<p>Location: Northeast
Size: [Small Classes are preferable (Small means <15 people)]
Major: Economics, Finance, BUSINESS with the intention to go into Banking (Its what I love, I know what the current market is like) </p>
<p>So basically, I am at a very large state university in a six year pharmacy program. Pharmacy offers great pay, great job stability, a great lifestyle that’s pretty carefree, and connections through my dad but that’s not really what I want. I have a huge interest in banking and wall street despite the crisis that’s going on. In fact, it’s only made me realize that I want to do it more because the money isn’t really a factor anymore. </p>
<li><p>I’m looking for a school in the Northeast with small classes that encourage a Harkness-like education. Which basically means round table discussions, debates, and learning from each other rather than just lectures. </p></li>
<li><p>Another huge factor is networking; I need a strong alumni network because I don’t have any uncle’s uncles on Wall Street that can set me up with jobs at the flick of a wrist. </p></li>
<li><p>I want a school that has a lot of activities going on - lectures by famous people, workshops for random things, etc. Interesting, quirky things, you know? (I like to keep busy). I am not into the whole partying scene. </p></li>
<li><p>I know it might be too much to ask, but I’d love a school with a gorgeous campus as well. I love it when I see an old building that’s been there for hundreds of years and the bricks are practically bleeding history.</p></li>
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<p>this was a toughy. perhaps carnegie mellon? not really a huge party scene. i’ve actually heard the social scene is rather depressing. but they build robots! and good business school. campus looks pretty as well. </p>
<p>i would say villa nova as well. but there is a huuuge party scene there (a good friend of mine goes there). well, there are huge party scenes everywhere.</p>
<p>i would also say the obvious stern at nyuuu. but it’s pretty much the same size as rutgers. but you know, it’s quirky school, tons of things to do, lots of lecturers come by. great bs. also not much of a campus. but i think the buildings are pretty! i don’t have really strong opinions about architecture.</p>
<p>The vast majority of schools have at least some small classes, especially when you get into the junior or senior year/upper-level classes. You could go to Penn State and encounter some 15-person classes. Have you checked out the possibility of staying at your own school and looking into the economics/finance/business program there? If you do that, you could likely get your BA, work in a business job for 2-3 years, and then get your MBA at one of the top business schools in the nation and then get a Wall Street job.</p>
<p>But anyway, most Ivy League and equivalent prestigious schools in the Northeast have all of your requirements. Columbia, Penn, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, even Brown and Dartmouth have those qualities. Those are where the top Wall Street firms come in early fall to begin recruiting top-performing seniors to work at their consulting and finance jobs. Of course, it’s very hard to transfer into those schools.</p>
<p>Barring that, there is of course also Villanova (as mentioned), Penn State (you will encounter some small classes there), NYU (big school, but also you will encounter some small classes), Fordham, Lehigh as mentioned, UConn, Northeastern, UMass-Amherst, and any number of small liberal arts colleges in the Northeast – Amherst, Swarthmore, Haverford, Williams, Bowdoin, etc. Those are also hard to transfer into.</p>
<p>Even if you are not a partier you can avoid the party scene. Most large schools will have a reputation for being party schools, somewhat – but they are large and there are lots of people, and there will always be people who are not into partying. Don’t discount a school like Lehigh or Bucknell simply because of the party reputation. It works the other way too – neither my undergrad LAC nor my Ivy League grad school has a big reputation for partying, but I like partying and boy do we party when we want to.</p>