<p>Well, I wouldn’t automatically assume Stern students get internships in NYC anytime with any company they want just simply because of their location. I am very skeptical about that in fact, seeing how quite a few lists of what top companies consider “core schools” don’t have NYU on those lists (surprise). If you look at the MBA ranking, Stern seems to get relatively low peer assessment scores. If the graduate students don’t get the highest mark, why should we assume the undergrads get the highest mark? I know they do a good job in promoting themselves through their website and make themselves sound like they are the best place in the world to be for studying business (at least not for MBA however, according to ranking). Maybe NYU is indeed better than NU/Duke in getting internships at NYC for undergrads but you want to make sure that’s really the case because I get a sense that you actually like Duke/Northwestern slightly better in terms of other aspects (like the campus and campus life) but it’s the “perceived” edge in getting internships (but is it really?) that makes you lean toward NYU. </p>
<p>On the other hand, I personally knew three students getting jobs in Boston and NYC while they were holding student visas. If they could get jobs as foreigners with the NU diploma, I don’t see how you can’t get any offer if you are smart (and you are, otherwise you wont’ get into Northwestern/Duke). As far as what their majors go, one of them did econ/comp sci with a coop certificate (super ambitious girl that did all that in 4 years); the second person did IEMS; the third person did IEMS and comp sci.</p>