Wharton or M&T Postgraduates? Where they're at now?

<p>Was wondering what postgraduates have done, not like the big names or anything, but just what the average graduate does or what kind of job offers one gets. Or if they’re any current undergrads, what are your plans or what do you think you’re going to be doing after you graduate?</p>

<p>People talk all kinds of jobs in business from accounting to marketing to Wall St., but the most common job because there are so many finance majors is investment banking analyst (white collar slave labor) or consulting at a firm like Bain or McKinsey or Accenture.</p>

<p>Also, as an add on, do you guys think it'd be worth it in the end to go to M&T over UCSD with a full ride. I would be paying full freight for penn, but the difference would be I would not be going the business route at UCSD. With that in my mind, would the better job offers, etc. coming from M&T make up for the 200k differential coming out of college? And if so, how long would it usually take to pay off the debt?</p>

<p>This is just me, but I'd take M&T over UCSD in a heartbeat, regardless of what type of aid/scholarships you're getting at UCSD. The opportunities you'd have at M&T are endless, and you'll meet some truly amazing people at Penn. Also, if you want to do business, Wharton is where you want to be (not to mention that UCSD doesn't even have an undergraduate business program).</p>

<p>Citeruid: You got the Jacobs Engineering scholarship at UCSD...right? I would most certainly take this prestigious award over UPenn. You can always aim for UPenn for graduate school. For undergrad, don't miss this fantastic opportunity.</p>

<p>I'm not familiar with the UCSD program, but it looks like you need to make a choice on what career you want to pursue. M&T is the single most recruited group at Penn for buisness firms. No program in any university offers chances into Ibanks and finance groups as M&T does.</p>

<p>Hmm, i personally want to go the business route, while my parents aren't so confident that 1) it'll be higher paying than engineering as to be worth the money, 2) that i'll be actually getting job offers from investment banking, consulting jobs, etc. . Imo, my parents and I are both naive in our assertions atm, so I guess right now, the best option would for both of us to become more informed on what a finance job entails. Where would be a good place to get us informed on such a thing? </p>

<p>Anyways, i just want to say thanks so far to everybody who replied, all the info is much appreciated! =]</p>

<p>edit: yea it was the jacobs engineering scholarship</p>

<p>As far as pay is concerned, I'm sure this will give you a fairly good idea of what kind of starting salary you can expect coming out of M&T (be sure to take note of the average bonus, etc.). <a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/wharton/surveys.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/wharton/surveys.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The starting salary at Investment banking positions is higher than engineering salaries when the +25k bonus is included. Most importantly, salaries rise faster in finance than in engineering. That is why many engineers turn to MBA schools when engineering can no longer advance the carrier to their liking. With M&T, you can get in the game without requiring the MBA.</p>

<p>^ Exactly. The best part is, with M&T behind you, you have the flexibility of choosing a job in either engineering or finance/business. Of course, most choose finance/business because of the overwhelming salary difference and more chances to rise quickly in their profession, but nevertheless, the option of an engineering career is still there.</p>

<p>They are wallowing in money and/or power. It's good to be king. :D</p>

<p><a href="https://www.mandtconnect.org/jsp/Front/login.jsp%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.mandtconnect.org/jsp/Front/login.jsp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I'd like access to that page...</p>

<p>hey guys. i was wondering if a dual degree between SEAS (comp sci) and Wharton would also provide the same flexibility as M&T in terms of engineering and business employment.</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

<p>If you ask anyone at Penn, including the admissions officers, they will tell you that a dual degree is almost the same as M&T in terms of cousework (except for a couple of special classes, and Management 101, that M&T students get to take)... the biggest differences are simply in advising (M&T students get special M&T advisors) and prestige (as you're aware, M&T is extremely prestigious). Also, if you take a look at the salary survey, you'll see that the dual degree graduates have almost exactly the same starting salary as M&T graduates (there's like a 1 or 2K difference). I'm planning to do a dual degree at Penn myself..</p>

<p>Thanks. Could you link me to the webpages for the curriculums and salary survey etc if they're available online?</p>

<p>Salary survey- <a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerser...on/surveys.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerser...on/surveys.html&lt;/a>
(Look under "dual degrees")</p>

<p>You can find the basic requirements for a dual degree explained somewhere on the SEAS site; the actual curriculum varies a lot because of how many options there are.</p>

<p>Sorry the link doesn't work for me. Is it just my laptop?</p>

<p>nope, i think a couple of the letters were <em>bleeped</em> out, or something</p>

<p>Just go to the career services website. The navigation is totally self explanatory.</p>