Yale vs Penn Fisher M&T

<p>My son is still trying to decide between Yale and the M&T program at Penn. He will get two degrees from Penn - engineering and business from Wharton. And he is thinking of double majoring in engineering and economics at Yale. The pros for the M&T program is you are almost guaranteed a job in finance/wall street, however the more liberal arts/intellectual type of education (less pre-professional than Wharton) at Yale is very attractive as well and it opens another door if he ends up not liking finance/investment banking. He was thinking of going to law someday. Can someone share their experience with us?</p>

<p>M&T is not going to close any doors … and I can’t think of any better program for that Wall Street job. You can’t go wrong with either though!</p>

<p>I would go with Penn M&T because of the Wall Street recruiting (opportunities to join top hedge funds straight out of undergrad, which are generally not available to other ivy grads). </p>

<p>That said, if one isn’t set on a Wall Street career and leaning towards law, engineering is overkill anyway. Interests will probably change and Yale’s world-renowned humanities/lib. arts programs would be a much better fit than Wharton and Penn SEAS.</p>

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<p>There you said it yourself. Both options are great, and neither will close any doors to any fields/industries. But all else equal, I believe a more well rounded liberal arts education at Yale is more intellectually rewarding.</p>