Duke vs. Northwestern MMSS + Kellogg Certificate

bluedog
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:25:58 +0000

There is no appreciable difference into the preparedness of the students of both these stellar programs. If you do well, you will be offered opportunities with top firms. Choose based on where you think you’d be happier and fit. There may be some slight geographic differences (i.e. if you want to be in Chicago, there are a lot of Northwestern alumni there, whereas Duke has a lot of alumni in NYC/DC), but top firms in NYC obviously recruit at both and there are plenty of Northwestern grads in NYC as well. I don’t think you automatically get admitted to the Kellogg Certificate program at Northwestern as a freshman, so you can’t 100% bank on that as part of the equation, but Sam Lee can correct me if I’m wrong. Sounds like a good program, though.

I don’t think the quality of Kellogg vs. Fuqua should factor into it at all really. You’re not in the MBA program. From a Wall Street recruitment perspective, it doesn’t have any bearing at all. Duke undergrads are heavily recruited. Good luck.