Duke vs. Northwestern MMSS + Kellogg Certificate

Sam_Lee
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:56:28 +0000

UChicago’s CCIB program (and Booth School of Business Certificate) would definitely be something to look at. From my point of view, I’d choose Chicago + Booth over Northwestern + Kellogg simply because Chicago has the best economics program.

Well, I’d give you the following to consider:

1. You don’t necessarily need a few Nobel winners on the faculty to have a quality undergraduate economics curriculum. But if you can’t look past that, notice that the two most recent economics Nobel winners from the Chicago area actually did their Nobel winning research at Northwestern. One is still teaching at Northwestern. The other one, Roger B. Myerson “from UChicago”, actually spent 25 years at Northwestern. Few years before his Nobel prize, he switched to UChicago (pure luck for UChicago to claim that one).

2. Northwestern undergrads never lost to UChicago in College Fed Challenge. But that may be more a function of having a team with not only the technical knowledge but also the ability to think on their feet and present well.

3. Kellogg certificate programs are well-structured and organized. It has a very well-designed curriculum. Grads have got hired by a long list of top companies that include not only the top ibank/mgmt consulting firms but also the hot firms like Google and Facebook.
[Jobs & Internships -Certificate Program for Undergraduates - Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University](Certificate Program for Undergraduates | Kellogg School of Management)

4. In contrast, CCIB is newer and pretty loosely structured. Chicago Booth is very good at placing their MBA grads to finance but it’s difficult to guage how and to what extent, if any, that trickles to CCIB.

mustangman,
Kellogg certificate is a rigorous program with master-level courses. MMSS is another quality programs that top firms seem to love. In fact, at Booz & Co, the three “school managers” are all MMSS alums. Northwestern is also one of the very few undergrad programs on that drop-down menu and virtually all other “schools managers” for other schools are MBA grads. http://www.booz.com/global/home/join_us/at_your_school/northwestern_university
Besides its top-10 economics, NU’s industrial engineering and management sciences department is ranked in the top-5.
You may want to research more before saying what programs are “lackluster” and what not.