<p>Reasons to attend NYU Stern:
-I know I want to do finance
-location
-better job placement?</p>
<p>Reasons to attend UPenn College
-I enjoy studying economics
-better university overall (law schoool, wharton, engineering, nursing)
-Ivy League
-has a campus</p>
<p>I'm seriously split between these two schools. 50% of the people i talk to recommend either upenn or nyu stern. Can you guys help me decide?</p>
<p>Although NYU's got a waaaaayyy better location than UPenn, I'd choose UPenn. Can't beat the name and academics.</p>
<p>I'm choosing Stern over Duke and Cornell for following reasons:
1. Practical business education that will prepare me for my interviews / jobs.
2. Location location location. NYC is simply unbeatable.
3. University on rise. NYU has been growing extremely quickly in rankings, etc. over the past 10 years.
4. Job replacement: Stern's reputation and actual number of students who end up getting front office position at Wall St. firms is really high up there.</p>
<p>I would choose Stern for those reasons.. I heard that Penn college students are often overshadowed by Wharton students that it is really difficult for them even to get interviews...</p>
<p>just get a 3.7 in upenn or a a 3.9-4.0 in NYU so that you can transfer into wharton.</p>
<p>Apart from Wharton, UPenn is like Cornell... it's a big name because it's Ivy League, but a lot of people don't look upon it as favorably as they do HYP. If it had been Wharton you were accepted to, I would have been like, "Are you crazy?" But the College (of Arts and Sciences?)... I don't know much about it, so I can't say much. But if you want to do finance, a CAS program won't even have that, and Stern does have econ as well.</p>
<p>If you graduate from NYU Stern, you are definitely going to a get a great job in NYC. Moreover, UPenn is known for wharton not its econ program. Personally, if I got accepted to Wharton and Stern, I would choose Stern simply because of its location. Come on, NYC is the center of the world for finance. If you care about your career, Stern is a better choice.</p>
<p>Attend Penn's College and take the Finance classes that interest you from Wharton (you can take as many as you like). You'll get all the benefits of Penn (campus, superior academics, better prestige) with all the Wharton Finance (and any other business) classes on your transcript. I think that's a pretty good deal, and makes you as competitive as anyone for your I-Banking job.</p>
<p>Plus, living costs in Philly are a lot cheaper than NYC and NYC is only a 1.5 hour bus/train ride away.</p>
<p>vector you're just saying that because you will be attending Stern lol
I'm sure if you had been accepted at Wharton, you'd go there....</p>
<p>How hard is it to transfer into Wharton from Penn? I mean, I think if you can transfer into Wharton, upenn might be worth it, I think wharton>stern but stern vs. Penn... I just don't know.</p>
<p>snooker1, do you attend Penn?</p>
<p>Hmm... I would make sure that you'd be able to take classes at Wharton. Stern is pretty elitist in that it doesn't let people from other schools take anything other than some intro classes at Stern (I think you can get a business minor?)... I don't know if Wharton would be the same way.</p>
<p>There's also the question of the diploma. If Wharton issues different diplomas from the College, it's going to mean a lot more if you have "WHARTON" at the top of your diploma rather than some classes on your transcript. </p>
<p>And look into internal transfer rates at Penn, like Nick017 mentioned.</p>
<p>Because you're looking into finance, Wharton > Stern > Penn College. There's no question that Wharton is better than Stern, and this is coming from a Stern student. I never applied there, but I have never met anyone in person who would give up Wharton for Stern, unless if they REALLY loved the city or got much, much better financial aid or something. Those last two are hypothetical, though... no one I have met has actually done that. But recruitment-wise, firms, I believe, actively recruit at Wharton, and they recruit at Stern (especially Wall Street based firms). Penn at large, I'm not so sure.</p>
<p>The diploma is not that important as it seems. No one shows their diploma to a potential employer. In reality, it's only use for show at home or in the office. I doubt the school's namesake is really THAT important. However, the suitability of the academic programs is the most important. UPenn itself is already well-known without Wharton. Ironically, some employers like mines do not know about Wharton but rather UPenn. If you want a liberal arts education, UPenn may be the best for you. If you want a focus in business only, Stern may be for you.</p>
<p>I'm guessing financial issues aren't a concern to you? I am probably going to ditch Stern myself for Berkeley because it is a lot cheaper.</p>
<p>really, i think Stern and Wharton are about the same in terms of academic. Upenn just has the reputation for ivy and NYU has the location. Plus, Master compare Stern with CAS in Upenn not with wharton.</p>
<p>As regards taking classes in Wharton if you are in the College (or Engineering, or Nursing)...</p>
<p>It's completely open. Anyone from any of the four undergraduate schools can take classes offered in any of the other schools. They don't put limits, either, on the level of classes you can take. Some of the upper-level classes have pre-requisites, but as long as you have fulfilled them (the pre-reqs are the same for the kids in Wharton), then you can take the class.</p>
<p>Likewise, about 40% of the classes that Wharton students take are in the College of Arts and Sciences.</p>
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really, i think Stern and Wharton are about the same in terms of academic. Upenn just has the reputation for ivy and NYU has the location. Plus, Master compare Stern with CAS in Upenn not with wharton.
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They are from two separate levels.. I got a $12000 stern scholar to stern. In contrast, I applied ED to wharton, was waitlisted, and eventually rejected.</p>
<p>Admissions decisons can and do go either way.</p>
<p>DO NOT pass up UPenn for Stern...UPenn is a much better and more prestigious school than Stern. You will regret passing up one of the best schools in the country for Stern. I am a Stern student, so I hope you listen to my opinion.</p>
<p>hey dantheman, what in your opinion are the disadvantages that Stern students have compared to those in Wharton? im going to Stern myself so I was just wondering if you could enlighten me? are Stern kids at a disadvantage of anysort when it comes to recruiting, academics, college life etc?</p>
<p>For some of you here, it is all about which school is more prestigious, and the ranking. Don't you see in finance no one gets a crap about what school you come from when you are actually trading in the stock market, it is all about the skills you learn to succeed. One of my friend in China with no university degree earns more money than that of a PHD finance professor. For that person who posted this thread, he wants to have something to do with finance. In this case, unless he is going to Wharton for finance, Stern is a better choice than the art and science school. Of course, if he values more about the prestigiousness, Upenn is better.</p>