NYU Stern vs. University of Chicago

Milton Friedman. 'Nuff said.

What is your goal and what makes you happy?

UChicago = minimal fun and a stressful 4 years, but you will be much more intellectually stimulated in various areas than you ever will be @ NYU, let alone if you are at NYU-Stern. Chicago is a fun city and much less expensive than NYC, but you won't have much of a city experience anyway since you'll be stuck in HP for the most part. There are a lot hotter (and much dumber) girls at NYU than at UChicago... pretty much no comparison in terms of social life (you can make UChicago fun.... but it still is UChicago).

It pretty much comes down to whether or not you are looking to simply get into finance/live in the finance capital of the world/hit on retarded NYU girls versus having a mediocre social life in college (for the most part--it can still be fun in the right crowds), but likely being a much different person intellectually after 4 years and even more likely decide to pursue something other than finance (I can't count how many ppl I met my freshman year that are now pursuing other things after doing soph/junior SA gigs and hating them). The career opportunities are likely similar for both assuming you do well at both, although you will have many more options @ UChicago if finance isn't your thing than you will @ Stern.

Also realize you could go to UChicago, study whatever the hell you want, and have as good of a chance or better @ getting into a top finance/consulting/trading gig out of undergrad as any Stern graduate.

chicago

I don't have much to contribute to this except that yes, NYU girls are complete idiots.

Chicago. No question.

Cartwright--

You clearly haven't been to both schools to really compare. UChicago is quite easily one of the worst in the country when it comes to attractive females. About the same level as Cal-Tech (if you've ever visited there) and MIT. NYU at least has an 'arts' program that gets a lot of girls and the school overall is a joke to get into, so a lot more idiots with rich parents can get in vs UC, which will generally increase the attractiveness.

I won't even argue to say NYU is good--just that UC is very, very bad when it comes to this. Then again, most people on this site are likely horrifically ugly, so I doubt it matters that much.

Who gives a fuck how hot the girls are? Go to the one that gives you the greatest chance of landing the job you want!

Somebody threw monkey shit at me for these posts? lulz......

I guess to a degree it's personal preference... but if it were me and this were UG (or MBA) I'd totally choose Chicago. Great city, great school, great profs.... Chicago.

Stern for UG, Chicago for MBA.

Last time I checked, you weren't relegated to just the girls at your school. Pretty sure there are other girls in NYC and Chicago...it's not like you're isolated at Dartmouth or whatever.

NYU? You're thinking about UChic, #1 in econ, over NYU?

Undergraduate business school rankings mean nothing. Go to Chicago if you can bear the weather.

You just said undergraduate business school rankings mean nothing, and you're using another set of rankings to compare the schools. #lawl

Depends on whether you want access to every single firm year-round for internships, networking, recruiting events, info, and all the rest vs. the economics powerhouse of the country.

Trade-off. Neither school has anything tremendous in terms of girls, but that's less a factor for some. Considering that you won't have an easy undergrad experience at either, it may simply boil down to city vs. city. NYC > Chicago?

if your ultimate goal is to be an IBD analyst in NY, then NYU hands down

otherwise, UChicago

roger myerson james heckman robert lucas jr robert fogel gary becker ronald coase

nobel laureates, uchicago faculty in economics.

really depends what you're looking for in your 4 yrs. recruiting at NYU stern wrecks uchicago

Chicago.