So I am accepted to both Middlebury College and pre admit to the Ross school of business at U of M. I am interested in doing econ or math at Middlebury if I chose to go there and finance at U of M. ( I do plan on going into Investment banking for now but that might change) I just wanted to know which school will offer me more opportunities in the future and which school has better recruiting on Wall Street/ financial districts like chicago, San Fran etc? Im having trouble deciding so any input would be appreciated.
Ross has the edge in all the categories you are asking for. For a smaller more intimate environment and a more intellectual experience, choose Middlebury. Recruiting for IB is probably more limited, but it is still a great school that likely gets a good amount of attention.
For the serious study of economics, Middlebury appears to be one of the strongest schools in the country: “Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges,” IDEAS.
Go to Michigan, request the Residential College, which will give you a liberal arts college residential feel. You can double major in Business and Mathematics while taking several advanced Econ courses. It is hard to pass up Ross preadmit if you are considering a career in FINANCE.
That being said, if you visited both schools and really liked Middlebury more than Michigan, you really cannot go wrong going to Middlebury either.
“For the serious study of economics, Middlebury appears to be one of the strongest schools in the country: “Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges,” IDEAS.”
So is Michigan.
“So is Michigan.” (#4)
That’s true (“US Economics Departments,” IDEAS). However, the OP’s intended majors for Middlebury and Michigan, respectively, are economics and finance.
There are many, many successful people on Wall street with degrees from top LACs. The schooling at a LAC will prepare you to be a critical thinker, an analytical writer, a good public speaker, a collaborative team member and someone at ease creating and sharing ideas. All highly regarded skills in business and many other fields. You may not have taken a class in valuing derivatives, but they’re going to teach you that on the job anyway. But they probably can’t teach you those other things. People mistakenly think that if they are not a business major they can’t land a job in finance. Not even remotely true
“People mistakenly think that if they are not a business major they can’t land a job in finance. Not even remotely true.”
If you don’t attend a target school, it’s going to be a lot harder to land that first good finance job.
@rjkofnovi perhaps - but coming from a school the caliber of Middlebury, that’s not going to be a problem
wisteria, the caliber of the university or college is not in question here. Michigan and Middlebury are both excellent academically, albeit on opposite ends of the spectrum. But Middlebury is not as well recruited as Ross, and there is no shame in admitting that. The OP asked which university/program will “offer him more opportunities in the future, and which school has better recruiting on Wall Street”. If he were asking about quality of education, I would have recommended going for fit. But when it comes to professional placement and opportunities, Ross has a clear edge.