<p>So, I got accepted into Stanford, UPenn (M&T), Yale, and Columbia.</p>
<p>Stanford: I plan to do a BS in engineering and then eitheer MS&E coterm or Financial Math</p>
<p>UPenn (M&T): Well the program allows me to get 2 B.S's. In addition, I plan to do a submatriculation. Don't know which though.</p>
<p>Yale: Since the engineering department is not that strong, I may be majoring in chemistryor applied math and economics. (If possible do the combined BA/MA program in Econ)</p>
<p>Columbia: No idea.</p>
<p>I am looking to pursue a career in management consulting and investment banking (leaning towards management consulting tho). However, I would like to keep other career options open. </p>
<p>All those schools are great. One name over the other is not going to make a difference – it will be the effort you put in during your undergraduate years. I would choose the school you like the best, or if you like all the schools equally, pick the one with the strongest program in your favorite subject (apparently among engin, chem, econ, math).</p>
<p>Let me put it this way. If you are leaning towards WC Banking, go with Stanford. If you want EC (NYC) go with Wharton. If you are unsure I’d go with Wharton.</p>
<p>giants92 if right. With your options I would go with whichever one would be the best fit for you - weather, size, students, town…If you couldn’t get a job in IB with any of those schools, then it’s not the school, it’s you. What those schools could do for you is get you an interview, after that it’s really up to you. </p>
<p>One other thing to consider, would any of those schools still be the right school if you should choose not to go into IB. People do change their mind.</p>
<p>Do check it out, there are a lot of misconceptions floating around about Wharton, you would do well to be able to differentiate between the fact and the fiction.</p>
<p>I would pick either Stanford or Yale, since to me education > exit opportunities, and if you go somewhere where you can get a great education and you do well, you’ll do fine on exit opportunities. </p>
<p>Yale and Stanford provide (in my opinion) arguably the two best undergraduate experiences in the US. If it becomes pressing, I would choose the school based on where you want to work after graduation (WC vs EC). Otherwise, look at things like Yale’s Residential College System vs Stanford’s dorming system, Stanford’s system of distribution requirements vs Yale’s core, and other things to make your decision.</p>
<p>Well, I’m planning to major in some engineering/science discipline. I know that Stanford is more highly regarded in this area. Should this be a consideration? Or is undergraduate teaching in engineering at Yale is practically the same as that at Stanford? What do you think?</p>
<p>If you think Stanford is equal to in rep within IB as Wharton, you must be high. Wharton far surpasses any other university in this field (i.e. finance), with only Harvard being able to match it. </p>
<p>Furthermore, the fact that the OP (by his/her initial post) is not considering Wharton but UPenn (M&T), means its meaningless to discuss such an option.</p>
<p>Stanford Engineering > Yale Engineering from a research, teaching, and student body perspective. </p>
<p>Yale does great in both finance and consulting-- from my own experiences seems as though students tend to lean on the consulting side just due to characteristics of the student population. </p>
<p>If you do well, you’ll have great prospects going into either field from either school. Again you should tailor this decision much less to finance opportunities and much more to which style of student life you will want to have over the next 4 years.</p>