MSF: CMC v. WUSTL
I’m trying to decide which institution I should attend. Of course the easy answer is that if I want to work on the West Coast, I should go to Claremont McKenna College, and if I want to work in Chicago or the Midwest, I should go to Washington University in St. Louis. But let’s say that I have absolutely no geographic preference, and my goal is simply to break into buyside equity research/Asset Management. Which school should I attend?
Also, if anyone here is a current or former student of the CMC program, I'd love to get in touch with you. Send me a PM if you're feeling helpful.
Seems that you among several students admitted to the program in the final round. Perhaps you should check the school's website out and contact the alumni/current students featured in the career management section and class profile. All their CVs with e-mail addresses are made public here:
http://www.cmc.edu/mastersinfinance/career_management/resumes/2011/
I decided to walk away from a full tuition waver offer from an MBA program ranked in the 20ish for CMC this year. Hope that it's worth it.
Thanks for the advice so far guys. I should probably share that I would be in the Corporate Finance & Investments track at WUSTL. I haven't really done any research on whether CorpFin guys can also take Quant track courses, but I'm guessing the crossover would be somewhat limited.
Anyone else have an opinion?
Would you be willing to share your rationale for choosing CMC over the MBA program? I have a feeling that I would have made the same decision, but I just wanted to hear your specific thoughts on why you did that.
The placement seems pretty similar, with maybe a slight edge to CMC for quant/market focused positions and WUSTL for corp finance/banking:
http://msfhq.com/2010/12/wustl-2010-placements/
http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/mastersinfinance/career_management/plac…
However, at WUSTL, they just reformed the curriculum to include corp fin and quant fin tracks, so you might be able to get some MFE-ish positions with the quant track. Could also make you more attractive to some semi-quant funds. I honestly think your chance at ER is about the same at each.
2012 Repeat: WUSTL vs. CMC (Originally Posted: 01/25/2012)
Was admitted to both and am leaning towards CMC. Placement is good at both. WUSTL is more "brand name." If you want to do buy-side equity work which would you suggest? I know this post has come up before but I'm hoping to get something more than just "depends on the region you want to work in."
WUSTL is for trust fund snobs lacking any intelligence, everyone knows it.
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