Emory VS UMich VS Fordham Honors
I am stuck between the choice of Emory, UMich, or Fordham Gabelli Honors program for a choice of college. I am looking to do investment banking, and am interning over the summer in a very low level position in NYC (I am an NYC local). I would look to get into Goizueta at Emory or Ross at Michigan.
Which of these three do you think would be strongest for i banking recruiting and do you think Fordham would be able to compete with Emory or Mich for recruiting?
Thanks
I think U Mich and I say this as an Emory guy.
I'm tempted to say Fordham could compete based on location but it's just nowhere near as respected a degree as the other two. UMich
If you're not a staunch Catholic, UMich is the clear winner.
Michigan Big Drop Emory Enormous Drop Fordham
coming from forham location doesn't help that much,
UMICH for sure
Michigan > Emory > Fordham
Only thing to be careful of is that getting into Ross is more competitive than getting into Goizueta, so don't slack off your freshman year.
UMich is also a lot cheaper than Fordham and (I believe) Emory.
With all due respect to Emory- a perfectly fine school- I'm not sure why there's a whole lot of doubt here on UMich vs. Emory. Fordham is understandable if you aren't 100% sure you don't want to become a Jesuit Priest.
Mich unless you have extenuating circumstances.
I go to Fordham and my roommate is in Gabelli Honors. He will be joining a BB IBD FT in the summer. PM me if you have any questions.
Also, the program is pretty cool. You get to visit a bunch of companies, and you get three free study abroad trips (one month in London, one week in Argentina and another week in China). Plus NYC location is great both for networking and personal development.
Dude, Michigan has the best reputation and OCR.
Fordham has the best location and maybe you don't want to leave NYC, but your ability to network will be key.
Emory from what i know has a bunch of alums on the street and is a decent school
Good luck.
My brother went to Ross at Umich. Definitely have to work hard freshman year to get into Ross -- his roommate didn't get in and ended up with going into engineering. Can't say much for the other schools, but after visiting a few times, I'd go to Michigan if I could do it over!
I'm a Georgia Tech alum and from what my Emory friends tell me, there are BB IBD opportunities at the school but they are extremely competitive (I'm sure they're competitive at all schools). The Emory guys told me that a majority of the students in the business program are gunning for i-banking gigs and there might be 6 kids that get hired every year.
well i can tell you for a fact thats just not true. your friends are likely not competitive enough to get jobs so they just said that to make themselves sound less stupid, cause 6 alone go to single banks.
LOL 6 kids a year from a school in the US NEWS top 20. Really.
Ehh, we get about 1 recruit a year from Emory. You are more likely to get in from Baruch- certainly Michigan- than Emory- at least for S&T where I work.
Emory is a liberal arts school; Michigan is a business school. If you want to do business, go to Michigan. It's really that simple.
But what if I cannot go to the ross? Which one would you choose between the LSA of Umich and Emory?
If my choices were Big Ten Engineering vs. semi-target liberal arts, my choice would be Big Ten Engineering, but it would be close and I'm biased. UMich has more options, more people on campus, more critical mass, more name recognition, especially north of the Mason-Dixon line and west of the Appalachians. If you change your mind and want to be a CS major, or a Nurse, UMich gives you more choices. I'm sure Emory is better known and respected than UMich in the Southeast, but it isn't the behemoth international brand that UMich is between Engineering, Ross, and the Economics program.
At the end of the day, you're dealing with two very different flavors of ice cream here, and aside from tuition considerations, it really comes down to personal choice about the campus experience.
The Big Ten experience is a little bit more jarring your first year. You get your 14 digit student ID number which is deliberately 2-3 digits longer than it needs to be to send the message "It's sink or swim, and we don't care if you fail." You're one of 50,000 students on campus. A private liberal arts school coddles and parents you a little more. There's a little more independence and "adulting" at UMich. There's a little more claims to pedigree at Emory, but that overall claim kinda falls apart if you're UMich Engineering, CS, Actuarial Mathematics, or Econ with a strong GPA.
I'd go Ross or go to Umich and try to transfer to a real target after a year (Georgetown. Cornell, Duke, Brown).
The guy is 26 yo
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