HELP! Northwestern MMSS vs. UC Berkeley

Sam_Lee
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:18:33 +0000

In the OP situation, I’d say his chance of getting into Kellogg cert as a MMSS student is probably just as good as getting into Hass.

MMSS automatically fulfills all the pre-reqs of Kellogg cert. For non-MMSS students, they have to take 7 pre-req courses in math and econometrics; the 4 math courses are either the Honors Calculus or the MENU (math experience for nu undergrad) sequence. Both of them are tough and very intense. Given this, I expect the number of eligible applicants for the 100 spots in Kellogg cert would be fairly limited and MMSS students are in great position to get in. Even without Kellogg cert, MMSS+econ is still an awesome combo.

The Kellogg cert is like skipping all the general courses in accounting, marketing…etc and going straight into the finance concentration at a deeper and more advanced level than your typical ug program. The first course is the same accelerated finance course given to Kellogg MBA students and described in [Turbo Finance, Finance Department](http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/finance/curriculum/turbofinance.htm). It’s even taught by the same professor. In terms of rigor, it’s at least a notch, if not more, above any ug biz program.