LSE vs. Stern vs. Johns Hopkins for Undergrad?
First off, apologies if this is under the wrong section.
I'm currently deciding between the three schools: LSE (BSc in Economics and Economic History), JHU and Stern (BSc in Business)
In terms of future job prospects on Wall Street/City of London, Graduate school opportunities, and just a good 3-4 years spent, what do you guys recommend?
Thanks
Are you more interested in finance and wall street? then Stern Are you more interested in economics and London? then LSE
I wouldn't even consider JHU. Only good for the sciences really and it's in fucking baltimore.
These are three very different schools. If you want to work or study in London, then I think the obvious choice is LSE. If you want to work in the US, Stern has a lot better recruiting than JHU, though I have met at least a couple people from Hopkins.
nyu stern
LSE all the way.
Hopkins destroys LSE and Stern for grad school placement and in general overall prestige. See any international ranking. Hopkins for consulting. Stern for finance. LSE for nothing. if a campus is important to you, in addition to dorm life, go with Hopkins as well. And this is coming from a non-partisan MIT '11 / Penn '09 grad.
Hopkins is 'hardly' known in Europe/outside of the US. LSE is well known world-wide plus it is a top target for recruitment all across Europe.
Plus location, please don't compare the exit opps and chances for networking between London and Baltimore.
Please show me ANY singular reputational ranking that shows LSE above Hopkins. I've done study abroad in the UK. I too have anecdotal evidence. It's Oxbridge and then a ton of other schools. If you want to see what US schools are respected in the UK by the uberelite, merely see what US schools are chosen for Eton annenberg fellows.
Your location argument is trite as well. Is Philly hurting Penn, Durham hurting Duke, Southside hurting Chicago? gtfo here.
Is that so? Well look at this year's rankings: http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings
It's the name, the LSE brand is by far better looked upon in finance than JH. I'm not comparing it to Harvard/Yale/other ivies which there it definitely loses in overall reputation.
You can't rank LSE on global rankings as it's such a specialized social science school.
Couldn't get into Duke? Dang, guess then I'd say NYU, LSE if you want to be in London.
Also, would there be any placement for LSE in the US, or is it mainly for London/Europe? And if I was sure that I wanted to go to graduate school before beginning full-time employment would you guys suggest Hopkins?
Thanks
Dook for life brotha.
1) Simply, 70-80% of the recruiting at LSE if I had to guess would be for LDN / EMEA jobs. Personally know 4 guys who work on Wall Street who did undergrad in the US and the one year masters at LSE. There are plenty of alum from that program on the street and the program is held in high regard / usually well received. I think it would take some networking and moreover am certain LSEs career office has a good alumni program for those that want to go back to the states.
2) I'm no grad school adcom so take this for what you will, but despite the above drivel all your choices are well respected / good academic institutions; and don't believe going to anyone of them would close any doors to you. Will say John Hopkins is known for it's academic rigor, so would guess that'd be a good school for the grad school route...and dirty lacrosse.
Baltimore is the best place in the world. I would go to Hopkins.
LSE is stronger in London than is Stern in nyc. This boils down to where you would rather be.
Hopkins = #13 in the country. Better than most schools people on this thread have likely graduated from. Most hopkins kids could have gone to stern if they wanted or LSE. Think about that.
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/mckinsey-recruiting-for-non-mba-g…
i went to mit and penn. sorry about your shit ivy status bro.
Shit man, if I'm a grad school, i'm sure as fuck not scrolling all the way down:
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/na…
I mean Hopkins is harder to get into than Stern, idk about LSE. But Hopkins, like Vanderbilt, is stronger in fields like medicine so it wouldnt place as well as the other two. But I live in Baltimore and it's a great city and Hopkins has a nice campus.
I think in terms of finance, the OP should choose Stern. But, if the OP wants to go to grad school , JHU is the best bet. Graduate schools would respect JHU more than NYU or LSE. But to clarify, you're not currently in the US. LSE's reputation loses much more compared to just the ivies. it also loses against duke, chicago, northwestern, hopkins, mit and a slew of other schools due to the breadth of research done by these schools.
LSE is specialized, but you can still make reputation comparisons. It's kind of similar to how Princeton's reputation can be compared to other schools despite Princeton not having any professional schools.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-20…
I agree. JHU is the only school there with an international brand name. It may be because of its reputation in research and medicine, but an international brand name nevertheless. The other schools have a better rep on wall street only.
4. JHU does not have a better world reputation than LSE in Econ/Business. It would be laughable to say so.
If you look at the specialty rankings on these "world rankings" you'll see where LSE really belongs.
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-ran… http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-ran…
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A dookie talking about dirty lacrosse. Now that's ironic.
At first, wanted lash back w/ an e-tough guy threat...however, well played. Silver banana for you.
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