<p>Which is more highly regarded for grad school?</p>
<p>Stern is the #3 business school in the nation, behind Mendoza(ND) and Wharton(UPenn). I don’t think there is even a comparison between CAS and Stern. That’s my personal opinion.</p>
<p>I think it depends. What do you want to go to Grad school for? As in, masters in economics or phD? If anything economics-related, I think you should pick CAS (I’m debating the same thing). If you’re going for business-related subjects, Stern.</p>
<p>There are tons of threads on this topic, but anyways…</p>
<p>Both are very well regarded, but if you want to go to grad school (for econ, I’m guessing), CAS would be your better option since the focus is more on Econ as a discipline itself, rather than how it applies in the business world. Most people in Stern have Econ as a secondary major (e.g. Finance and Econ) and are dead set on working at banks.</p>
<p>Further, I’d recommend taking the Econ Theory or Econ/Math track in CAS. From what I’ve heard, it’s very rigorous and will prepare you well for grad school.</p>
<p>Stern would be a better option if you don’t want to go to grad school but are still interested in econ/finance/business.</p>
<p>^^^ what if you want to go to business school?</p>
<p>If you want to go to business school, then you have to get some relevant work experience in the business world. My impression is that most go on for their MBAs after some substantial work experience and not immediately after college.</p>
<p>In this case, going to Stern would give you the edge in terms of getting a solid job in business straight out of college. Then the solid work experience in business will allow you to be a stronger candidate for MBA programs.</p>
<p>^What he/she said. And:</p>
<p>From a practical standpoint (Sternies, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong), a major reason to go to Stern undergrad is to become equipped with the skills necessary to pursue a successful career in business. Presumably, doing undergraduate business for the most part eliminates the need to go to graduate business school, unless your employer requires it to advance to higher positions.</p>
<p>I’m neither 1) a business student, nor 2) aspiring to go to business school, but my guess is that in terms of grad business schools, like for other grad programs, your choice of major does not matter nearly as much as your GPA and GMAT score. I.e., I doubt grad business schools would care whether you were in CAS or in Stern.</p>
<p>I think business schools generally give preference to both work experience and solid GPAs/ GMAT scores, not just high GPAs and GMAT scores. Just look at NYU’s MBA Fall 2010 Class Profile:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicPrograms/FullTime/Students/ClassProfile/index.htm[/url]”>http://www.stern.nyu.edu/AcademicPrograms/FullTime/Students/ClassProfile/index.htm</a></p>
<p>Notice the average undergrad GPA is: 3.42
Average years of work experience: 4.7</p>
<p>Also, note the undergraduate majors:</p>
<p>Undergraduate Majors</p>
<p>Business and Commerce 28%
Engineering, Math, Science 20%
Economics 19%
Humanities, Arts, Other 17%
Social Sciences 16%</p>
<p>It appears business and commerce majors have the highest representation in the MBA class, followed by engineering, math, science, then economics majors.</p>
<p>I had to answer the same question you are asking now as a future Econ major. Most people who go to Stern don’t straight up major in Econ. They usually do something else like Finance or Business Management or whatever. Econ is generally taken as a secondary subject. Also, as some have pointed out above, when you go to Stern the majority of people have the idea that they will some day be working or at least interning in banks. Courses in Stern are also geared for more practical business settings, whereas CAS is typically not. </p>
<p>If you want to do something with Econ that doesn’t involve banks or Wall Street, then CAS would be better. Also, CAS Econ is ranked #7 in the country. If you know that you want to go to grad school someday for Econ, I don’t think you can go wrong with either one because work experience is a vital part of that, so I wouldn’t really worry about grad school for now.</p>
<p>thanks for the answers. i think i’ll stay in cas, do well on gmat/gre, and hope for the best when applying to b-school</p>
<p>^you should know that work experience is one of the single most important factors in bschool admissions. You will most likely get rejected from most, if not all, top bschools without work experience.</p>
<p>ok, thanks for the info. i did plan on getting some internships though :)</p>
<p>yeah, but internships aren’t enough. plan to work for at least 2-4 years out of undergrad before you stand a reasonable shot at any top b-schools.</p>
<p>really!? i had a friend who got into columbia b-school right after undergrad, and it wasn’t even that presitigious of a school.</p>