Duke Economics vs Boston College CSOM

WiseOldOwl
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:48:12 +0000

Both schools are great actually, but it seems like there is a lot of Duke fans posting so here is my two cents. My oldest daughter went to Harvard, majored in economics & ended up having to cross-register for business classes at MIT to get the background she felt she needed. She had to do an awful lot of independent learning to prepare for her interviews, and lost some jobs to legit business majors. Despite her outstanding grades and practical class choices, there was incredible competition to get campus interviews because everyone at Harvard is Type A on steroids. She ultimately graduated last June having accepted a very good consulting job, but many of her friends really struggled. My second daughter also got into Harvard but chose BC’s Carroll School where she is in her junior year. In this down economy, she had so many offers for interviews for her junior summer internship she couldn’t take them all, incredible alumni support, and several amazing offers. She ultimately chose an investment banking internship at a major investment bank in NYC that will likely turn into a job offer next year. BC’s ranking climbs every year, and the Carroll School is most recently been ranked in the top 10 best business school in the country…[Top Undergraduate Business Programs 2010 - BusinessWeek](http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/) No doubt there are those who remain snobbish in the hiring process, particularly in the consulting world I would guess, but great opportunities are available at both schools. You might think about going to the school nearest to where you think you want to ultimately work.