Cornell vs Northwestern for NYC IB/PE?

Question

In terms of opportunities per student body, should I be choosing Cornell(Policy Analysis and Management major in College of Human Ecology) or Northwestern(CAS Econ with Kellogg Finane Certificate)? Cornell is $20K cheaper but there are more students to compete against and the quality of the school can’t compare to Northwestern. There are Northwestern students at every elite boutique such as Evercore, Moelis, Centerview, etc, but I think more Cornell students at the BBs.

Synergy_or_Syzygy · Accepted Answer

Fair enough, do you think it's a better chance than majoring in something related? None of this shit sounds finance relevant to me: https://www.human.cornell.edu/academics/undergraduateHuman Ecology undergrad degree programs If we dive into the closest possible related major, Policy something, here's the curriculum: https://www.human.cornell.edu/pam/academics/advisingPAM curriculum Looks pretty light on #'s to me, social science statistics is the closest you're getting. Introduction to Policy Analysis Intro to Microecon Intermediate Microecon Population and Public Pol

Quaneaser · Answer

School honestly doesn't matter that much at Cornell. There's plenty of interesting management/econ courses within HumEc and you can very easily take as many finance/accounting/business courses that you want in AEM/Hotel/CAS, etc.

This seems like an easy choice. $20K cheaper per year x 4 means you have $80K less in debt. Anecdotally from ~5 years on the street I've seen way more Cornell kids in IB in NYC than Northwestern (though NW has more in Chicago, a much much smaller market). At an EB on your list and we generally have 2-3 Cornell per class, don't have any NW this year

topboy · Answer

Sounds like you're drinking the Cornell Kool-Aid hard man. At Cornell the AEM/Dyson kids will 100% get looked at before you do. At the superday I went to I saw exclusively AEM/Dyson kids of those from Cornell (my school is a "peer" school to Cornell). Don't think I've met one doing regular econ or whatever that major you're talking about is when recruiting

If you want NYC, Cornell. If you want IB but also want a college experience, NU. NU campus is awesome and you're just outside of Chicago + you'll get all the Chicago superdays with the UChi/UMich kids

samlee1 · Answer

I realize this is an old post but this may be helpful to those reading this.  It's difficult to weigh what "I've seen more kids from Cornell" actually translates to when you consider the fact that 1) Cornell is a much bigger school, 2) Cornell has way more job applicants to IB in NYC due to its location. To me, these are very different choices and it partially comes down to what you want during college. PAM sounds sorta interesting but may play second fiddle to econ/AEM within Cornell.  Kellogg certificate, on the other hand, is very rigorous.

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