Northwestern MMSS or Columbia CC for IB recruiting?
I'm currently a student at Northwestern University majoring in MMSS (Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences) and Economics. I was recently admitted to Columbia as a transfer student and am feeling conflicted about whether to accept the offer and would really appreciate any insights.
For context, MMSS is a selective, quantitative social science program at Northwestern that’s considered more rigorous than the standard Economics major. Many students from the program go on to careers in consulting or investment banking. I'm originally from New York City and would like to be closer to home, and I also plan to build a long-term career in NYC, ideally in investment banking.
One of the biggest factors in my decision is how each school supports IB recruitment. If anyone has experience or insight into how Columbia and Northwestern compare in that area, I’d be very grateful to hear your thoughts.
Columbia is probably one of the easier schools to place if you prepare well. What is lacking is the preparedness of the students and inherent entitlement, especially kids in the so-called top clubs.
columbia 100%. better branding, alumni network. agree with other poster than there's a huge sense of entitlement in certain clubs. Personally was rejected from half the investment clubs on campus and still ended up in MF PE so that honestly doesn't matter.
Having IB recruitment as one of your biggest factors is a horrible horrible idea. You can get to wherever you want to go from either of these schools, what will matter more is how you interview and your academic record.
MMSS does not meaningfully change recruitment outcomes. I went to NU, it’s certainly an impressive program, but personally/interview ability isn’t correlated with mmss ability. Just because you can do stats at a high level, does not mean you will come across well in an interview or ace finance technicals.
My peers from NU went to qatalyst, centerview, Goldman, MS, and basically every other great bank out there. This was years ago and based on interns I’ve spoken with it as only gotten better. Columbia is in NYC and likely is networked into NYC banks in a way that makes NYC offices more accessible.
The schools are very different and one is close to home. Transferring is also a huge social decision where you need to reset your social life and potentially majors etc. if you are unhappy at NU transfer. Being close to home could help and you might meet a different crowd that gives you traction, but transferring for recruitment between those two schools is beyond stupid. Also, if you told me that was why you transferred in an interview I would ding you immediately.
Personally, I would stay with NU because of the backlash Columbia is facing over being pro-jew hating and the protests. Sure NU has some of that, but not to the degree. Columbia could find itself really in hot water as kinda the poster child for everything wrong with higher educationZ
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