That is the best opportunity for cost-weary. instate tuition plus top-notch pre-med program.
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<p>For premed, NU and ND are probably the best in terms of med school placement.</p>
<p>NU has no finance major but a certificate program.
<a href="http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/certificate/index.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/certificate/index.htm</a>
It's brand-new and offered by the Kellogg School of Management. Given the highly math-oriented prerequisite, courses in this program should be more advanced than typical finance courses in most undergrad business programs.
You can major in econ, which is top-10 in the nation, and apply for this certificate program. Even if you don't get in, just an econ degree from NU is still highly regarded. :)</p>
<p>Some business-oriented students also major industrial/management science. Binsiness Institute Program (minor) is also highly popular.
<a href="http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/bip/%5B/url%5D">http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/bip/</a></p>
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<p>i cant seem to find information on this major. can you please provide a link to this major's website. thanks in advance. you are ,as cc likes to say, "a wealth of information"</p>
<p>It's under the engineering school. I had friends that doubled it with econ. But that was when NU gave credits to APs and we didn't have engineering first curriculum. It's probably pretty tough to do both in 4 years these days. Like econ, it's also highly ranked (#6 this year).
<a href="http://www.iems.northwestern.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.iems.northwestern.edu/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.iems.northwestern.edu/content/courses.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.iems.northwestern.edu/content/courses.asp</a> shows the courses offered by IEMS dept.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your responses. I did know that UIC was the cheapest...i just wanted to know which college was most worth my money. I can't believe that Northwestern doesn't have a finance program...i guess I do need to research more. Regardless, I absolutely hate being called lazy by someone who doesn't even know me (ridewitbd24). I have been to the school websites, and I also know the costs of these colleges. I just don't know how the financial aid is at these colleges. Again...thank-you for the responses!</p>
<p>^^^i was kidding around...sorry you were offended...i dont know you so I thought it would be taken as a joke...my bad i guess</p>
<p>oh...i thought you were being serious. It's hard to know when someone is joking online...</p>
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<p>I hope that shouldn't be a huge factor. The econ is top ranked and there are finance courses offered in the econ dept and management sciences dept (e.g. financial engineering, which is more advanced than most finance courses in other undergrad bis program). You just don't get a finance degree. But I don't think it matters as I've seen many jobs that look for finance majors also look for econ majors and vice versa. An econ degree from NU has more prestige than a finance degree from your other schools as far as Wall-Steet companies are concerned.</p>
<p>UIC is a great school for the amount of money you pay. Its beautiful, and the nicest dorms in the city by far (james stuckel towers and student residence hall) It is such a bargain. and degrees from this university are not only highly regarded, but worht a lot.</p>
<p>Personally, I didn't really like the location of UIC. But anyway...I already decided upon UIUC (due to a general assembly scholarship).</p>
<p>NU's financial aid is much better than Emory's (from experience). They may not have merit scholarships, but their need based program is much better, even making up for hte higher price. And NU does still take AP's for general credit, just limited towards distribution requirements.</p>