Stern VS Ross VS Tepper Undergraduate International student
Hi! I'm an international (asian) looking to find a career in IB, preferably M&A, but I'm also open to consulting.
I've been offered admission into Stern (10,000 Stern Scholarship), Ross (Pre-admit), and Tepper. I also got into UNC's Kennan Flagler, UCLA, UCSD, but I'm deciding between Stern and Ross.
I'm OOS for Ross, and the 10,000 scholarship evens-out the tuition difference between Stern and Ross.
I was thinking of majoring in Finance at Stern, and take courses in finance and management at Ross.
Which school do you think I should choose? All of them are OVERWHELMING choices, and they are all good schools, hence the problem!
By the way I'm an international asian, as mentioned above, do I have a disadvantage when it comes to OCR or employment?
Thanks!
I think you've narrowed it down to the right schools. Stern and Ross are two of the best schools for finance recruiting if that's what you are interested in. There a are a ton of internationals at Stern given its location. I also feel like most people who have this choice pick Stern.
The only disadvantage would be not being able to intern as much as other students because of Visa restrictions.
I would go to Ross though Stern is probably better.
Thanks! I can begin interning after my first year, I guess that's not bad because I can study full time!
If I want to double major in mathematics at CAS at NYU and Finance at Stern NYU, will that be too much? In terms of courses. I am alright at Math, and can skip a few courses thanks to APs.
Math is tops at NYU - you can definitely do it and many people go that route. However, math in college is not like in HS, it's exponentially more challenging.
I finished Cal (Stewart), AP Stat, did Linear Algebra (heffron), though I need to do it again, do you think I can handle NYU Math? I know it's really, really, hard, kinda worried I'm not up for it hahaha
Thanks for your reply by the way! Appreciate it! :)
As an international, you'll be disadvantaged for OCR at both school, but mostly at the smaller banks.
If you're dead set on IB - I'd go for Stern. Since IB recruiting is heavily GPA driven, I'd avoid majoring in math and do finance/accounting instead. If you have any reservations about it- yes, the math will fuck you up, and your AP classes aren't comparatively difficult.
You can always declare a major and change your mind later with ease.
Shoot, thanks for the solid advice!
I think I'd stay clear of Math :/
I was going to do Finance, but I wanted to do one more. What about Finance and Statistics?
Stern/
As an international your aim has to be the big boys as only they will be willing to sponsor your H1B work Visa post graduation
So being in NYC you will have access to a huge network in your finger tips.
Lets be honest at Ann Arbor your recruitment opp will be zero asides from the OCR (most of which will not be open to you as an intl anyway.) Most of the jobs you are looking will be in nyc, pa, chicago etc as i highly doubt Ann arbor or detroit etc will be locations steeming with jobs for internationals (or good jobs at all)
so location is key.
As an international who wants to sttay in US post grad you want to expand the potential opps you can get as much as you can. And it is vital to be in or around big centres such as ny when in uni.
(scenario. You have a few leads through friends or your native country in wall street. If youre at Ross you will most likely have a phone call and not make an impression and get forgotten easily. If youre in nyc or philly or somewhere around east coast you can just travek for the afternoon and grab a coffee
Thanks!
And thanks to everyone for their advice!!
I've committed to NYU Stern!
Do you think Finance and Statistics is doable? I need Statistics to qualify for a 14 month extension on my work!
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