Duke vs. Northwestern MMSS + Kellogg Certificate

lienad60
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:01:26 +0000

You are right in saying that UChicago has less of a presence in ibanking and consulting in terms of new-grad hiring. Yes, UChicago has Booth, an excellent business school, however, the excellence in hiring there often does not extend to UChicago’s undergrads. This is not to say that nobody gets jobs in those fields from UChicago, but that representation is less comparatively with respect to other schools, namely Northwestern and Duke.

So yeah, if you were to get into Duke or Northwestern in the regular round, you may want to consider those schools over UChicago. Especially Northwestern’s MMSS program and Kellogg Certificate are great for heavy recruiting from major consulting firms like Bain & Co., securities trading firms, analyst positions, ibanking, etc.
Duke also is excellent for all of the above. Duke’s alumni network extends deep into NYC and all across the eastern seaboard. You will be heavily recruited there as well.

As to whether Northwestern would have an edge due to it’s location… I have to say that Duke makes up for not being next to a city with its fantastic alumni network. It’s really relative. The fact that Northwestern is close to Chicago does give it a bit of dominance in the Chicago area but Duke has deep connections in NYC and elsewhere. They are more or less on par with each other.