<p>Columbia is literally a few minutes from Wall St. so opportunities for financial jobs seem more abundant. Is this true? MIT Sloan will prepare me much better for the financial world, but I hear that the first 3 years (essentially where you land your first job) in the industry is the most important. Ideas?</p>
<p>I have thought about if for weeks now. Would it be better to double in Sloan Management and Economics (or Political Science etc…) at MIT or go through the Columbia Core–probably majoring in Economics? Sloan is an amazing program, but I don’t know which school gets more opportunities. Does Columbia really get significantly more internships/jobs because it is in NYC?</p>
<p>if you do management AND econ at MIT…</p>
<p>set for life if you’re not ■■■■■■■■</p>
<p>MIT’s location surely won’t hurt
as with the prestige under your belt you’d be able to get a job anywhere really.</p>
<p>You’d be able to get an interview anywhere, which is 100% different from getting the job. The interview is the hardest step, once you get that where you went to school means little and what you say/how you say it determines if you’re gonna get the job.</p>