<p>hey slipper just a quick one, where did you go for undergrad?</p>
<p>hey slipper1234...Does being 100% Hispanic have any effect in Penn's admission? yea i know it has an effect.....but do they really care about ur ethnicity or is it just another factor?</p>
<p>VTBoy: 1) It depends on what you want to do, and 2) whether or not the professor has industry contacts and you can use them to get interviews. For example, Econ development, Real Estate Economics, and even cooperative business enterprises are pretty focused so guage your interest level, ie does real estate interest you?</p>
<p>After that, Futures and options markets, Commodities, and Investments would be very useful for banking, and useful overall (Futures and Investments being the ones I would choose). </p>
<p>The mathmatical course I would do, especially for think tank jobs, as well as the govt course.</p>
<p>Farbdogg: Dartmouth</p>
<p>Bestmiler: yes it will help</p>
<p>sixsixty, sorry no idea about how the UK works. UC_Benz, I disagree. Many bankers never leave to get MBAs, including hedge fund managers and private equity fund managers, and many do. The guy who just merged Sears and Kmart went to Yale undergrad only for example. </p>
<p>For corporate jobs its desired, but once again not a pre-requisite.</p>
<p>going to an ivy or ivy level college for your undergrad econ or buis degree will not make a significant difference at all with regards for employment. AS long as you are going to a top 50 that all that really matters for undergrad. You only need the big name schools for graduate degrees. i know people that are VP's fpr top 100 companies in silicon valley thatwill not hire a stanford under grad over a davis under grad based on the school names. They look at what your gpa was and what you did in college, and internships are very very huge! But for graduate degrees They would rather see a stanford over a davis if the applicatns are same in all the other creteria.</p>
<p>airforce1: You may be right if you are talking about regional recruiters...not true for the big boys recruiting nationally. For example, look up the recruiting schedule on the Citibank website, you'll be surprised how many of the top (non-East coast) business schools they skip over.</p>
<p>GoBlue, I agree. The consideration set for the really big boys is 10-20 schools, and only the top schools and top business schools (such as michigan and berkeley) are in that set.</p>
<p>Slipper, I'm also interested in business, and wondering if there was some way I could email you, or perhaps aol instant message.</p>
<p>Thanks,
Derek</p>
<p>No problem, my email is <a href="mailto:rrj5@columbia.edu">rrj5@columbia.edu</a></p>
<p>Slipper, How does NYU Stern compare to Wharton and other top business undergrad schools like Michigan or UC Berkeley?</p>
<p>Its right up there...</p>
<p>Slipper, your information is VERY HELPFUL. I love econ and business . I am applying to Cornell(bioengineering+ they have their new AEM business program, ranked #14)............what do u think about Claremont McKenna College....i visited the place and like it <em>second choice from cornell</em>...supposedly it is a econ/gov "specialty" school. Plus they have a 5 year "Economics-Engineering Prgram" where u get a degree from CMC and an engineering degree from harvey mudd.l How is CMC viewed to get into top MBA programs and top business jobs?</p>
<p>also same question for Cornell that i had for CMC. THANKS</p>
<p>Hey RP, I am not too sure about Claremont McKenna as I have been mostly east coast oriented, but my sense is that they would do really well. Cornell is without a doubt a great path.</p>
<p>wow slipper thanks a lot once again for putting so much time and effort into this chat...im in 12th grade right now applying to college with hopes of working for the big boys of business...what you said just definitely put me on the ivy league path...im applying to Wharton ED right now but if i didnt get in...i had the dilemma of whether to go to an ivy or a really good business school...i guess i should go for ivys...</p>
<p>one question: how does Wharton compare to the top ivys like Harvard and Yale in being recruited by top companies...the business element should help right?</p>
<p>I'm going into business, and I started an investment club at my high school sophomore year. This whole discussion is interesting, and I agree with most of what slipper is saying. But the fact remains that if you go to a great undergrad business program like mccombs(top 5 undergrad program by the way) or IU, and finish very well, you are looking good. If you overextend your bounds and finish halfway in your class at an IVY, or tear it up and finish top 5% in something like IU or Wisconsin, that will mean something. Also, once you get recruited, you can work your way up. Ivy-league pin heads may not fear as well as an outgoing state school grad who works his or her way up to the top. There are many variables. Am I right?</p>
<p>hey igolf....im a junior right now in hs and i am very interested in starting a business club. Can you tell me more about this investment club u started? you can either post here or email me at <a href="mailto:bestmiler@hotmail.com">bestmiler@hotmail.com</a>. thanks a lot</p>
<p>Cornell has the Cornell Entrepreneur Network (CEN) that offers courses, workshops and networking opportunities through 9 of it's colleges (the 7 undergraduate colleges plus the law school and vet school). Many of the courses are offered in the accredited undergraduate business program, Applied Economics and Management (AEM), but you could study in any of the 9 colleges and take advantage of CEN. It's very interesting. The website is: <a href="http://epe.cornell.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://epe.cornell.edu/</a></p>
<p>igolf I completely agree with you. I guess my point is that ivies are a great path, just as the top business schools. For people wanting specific jobs in specific industries (like media, consumer products, retail), the undergrad business path is better, but for consulting and banking the nod goes to the ivies. If you mess up at either don't plan on banking as great a job as if you did well.</p>
<p>read Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis. It chronicles the life of an investment banker through one of the biggest firms in the world, Solomon Bros. It really gives a lot of insight into the corporate and investment banking world.</p>