Xavier university vs DePaul or Fordham

either depaul or fordham. neither is going to open you doors, your going to have to work hard yourself. both have good alumni bases and both are in world class cities. i would probably take depaul if you want to do trading, being that depaul is in the prop trading center of the world.

It depends on what you want to do. NYC has so many finance opportunities. Fordham will open doors for you if you network hard, and early. I go to FU and plenty of kids got WS jobs coming out of the school, in both trading and banking. I don't know too much about the other schools so I cannot comment, but Fordham is definitely worth considering. Plus the school is beautiful, and you really cannot beat going to school in America's largest college town (and greatest city).

Fordham is a fairly good choice among these if money is not a concern and you want to wind up on Wall Street. My Dad went to DePaul for law school. It is an OK school, but you may want to think about transferring to IIT or UIC.

I hope that last part was a joke since both those schools fail miserably in comparison.

Fail miserably compared to DePaul? UIC and IIT are both well-established research institutions. My first mentor on Wall Street did his undergrad at IIT; UIC is part of the Illinois system and there's a lot of very good research going on in Chemistry, Biology, and Engineering there. DePaul does not have a research program and is really one of the lesser known Chicago colleges. They do have a good basketball team sometimes. It is a perfectly fine school, but IIT has a much better national reputation, certainly in engineering circles and the research community, also on wall street. I would argue that UIC, by extension of the Illinois system, also has a good reputation. Finally, of course, UIC charges in-state tuition and IIT's tuition is pretty darned reasonable.

Maybe I have been outside of Chicago for too long, but IIRC, DePaul's reputation as a strong Catholic school stopped once you hit the Marquette crowd in Wisconsin and the Notre Dame crowd in Indiana. Even then, UIC and IIT folks were considered smart. Regardless, DePaul will get you an interview with 90% of the Chicago prop shops and 97% of the shops you could get with IIT or UIC on your resume.

is Xavier any good though??

I honestly have barely heard of them and don't know enough to comment. I would imagine Fordham is a safer bet- it's recognized as being one of the best Catholic schools in the country along with Notre Dame, Boston College, and Villanova.

wait catholic?? im a buddhist would that mean i cant go to those schools?

no sir i'm not retarded

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I grew up in Cincinnati and now live in Chicago so I can at least comment on Xavier and Depaul. Xavier is a good school in Cincinnati but ranks behind Miami U, Ohio State, and possibly U. of Cincinnati when it comes to local recruiting. Depaul pales in comparision to some of the aforementioned Chicago schools.

Cincinnati has a large number of F500 corporations, but very few banking, asset management, "high finance" jobs. Chicago on the other hand has just about everything..

Xavier is on a college campus located in a semi-bad part of town. DePaul is located right in the middle of the city in a good part of the city.

To summarize, both schools are of similar calibur IMO but if you want high finance, go to Chicago and go to Depaul

Are you kidding me? UIC or IIT over DePaul. Let's get serious here. DePaul is known in every corner of the country and beyond. I lived in Chicago for 15 years and it was not until I moved to Chicago before I had even heard of UIC or IIT. DePaul is a national school. It is a Big East Conference school. In my opinion, DePaul is far better academically than the other two schools except for perhaps technical subjects such as engineering or architecture. DePaul is in league with a Boston College or a Georgetown not two city schools like UIC or IIT. Get real! I have never met a single person who moved from out of town (let alone out of state) to attend either UIC or IIT. DePaul is obviously sought after nationwide (and beyond) as it is the largest Catholic university in the nation.