Fordham vs Baruch
Hey everyone,
I,m about to graduate from a county college in NJ, and having a tough time deciding which school I should attend.
Basically I made an original thread asking about, Fordham, MSU (Montclair), and Rutgers Newark. Everyone said MSU and RU were horrible choices and career suicide lol. So here's my question now Baruch or Fordham??
And obviously, money is an issue for me. So is Fordham worth it? Please discuss, and provide some feedback.
Also I would apply to NYU an Columbia even if I ha the slimmest of chances. Here's so details: Will be graduating with an associates in Econ. with a 3.7 GPA, and finance and economics club for one semester. I also played on the schools soccer team my freshman year.
I know it's not a lot, but I was lost until this year. I really didn't know what I wanted to do, and my GPA was bad. Since I got into Finance I've been getting all A's and I'm really motivated by it.
Thanks, Guys
Fordham. Rutgers Newark and MSU are career suicide.
I'd probably go with Fordham just because they're located in the city. Meaning you can get school-year internships and network a lot more easily. Plus Newark isn't even the flagship Rutgers campus, this should be an easy choice.
Transfer later anyway.
Baruch or NYU?
Was thinking about these schools as well. Would Baruch be placed ahead of Fordham?
You're gonna have to network equally between them. Baruch may have a leg up in that it costs about $4
Fordham among those three (although I loathe religious schools personally) or Montclair state if you could save money+transfer to NYU/Boston College/Georgetown type semi targets
Actually I take that back, NO Montclair state, go to community college to transfer (employers will consider Montclair state a community college anyway and so it would be uneeded expense)
Honestly just go to Fordham and enjoy your life :)
Don't go to MSU. Rutgers has a few kids on the street. I remember seeing a group of Rutgers math majors going to a Morgan Stanley S+T event in the city. Front office will be incredibly difficult though, given your background, unless you have top grades. To stand out, get a 4.0 your first semester and email or talk to 2 people on the phone every day for your first semester. Target people in back office and middle office especially. Build a spreadsheet of contacts. The guy above said that Fordham is a good bet because it's close to the city. That may be true. Check Linkedin and look at how many alumni from each school are at each bank and in what roles. I'd network with alumni at F500 businesses too because banking/S+T/IM will be close to impossible right out of college.
Fordham, then network your ass off for midyear internships (for free even) ... I know lots of people in front office roles from Fordham, MC, Baruch to capitalize on this advantage.
Go to Rutgers if your penultimate goal is Non-Target -> STD's
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Vdubben: Check Linkedin to see how many alums are from each.
Networking can over come almost any school you go to, but I think MSU is pushing that limit. I wouldn't recommend the Newark campus of Rutgers either, but at least at the end of the day it is still Rutgers and the campus shouldn't matter too much as long as you do your own networking and don't rely on campus recruiting
Thanks for all the responses, guys. So, basically everyone is saying a school in the city would be better. This leads me toward Fordham, and Baruch, from suggestions. Also, I would apply to NYU and Columbia, but don't know my chances of acceptance.
Will be graduating with an associates in Econ. with a 3.7 GPA, and finance and economics club for one semester. I also played on the schools soccer team my freshman year.
Rutgers-Newark is worse than the county college u just finished up at...plus there's a higher chance of getting shot.
Haha thanks. So, what do you think (or any others) with my post above??
Fordham over the other two..hands down...MSU is for teaching..RU-NWK is for dealing..
MSU is Michigan State University pal, everyone knows that
not when you're from NJ dicklips...
Who in their right mind is proud of being from New Jersey....
Apply to NYU anyway. If you can write an awesome essay, you'd be surprise into some of the schools you can get into with an otherwise lackluster background.
So it has been a while, so did you decide which school you are going to go to?
I am planning to apply to Baruch for the Spring Semester of 2013 to their Accounting Program. I heard Baruch has one of the top accounting programs in the nation. Im going to have to find that article about Baruch's Accounting program and will post it when I find it.
Jay
Baruch College it is, sir!
is there some concrete evidence to say montclair is a career suicide? do you people who went to montclair or know it first hand?
Fordham vs Baruch For Investment Banking (Originally Posted: 08/05/2011)
Which school has a better chance of breaking into Investment Banking on Wall Street, I am considering applying to both.
Which school is better and why?
Visit the two and see which one you like more, there roughly the same as far as rankings. I believe Baruch is cheaper though
As far as recruiting, are these school highly recruited by big banks?
As far as recruiting, are these school highly recruited by big banks?
Definitely not "highly" recruited as both are overshadowed by NYU Stern and Columbia, but being in NYC is a great place to begin. A quick Linkedin search for both schools show a good amount of investment bankers from both fordham and baruch in NYC
3.5+ and good networking I should be all right I assume. Currently a mortgage banker and looking to get my mba and move to Investment banking. I want to go to a well recruited school though.
Thank you for your help.
No a 3.5 is a bit low. You really need as high GPA as possible, probably a 3.7 or higher if your not in the macaulay honors program.
So is this for MBA or UG?
And yes 3.7+ if you want to be competitive. Keep in mind you will be competing with kids from Stern and Columbia and countless other target schools with 3.7's and above
For MBA Baruch is probably better but it is more quantitative so might not be so good for IB as for research or trading.
BUT Fordham is a better school :))
I currently go to Baruch and yes you want your GPA to be 3.7 and above. Believe me JPM, GS, CS, MS do recruit Baruch students into IB and S&T. Make sure you're just one of the few kids there that are serious and keep your grades up because there's a Wall Street career prep program at Baruch that is highly selective and offers intensive training and exclusive networking to guarantee you interviews for IB. I got into the program and will be starting this fall semester. Looking to go into S&T and being at Baruch, I'm a big fish in a small pool. That's the advantage you have at Baruch if you're smart to begin with. Be advised though, classes are boring and not challenging at all though so idk if classes at Fordham are something you're looking for.
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I went to Baruch and let me tell you, it will not be easy to get into Banking, but it is possible. I assume that since you're asking Baruch vs Fordham, you dont have the option of going to a top 20 school, but if you do forget about cost and go to a better school. An even better suggestion is to work hard your first year, get a 3.9 GPA and transfer to a top 20 school. Not only will you save money, but it will be infinitely easier to get on the street. I knew kids from Baruch with 3.9 GPA's, networked their asses off and still couldn't do better than Ops. That's just the way it is. Maybe 10-15 kids from the whole graduating class get into front office jobs, if that. When i chose Baruch, I was naive enough to think that hard work was enough but that aint true. I have a friend who went to a top 10 school, had a 2.5 GPA and he got 20 interviews. I had a 3.6 at Baruch and had to treat every interview like it was a gift from God. I worked realy hard, took a few CFA exam, and after alomst a year of networking, now work in Equity Research so a front office job is possible. But I wouldn't want to go through that amount of frustration and suffering again and would easily have gone into 100k in debt if given the chance to do it over. Good luck with whatever you choose. I don't mean to come off as bitter, I'mjust trying to help you out or at least let you know that you will have to work 10x as hard as someone that went to a top 20 school.
I felt your pain for a while just trying to get a basic finance internship to even begin to build my resume as the job postings were mostly crappy accounting related internships...but with a lot of networking and persistence, I'm on the right track and breaking into S&T will be a lot easier at this point.
I am weigh my options. I have a 3.3 undergrad and a 750 on my GMAT. I will apply to NYU but still need a fall back plan. So i was considering Fordham or Baruch
So I assuming that Fordham has better chance of getting on WStreet for S and T or IBD.
Is this for MBA or UG? I went to Fordham UG, I know plenty of kids in S&T and Banking. Its possible, but it requires some networking, good GPA, etc.
MBA
IDK about Baruch but Fordham is a good school but seems more Accounting and middle office focused. But another thought, you might want to check out Rutgers MBA in Newark, they have a HUGE Alumni base and they're cheap like Baruch and well known nationally
I would say Fordham because of the easier ability to network. Don't have much info on the two schools though. Good luck.
Edit: sorry I revived dead thread -- got lost and didn't notice date.
Def would say Baruch, which is more Accounting and Finance based......Fordham is known as a Marketing and Media school...not heavy finance related courses or alumni.
Fordham or Baruch? (Originally Posted: 01/20/2015)
Hello, I am currently a High School senior and I have applied to Fordham at Lincoln Center and CUNY Baruch for business. I am deeply interested in both colleges and have been to both campuses since I live close to Manhattan.
However, I have a concern on which college I should go to if I was to get accepted. Financially, I applied to CSS and FAFSA and hope to get a bit of support. I also applied to Northeastern, Boston University, Babson College, Rutgers University- New Brunswick, and Drexel. But my main concern is between Fordham and Baruch, not only because I live closer to New York but I also love the urban environment.
Major wise, alumni connection, and maybe transferring (To NYU Stern/ Columbia), which college is better to lead me to a better course?? Thank you!
I would do Fordham over Baruch. Baruch sort of has a reputation as a joke on Wall Street.
Fordham, but honestly, the end game should be NYU or Columbia...If Baruch offered a big financial aid package, i would go there and then transfer.
You've laid out choices A and B, let's discuss choice C.
What is choice C?
Michigan is a better option if you can swing it, if you can't Indiana is also a better move than Fordham.
Baruch or Fordham MBA for NYC's tech start up scene? (Originally Posted: 02/23/2017)
Which MBA would be more likely to help get me a role in NYC's tech scene, in say a financial management type role , which is glorified management accounting.
Thanks for the advice!
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Fordham vs Baruch FT MBA?? (Originally Posted: 04/21/2013)
Which MBA program is better? I have a finance background and would like to further my career as an energy trader. Not sure which to attend! Looking for strong recruiting and alumni base. How does Pace matchup versus them?
If you're looking for a strong recruiting and alumni base, don't bother with Baruch MBA. I can't speak for Fordham or Pace.
Neither. Don't go FT to a school of that caliber IMO. Neither are going to have "strong" recruiting or a "strong" alumni base from the MBA level.
If you put a gun to my head, Fordham, but again, I recommend neither.
I've always wondered if going to a non-target like Fordham owould work out better than going to a school that may be slightly better ranked, but in a place far from a financial center. Supposing that you wanted to work in NYC, couldn't you network those two years that you are in the city for your MBA and then land an offer through a connection?
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