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any suggestions? preferably east coast, size doesn't matter. thnx

By Hollaratme (Hollaratme) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 02:17 pm: Edit

u of chicago

By Jolt21 (Jolt21) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 02:18 pm: Edit

wharton?

By Voigtrob (Voigtrob) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 02:21 pm: Edit

MIT

By Geodude666 (Geodude666) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 02:57 pm: Edit

hm, thanks. How good is columbia university for economics? Since it's in NYC, i presume there are lots of internship and good summer jobs avaliable for a economics major, right?

By Pimpdaddy (Pimpdaddy) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 03:15 pm: Edit

princeton, harvard, wharton, chicago, mit

By Mosquito86 (Mosquito86) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 03:32 pm: Edit

Economics is incredible at Columbia. Very well known for economics.

By Nabo (Nabo) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 03:39 pm: Edit

Harvard, Wharton, and Uchicago are probably more prestigious than Columbia for economics, but the difference is so marginal it's essentially negligible. If your credentials are up to snuff, you would better focusing on the particular school that can fit your needs. While my intended major is still uncertain, I was considering the econ major. I found Columbia to be the best for fit for me. Although Boston, Phila, and Chicago have loads of opportunities, it's hard to argue with Wall Street. The course offerings at Columbia are quite nice, as you are allowed to take graduate courses from the Columbia Business School. Furthermore, with such professors like Jeffery Sachs, you have the opportunity to meet with the best and the brightest.

By Kk19131 (Kk19131) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 05:23 pm: Edit

Northwestern!

By Takanawajoe (Takanawajoe) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 05:56 pm: Edit

U. Rochester

By Geodude666 (Geodude666) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 12:42 pm: Edit

can the same be said for these schools for a finance major too?

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 12:57 pm: Edit

absolutely not

finance is a business specific major... thus it is only offered out of schools with specfic undergrad business colleges

out of the schools listed above, the only ones with undergrad business colleges ie. finance majors are wharton and mit

these are generally considred the top 3 undergrad finance programs

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
2. New York University (Stern)
3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

By Chicane (Chicane) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 01:28 pm: Edit

wharton offers econ??
i thought the college at penn offered it, wharton is a biz school, and as far as i recall biz schools dont offer econ

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 02:40 pm: Edit

good point.. wharton doesnt offer econ... however ssome biz schools do

for example: nyu cas offers an economics major and nyu stern also offers an economics major more focused on business than theory

By Bunmushroom (Bunmushroom) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 02:43 pm: Edit

wharton has no econ major. Econ is liberal arts and wharton is not liberal arts.

Stanford (most nobel winners in dept), Chicago, Harvard, mit are some of the most prestigious for econ.

By Geodude666 (Geodude666) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 03:56 pm: Edit

Would MIT look at a sloan undergrad applicant differently from one going into engineering? are there different standards?

By Geodude666 (Geodude666) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 06:56 pm: Edit

bumpers

By Takanawajoe (Takanawajoe) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 07:54 pm: Edit

NO!

Rochester has no business undergraduate program. Major in economics, go to grad school for MBA in finance.

By Studybunny (Studybunny) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 10:28 pm: Edit

how is gtown for econ?

By Chicane (Chicane) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 11:18 am: Edit

i hope it is good!! coz i am going there
lol

By Chicane (Chicane) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 11:20 am: Edit

ps. what is nyu cas? i know what stern is but cas?
as long as we are on this topic how good is gtowns' biz school?

By Achat (Achat) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 11:26 am: Edit

CAS = College of Arts and Sciences. The liberal arts college at NYU.

I don't think Georgetown has an undergraduate business major. I could be wrong.

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 01:52 pm: Edit

gtown has an undergrad business college... Mcdounough School of Business

Its OK .. not as great as you would expect from a gtown school.. us news ranks it like 27th i believe

the real jewel of georgetown is its school of foreign service