Tepper vs Stern vs Goizueta vs McIntire
I am an international high school student who has received offers from Carnegie, New York University, Emory and Virginia among some other universities. I will be aiming to pursue a career in finance in IB and so my concern was that studying at which of these universities in an undergraduate program would help me to get a strong foundation and the best opportunities when I pursue an MBA degree and a career. Please help me get different viewpoints on this dilemma by basically identifying the pros and cons of each of these places so I can reach a good decision. Thanks in advance.
I'd go UVA or NYU. You can't apply to McIntire from high school, so I don't how you're in yet.
i can't really speak to the other schools, but when i was at nyu (cas, not stern), people pretty much breathed finance. more for stern than the arts and science school, but still. ocr was really good and i think every BB bank, a bunch of boutiques and MMs came too. as i said before, i don't know about the other schools, and i am sure their OCR programs are great too. but one thing to consider is location. nyu would let you do an internship during the schoolyear because you're only, say, 20-30 away by subway from where you live. but this isn't some nyu promotional bullshit. you definitely have to love nyc too. a lot of people drop out because they get overwhelmed or something... or develop a coke addiction
Thanks for that, but like I've heard that the competition in NYU is really cut-throat and that you're basically on your own in NYU. Is that the truth at Stern or is that just a rumor?
I wouldn't really consider this a plus. An internship during the school year would suck, and having the ability to do it means you'll be expected to do it as well. Better to be as far away from the city as possible, that way one can blame you for not putting in the extra effort.
UVA will get you to where you want to be with the least amount of effort. Seems like the most logical choice.
of the list, the only two id look at are nyu and uva. both have very solid networks and recruiting, with nyu having a step up largely due to the locality. nyu may be cut throat, but it is pretty much cut throat at every school if your trying to get into IB, so dont think that by going to uva ud have a leg up. however, id go to uva just because it would be much more fun than going to nyu or any of the other schools you mentioned. charlottesville is a good time
They are all top business programs. Make the pick based on what you want location wise and social life wise. As mentioned above, Stern and McIntire place a bit better at banks. However, Tepper is a particularly great school if you're into the quantitative stuff albeit it is a tad overshadowed by CMU Engineering and CS. I personally can not think of any advantage that Emory has over UVa, but it's possible that there is something in particular there that interests you. You would not be doing yourself any harm if you did pick Emory Goziueta, it isn't vastly inferior to the other programs at all.
I'd also advise you to discount the fact that you'd need to apply later again to Gozieuta and McIntire when making the decision. You must be extremely capable to have been accepted to four such hard admits and if you put your mind to it, I expect it'll be a cakewalk for you. I mean yeah, you'd be under less pressure at NYU and CMU knowing you're in at Stern and Tepper but they are both academically hard schools, harder than UVa or Emory, and if you honestly want to break into banking, the work you'd put in on your GPA would be more than enough for acceptance to Gozuieta/McIntire.
I am on the waitlist for both UVa and NYU BTW.
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