<p>Suze, why dont you click on the two links I have provided above for CAS and SEAS students and you'll find them. Look at the list of firms that employ them--you've got Goldman Sachs and the whole gang.
Saying there's no room for liberal arts and engineering kids on Wall Street is absolutely false. In fact, the engineering kids actually have an edge when it comes to i-banking. If what you're saying is true, then Wall Street would only equal Wharton,Sloan, Ross and Stern. And that certainly is not the case. Employers want students from diverse backgrounds and broad skillsets and thus do recruit heavily from liberal arts and engineering schools. Since you're so sure of what you're saying, why don't you give some data to back it up? The links I've provided crush your statement.</p>
<p>Data mostly drawn from USNWR</p>
<p>OBJECTIVE DATA</p>
<p>Undergraduate Enrollment:
Brown: 6176 Duke: 6534 U Penn: 9841</p>
<p>Cost (Tuition & Fees):
Brown: $34,620 Duke: $33,963 U Penn: $34,156 </p>
<p>Graduation & Retention Rank
Brown: 3rd Duke: 8th U Penn: 8th (tie)<br>
-% of Students expected to graduate in 6 years:
Brown: 93% Duke: 93% U Penn: 94%
-% of students who do graduate in 6 years:
Brown: 95% Duke: 93% U Penn: 94% </p>
<p>Faculty Resources Rank:
Brown: 18th Duke: 4th U Penn: 1st
-% of classes with 50+ students
Brown: 10% Duke: 5% U Penn: 8%
-% of classes with <20 students
Brown: 67% Duke: 71% U Penn: 73%
-Faculty/student ratio
Brown: 9/1 Duke: 8/1 U Penn: 6/1</p>
<p>Student Selectivity Rank:
Brown: 10th Duke: 11th U Penn:8th
-Average SAT/ACT:
Brown: 1330-1540 Duke: 1360-1540 U Penn: 1340-1520<br>
-% of students ranking in top 10% of high school class
Brown: 90% Duke: 88% U Penn: 94%<br>
-% acceptance rate
Brown: 15% Duke: 24% U Penn: 21%</p>
<h1>of NMS Finalists from 2005 and % of student body:</h1>
<p>Brown: 76 (5%) Duke: 142 (9%) U Penn: 133 (5%) </p>
<h1>of 1500 scorers enrolled and % of student body:</h1>
<p>Brown: 1998 (32%) Duke: 2282 (35%) U Penn: 3110 (32%) </p>
<p>Financial Resources Rank:
Brown: 27th Duke: 12th U Penn: 7th </p>
<p>Alumni Giving % and Rank:
Brown: 38% (10th) Duke: 44% (5th) U Penn: 40% (7th) </p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE DATA</p>
<p>Peer Assessment:
Brown: 4.4 Duke: 4.5 U Penn: 4.5</p>
<p>The data don’t reveal much other than these schools score very equally in almost every objective (and subjective) measure. Other factors must drive this decision. Weather? Location? Post-graduate interests? Type of neighborhood and campus? Strength of engineering program? Prominence of athletic programs in school social life? Prestige back home? </p>
<p>These are all terrific schools with diverse student bodies and a great variety of personalities on each campus. (IMO, your Duke concerns are false-the students there are very talented, very diverse, and the South is far more welcoming than most Northerners give it credit for). My only other comment is that I would be surprised if whichever school you choose doesn’t end up being your dream school compared to Stanford.</p>
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I'd cross off Penn where I would only attend for Wharton.
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This is quite possibly the most uneducated statement I've heard from a senior member on CC. You can't single out the best program the university has and say everything else is negligible. Doing so is like saying that the only Ivy worth attending is Harvard or the only reason to go to CMU is for the EE/CS program. </p>
<p>Penn SEAS and Pratt are pretty equal, but you don't see much from Brown engineering in the rankings. Penn SEAS can get a slight edge if one wishes to go into business after undergrad because of the numerous Wharton classes readily available for a SEAS student to take and bolster his resume. Both Pratt and SEAS are heavily Bioengineering/Biomedical engineering if that makes a difference.</p>