Brown vs. Duke vs. NYU Stern vs. UMich Ross
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Hey guys,
My cousin is trying to decide between these schools for undergrad and she has to make a decision by Tuesday. What's the best option for banking and consulting? Social life? Academics? Thanks!





If social life is less of a
If social life is less of a deciding factor, Stern.
If she wants the full college experience, Ross.
If she wants a mix of both, Duke or Brown.
"A man generally has two reasons for doing anything. One that sounds good, and the real one." - J.P. Morgan
Brown is a core school for
Brown is a core school for some consulting firms.
- Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.
- The harder you work, the luckier you become.
- I believe in the "Golden Rule": the man with the gold rules.
What's up with Brown? Aren't
What's up with Brown? Aren't they supposed to be a pretty good school? And yet, I've hardly heard of anyone who's really excited to be admitted to Brown...
I would guess that the
I would guess that the majority of Brown's student body isn't all that interested in working on Wall Street. I went to Duke so I'm trying to push her to go there but I want her to get some balanced opinion so she isn't balanced. Recruiting at Duke was fantastic and I liked the college experience but its tough to compare when you can only go to one college. Thanks for the opinions!
It is a great school. But i
It is a great school. But i don't think it's that good for finance-related recruiting, though. Apparently Brown doesn't even have a GPA system. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Definitely Duke. Great
Definitely Duke. Great placement in finance, and you can't beat the weather. The social scene at Ross is better but not by much. I wouldn't even consider Stern in this set of schools but as for Brown, from what I've heard there is less competition for finance recruiting. Decision's easy - go with Duke.
Everyone (at least 90
Everyone (at least 90 percent) at brown who wants break into banking succeeds. It's also a target for MBB especially Bain and a few prop trading firms e.g. sig, jane street etc.
gavin_volure: Definitely
Definitely Duke. Great placement in finance, and you can't beat the weather. The social scene at Ross is better but not by much. I wouldn't even consider Stern in this set of schools but as for Brown, from what I've heard there is less competition for finance recruiting. Decision's easy - go with Duke.
Before you speak out of your ass..have you thought which schools are top 5 for finance? It goes something like wharton, stern, mit, berkeley, and michigan...
to the OP... your best bet would be michigan or stern....brown is severely underrepresented on wall street...I havent met a single alumni from there, granted my perspective is from s&t...
Duke is on a lower tier here....their mba program is one of the best, but this doesnt transalate to undergrad.
Bernankey: gavin_volure: De
Definitely Duke. Great placement in finance, and you can't beat the weather. The social scene at Ross is better but not by much. I wouldn't even consider Stern in this set of schools but as for Brown, from what I've heard there is less competition for finance recruiting. Decision's easy - go with Duke.
Before you speak out of your ass..have you thought which schools are top 5 for finance? It goes something like wharton, stern, mit, berkeley, and michigan...
to the OP... your best bet would be michigan or stern....brown is severely underrepresented on wall street...I havent met a single alumni from there, granted my perspective is from s&t...
Duke is on a lower tier here....their mba program is one of the best, but this doesnt transalate to undergrad.
You don't need to go to a top finance school in order to have a solid shot at breaking into finance; you just need to go a top school. For example, Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford all have great placement onto the Street.
From op's list though, I'd personally choose Duke or UMich, but I really don't think you can go wrong with any of those.
I would pick either Duke or
I would pick either Duke or UMich to get the best balance between the college experience and best OCR/opportunities in finance.
NYU Stern and Duke are the
NYU Stern and Duke are the best out of those for placement.
Bernankey: gavin_volure: De
Definitely Duke. Great placement in finance, and you can't beat the weather. The social scene at Ross is better but not by much. I wouldn't even consider Stern in this set of schools but as for Brown, from what I've heard there is less competition for finance recruiting. Decision's easy - go with Duke.
Before you speak out of your ass..have you thought which schools are top 5 for finance? It goes something like wharton, stern, mit, berkeley, and michigan...
to the OP... your best bet would be michigan or stern....brown is severely underrepresented on wall street...I havent met a single alumni from there, granted my perspective is from s&t...
Duke is on a lower tier here....their mba program is one of the best, but this doesnt transalate to undergrad.
Actually its the opposite from what I've heard-Duke's business school is really good but its undergrad is a stronger feeder to elite jobs relatively speaking. Yale faces a similar situation. Fuqua and Yale SOM are excellent, but their undergrad programs are easily top 6-8 in the US with regards to placement into investment banking, sales & trading, or consulting while at the b- school level they are top 10-12.
Bernankey: Duke is on a lower
Duke is on a lower tier here....their mba program is one of the best, but this doesnt transalate to undergrad.
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I'd go with Brown! Ivy league
I'd go with Brown! Ivy league + Good City + Good Social Vibe. Brown has smarter students but less competition (both academically, because of their curriculum, and because there is less interest in wall street jobs). Sure, Duke/Stern may have more students on Wall Street, but that's because they also have a lot more kids who want to be on Wall Street. At Brown, all the top firms recruit but there are a lot fewer ppl clawing their way into the jobs. Brown also places better into high tech (Google, Facebook, etc) and consulting (MBB) than Ross/Duke/Stern.
I wasn't sure about banking
I wasn't sure about banking which is why I posed the question for my cousin but it's highly unlikely that Brown is better recruited for MBB than Duke-there were about 30ish kids in my graduating class last year who got jobs as Associates at those three companies. My roommate is an AC at Bain so that's how I know. I don't know much about Stern or Ross but I'm assuming there's a gap between Brown/Duke and these two schools in management consulting since its such a prestige-oriented industry.
Brown/Duke are
I turned down Duke last year
Duke is better than the other
Duke if you are interested in
Is this serious? Duke is by
Reality hits you hard, bro...
I think it's between Brown
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Bernankey: gavin_volure: De
You went to Duke, so you
It all depends on whether you
Duke no question...Bernankey
Irresistible: It all depends
I think everyone here
Irresistible: It all depends
Reality hits you hard, bro...
eldiablo4857: I think
^That's actually not true. I
The undergrad classes at
bumpthethread: ^That's
jd-to-ib: The undergrad
cheese86: The Brown name is
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I respectfully disagree and
I lived in Boston for 6 years
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cheese86, just because you
Duke sent 30 to MBB; Brown
Those figures are completely
Let's close this thread. The
Duke/Brown > both Michigan
I went to Penn undergrad.
Does anyone know what to
MBB hopeful