Northwestern v.s. Uchicago ? Advice for IB/Consulting/PE
Context: Currently a freshman low-semitarget t20, aiming mainly for IB&Consulting but personally bit more inclined towards consulting(ideally MBB). International intending to get green card and stay in the US at least for a while.
Assuming everything goes somewhat as planned, application will be pretty strong and will be applying most T15 + Mcdonough + Stern + Ross except HYPSM.
Since the two schools that give the transfer option are NU and UofC, I am trying to weigh which school I should TED. According to my current knowledge:
UChicago:
pros: slightly better in terms of overall prestige than NU (ik its childish but I am an asian international - it is in my blood.) Also if I eventually return back to my home country, UofC >> NU there. NU havent gained much presence & alumni connection there yet.
cons: harder GPA & social life. Thinking of bizecon, but I am not sure how much this will make a difference in terms of academic pressure (need advice)
Northwestern:
pros: better social life & more manageable academics + strong in consulting
cons: slightly worse than UofC for IB/PE?
+ less prestige (as aformentioned). Considering its a TED im not sure if I want to be binded to NU when my transfer RD list contains a plethora of ivies and business schools on par with NU or better, while UofC feels a bit less like a loss to be binded (as it has a slight edge over NU in prestige.)
I know that in simple terms of recruiting both are more than enough, but I would like some advice on decision making here from experiences for recruiting and general academics/life @NU/UofC.
Appreciate it
are u at washu lol?
nah lol. better than washu overall but my school struggles in ib/consulting
ah gotcha lol thought it was washu bc a good number of ppl transfer to those 2 schools from there
CMU?
you can get the same jobs coming out of NU as you can UChicago, and you will have a 1000X better time there. Definitely go NU.
are you a NU or Uchicago alum per chance? or is it generally just well known in offices that uofc is actually miserable lol
Agree with the above. Pretty equivalent. UC is prob a tad more prestigious but NU viewed as a bit more sociable.
Both recruit well to MBB especially. Just pick whichever you’ll enjoy more and can get the best GPA.
None of the business schools ur applying to are as good as northwestern for IB/PE btw. Except maybe stern which might be better than northwestern for a freshman, but club/hardo dynamics make it impossible for sophomore transfers so I wouldn’t even consider it.
As a student at NU as long as your in IBC you’re good for banking/PE. For consulting you just need to network
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