Duke vs. Northwestern MMSS + Kellogg Certificate

Sam_Lee
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:49:59 +0000

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.



MMSS curriculum automatically fulfills all the pre-reqs, which accounts for most of the battle. It’d be pretty much automatic for a MMSS student as long as he/she does okay in the MMSS courses. Each cert program is supposed to be capped at 50 but neither has reached full capacity. So it’s not like there are too many qualified applicants there. The pre-reqs (7 or 8 courses for a non-MMSS applicant) serve as a huge deterrent.

That said, MMSS is a rigorous program and there’s a senior thesis that requires significant time commitment. It’s better to pursue it when you are truly interested in it rather than thinking it’d give you an edge in getting certain job offers.