I was just accepted into Northwestern University and I was contemplating whether I should apply to the MMSS program (mathematical methods in the social sciences) or not. I was wondering whether the recruiting for MMSS differs from a regular Economics degree, especially in New York, and if it is enough to outweigh the much more difficult workload. Right now I'm leaning towards IBD, although I haven't ruled out trading, but I would definitely prefer to work in NYC.
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its a great program but you definitely don't need it. a lot of guys in ny from my class are non-mmss, if that helps at all
It's a great program but you won't get special recruiting and the Kellogg certificate is far more prestigious.
Couple that I know in the MMSS program ended up in pretty nice spots (Bain, GS trading). Of course, they were probably going to succeed in whatever majors and so I don't know if that's necessarily due to being in the program.
Congrats on NU, you'll have a great time there.
MMSS doesn't have its own recruitment process, it used to be that MMSS alumni liked to only hire within MMSS, but that has changed with the Kellogg certificate program. That is what you want to be in, especially because the analysts classes at the banks from NU now have a lot of the Kellogg CPU alumni (its a relatively new program). The Kellogg CPU students get their own career advisor and have their own resume book that gets sent to employers only interested in Kellogg track students.
The prerequisites to apply are marginally easier if you do them through MMSS than the traditional MENU/Advanced Econometrics route (although you can pick Professors with the latter, so a bad MMSS professor can ruin the ease of that track). MMSS also makes you take some political science classes, so its not all finance.
Your way ahead of yourself though, enjoy your senior year of high school. If you have any questions feel free to PM me.
I know as a fact that MMSS gets some recruitment opportunities not available to regular Economics. There are recruitment meetings at a couple BBs in the upcoming weeks that are MMSS only.
In regards to the Kellogg Financial Certificate, it is still a newer program, but the Kellogg name-brand certainly adds to its legitimacy. They circulate their own resume book and have two faculty members specially dedicated to help with career counseling. If you do MMSS, you'll basically be a shoe-in for the Kellogg certificate your junior year. Both MMSS & the Kellogg certificate program have good reputations with Chicago companies, but I don't know about NYC.
Kellogg CPU is the more prestigious but being on the MMSS track makes it easier to satisfy Kellogg prereqs, which is really 90% of the battle for getting into Kellogg CPU. It's a little harder to satisfy those coming out of a straight-up Econ or PoliSci major or whatever.
Northwestern MMSS (Originally Posted: 04/05/2010)
I was wondering how good of a program that MMSS at Northwestern is for recruiting, and how does it compare to UChicago (for undergrad). Thanks in advance!
Ended up choosing a different school altogether, but was accepted to both Uchicago and NU MMSS. I would go to MMSS just because Uchicago's social scene SUCKSSSS. Also, both have comparable recruiting (from what I saw). Of course, neither will give you the same advantage as ivies.
I am currently enrolled in the program. I don't know much about UChicago but I can tell you about my experience. PM me if you'd like
Northwestern University Recruiting (MMSS?) (Originally Posted: 12/15/2016)
Hello everyone,
I'm enrolled at Northwestern and by this point, I know that investment banking is the path for me. Does anybody know how Northwestern fares in IBD recruiting, both in NYC, Chicago and throughout the country? The consensus on NU placement seems to be mixed or unclear on this forum thus far.
Also, if you do know about NU recruiting, how important and significant is enrollment in their MMSS program for IBD recruiting? Or are the Kellogg Certificates better for recruiting?
Thanks for any insight, and have a happy holidays!
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