<p>How difficult is it to get in? Does getting a 3.6 guarantee entry? How tough is it to get a 3.6? Also, if I join Investment Banking, how likely is it that I join as a 3rd year Analyst or maybe even an Associate after a BA/MA?</p>
<p>NU is a selective school and the highest GPA will not guarantee admission. They consider several things besides GPA. Check the relative importance of factors under C7. at <a href=“http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/2004-05/c.htm[/url]”>http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/2004-05/c.htm</a></p>
<p>umm should i clarify…im already accepted at NU. im asking about their BA/MA program in econ that i have to apply for in the junior year at Northwestern. the requirement is 3.6 at the univesrity itself…so any feedback on the competition for this?</p>
<p>callthecops2 ,
3.6 is not enough, it’s not even close.
You need to have above 3.6 and a bunch of other stuff. You should have taken 7-8 higher level math courses and you should be done with the major requirements by the end of your junior year.
The program is INSANELY competitive. Only 1-2 people do it every year. </p>
<p>I do not know if you would be able to enter an I-bank at the associate level afterwards, but my guess would be it is possible, provided you do 2 summers of internships as an analyst after your sophomore and junior year.</p>
<p>How hard is it to get 3.6? I cannot answer precisely. The average for the school is about 3.3. I’d dare say the average for the econ majors should be lower. I think you can cut the 3.6 easily, but the other requirements are hard (mainly the math), and you still need an invitation.
Also, you are taking classes with PhD students in your senior year, and should expect your GPA to plummet.</p>
<p>Other than that, if you can do it, I guess it would be an amazing pro for your life. Some say it’s stupid to do it, because some employers might think that you are a PhD drop-out, but I think it’s a great way to stand out and get prepared for graduate school. As a proof - 3 of the people who did the BA/MA program are in top PhD programs - one is doing PhD in Business Administration at Stanford, another at the PhD economics program at MIT and a third one at the PhD economics program at the UC San Diego.</p>
<p>1-2 per year? Thats crazy! How many applicants are there per year though?</p>
<p>There are no applicants, there are people invited. You can pretty much say that means 2 people out of the 300 econ majors that graduate in that year. Pretty good odds…</p>
<p>300 econ majors per class…the department may as well be a separate school and calls itself “School of Economics”. ;)</p>
<p>Here is the page for it: <a href=“http://www.econ.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/fouryear.html[/url]”>http://www.econ.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/fouryear.html</a></p>
<p>Yeah, Sam Lee, I am sure you are well aware its the biggest department and most popular major on campus.</p>