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Being a finance major gives one better job security than most other jobs. For law school, I have my heart set for Columbia or NYU (or maybe even Harvard, and UPenn) JD/MBA, but that's for later. No need to rush.
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<p>Well, used to have better job security. Not really anymore with this financial meltdown. At the moment, there is an oversupply of finance grads and they are having a rough time finding jobs. That might change in 4 years though.</p>
<p>Actually, I'm from CT, which isn't that far off.
Isn't NYU a top law school?</p>
<p>"Isn't NYU a top law school?"</p>
<p>Yes NYU is a top law school. It is most recently ranked 5th in USN.<br>
Top</a> 15 Law Schools From Which Elite U.S. Law Firms Hire New Lawyers
Brian</a> Leiter Student Quality, 2006</p>
<p>anyone who doesn't think NYU is a top law school is seriously delusional. No offense. Isn't the top Civil Rights Defense Attorney in the country an NYU Law graduate? It's regularly ranked right next to Columbia and above the likes of UPenn, Cornell, etc.</p>
<p>Didn't mean to imply it wasn't a good law school, it's just not usually one of thee first ones out of the mouth of a young person looking at the great law schools IMO.</p>
<p>I believe that you will get more attention and more liberal artsy-ness at Wharton, but more competition in the student body and greater pre-professional depth at Stern.</p>
<p>Housing in New York is very expensive and so is the cost of living; Philadelphia is a less expensive city.</p>
<p>The difference between placement on Wall Street is likely negligible, to be honest. Both schools are world-renowed and well-known for their business students. The advantage to Stern is that some companies have fall and spring internships that you can get -- they are less competitive, because only NYC area students can take them, or students willing to take a semester off.</p>
<p>And I don't know what hmom5 is talking about -- NYU IS a top law school, and so is Columbia. I would argue that the ones who don't mention NYU when considering top law schools (and don't do so because of location reasons) are the ones who have to see more of the world.</p>
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...it's just not usually one of thee first ones out of the mouth of a young person looking at the great law schools IMO
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<p>Ha, of course not. The first three would be Yale, Harvard, and Stanford, and you know that. Then, immediately, many of the other T14 schools. NYU, on account of its ideal location, would likely be among one of the first mentioned after the big three.</p>
<p>But, if you were accepted to both Wharton and Stern, you would be hard pressed to turn down Wharton for Stern, if only because of the step above in prestige and the Ivy League brand name. And, apparently, that sort of thing matters in Business and Finance.</p>
<p>Just one person's opinion. And as someone who has hired on Wall Street for 3 decades, Stern does not have nearly the placement that Wharton has.</p>
<p>I would like to comment on the previous comments above:
As I want a JD/MBA, I was listing schools that have a good balance of business and law. Harvard, the obvious best, is a VERY LONG SHOT (I still did mention it). Stanford, while being as good as Harvard, is obviously too far away, and Yale's business school, IMO, is not as strong as I would like it to be (still very strong, however). The two best choices, for me, were Columbia and NYU, which are not only close to home, but have amazing law schools and business schools to boot.
And hmom5, I am grateful for your input on the matter, as I am for everyone else's.
I also know my chances at Wharton are very slim, so I'm not trying to sound like I would probably get in.</p>
<p>Vinny, by the time you finish 4 years of college you'll better see how small the world we live in really is. Stanford might well (and should) be on your radar. I went to Wharton from CA and loved the East Coast so much I stayed for 25 years after I graduated. My son wants to get his MBA in France for a different experience. It's a global economy and lawyers and businessmen, especially in corporate finance, need to understand and have ecperience all over the world today.</p>
<p>Unless you seriously like the campus and city-feel at NYU, definitely go with Wharton if you get in.</p>
<p>"Didn't mean to imply it wasn't a good law school,.."</p>
<p>Correct, you didn't imply, you out and out stated it wasn't a "top" law school.</p>
<p>".. it's just not usually one of thee first ones out of the mouth of a young person looking at the great law schools IMO. "</p>
<p>ok its not one of the first ones. It's one of the second ones, with a scant couple above. That still makes it pretty darned "top", by most reasonable uses of that term. Not "the" top, but "a" top. The recruiting and stats figures I posted in post #23 above speak for themselves. The major law firms I worked with in I-banking were rife with NYU law grads. I don't know what was coming out of the mouths of all those people, but it seems to have served them in abundance, and well. Perhaps there are fewer at Sullivan & Cromwell, but other firms have more to make up for it. They all have their pet targets.</p>
<p>You're right monydad, it's not top in my mind because I see few NYU grads at the uber top law firms I work with. Not sure if their ranking have gone up over the years, but from my particular perch, I'm not seing them in high numbers at the top firms.</p>
<p>They are there, at other top firms that you don't happen to work with then. They are all over the place, actually. As the charts in prior post verifies.
I worked with dozens of them, seemingly.</p>
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<p>My IB analyst class had 9x as many Wharton grads as NYU-Stern grads. Prior and subsequent years were similar.</p>
<p>"lololololololololololololololololol"
Except NYC is one of, if not, THE safest big city in America while Philly and camden are a JOKE.
I lolololololololol at your fail.</p>