<p>If I go to MIT I would major in Finance at Sloan Undergrad, at UC and Dartmouth I would major in economics. Which option would give me the best employment prospects at top companies in either investment banking or management consulting right out of undergrad.</p>
<p>I’d say its a matter of personal preference. They’re all amazing schools so you really can’t go wrong with any of them.</p>
<p>U cant go wrong w/ any of those, but I think for MC, MIT may have a slight edge.</p>
<p>Look up which firms recruit at these schools. Key to getting the jobs you are aiming at is to go to a school where they recruit.</p>
<p>An educated guess would be that MIT is the most recruited, followed closely by Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Yes i’ve been looking for firm recruiting statistics but haven’t been able to find any so far. I know that most top firms do recruit at all three schools, I don’t know which school’s the firms more heavily favor. For example, maybe goldman sachs recruits at dartmouth and uchicago but takes 3 times as many grads from dartmouth then from UC. If anyone has any opinions on this or knows a good source or link with this information please post. thanks</p>
<p>Dartmouth is no longer on MCKinsey’s list of target schools (Bain and Boston still recruit there though).
If I had to guess I would say that MIT is the highest recruited.</p>
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<li>MIT 2. UChicago 3. Dartmouth</li>
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<p>MIT is very highly recruited (and you would major in finance which is huge). UChicago econ is only second to Harvard econ.
Dartmouth is a great ivy, econ program is strong and highly recruited, although I believe UChicago is more mighly regarded.</p>
<p>gonsenheim, so when you say UChicago econ is second only to harvard econ are you referring to the department itself or the employment prospects?</p>
<p>I know that Chicago econ dept is ranked very high, but I’ve also heard that recruiters care more for the name of the school than for specific department rankings. I’m not sure if this is true though.</p>
<p>Yes, recruiters care more about the name of the school. Chicago’s econ department is probably the best in the country, but that doesn’t mean it will have better job prospects than an ivy league econ degree. But either way, Chicago is well regarded.</p>
<p>Uchicago still has a great name, and I would say (as many on wall st. would as well) that its as good if not better than dartmouth. But if you want to go into finance, I think MIT is your choice.</p>
<p>WAIT, DID YOU ALREADY GET INTO THESE SCHOOLS? Or are you just dreaming about which you would choose given the chance…</p>
<p>yes, except MIT where I got waitlisted. Guess i’ll be staying on the waitlist from what everyone’s said.</p>
<p>So from what people have posted, it seems like MIT is tops and right now its up in the air between Dartmouth and UChicago. Anyone else have an opinion about which schools employ better/know of sites that publish this recruiting info? Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>ps foxdie do you have the link that shows which schools mckinsey recruits at</p>
<p>Posted this elsewhere…</p>
<p>Chicago’s econ dept doesn;t give any leg up on recruiting except for econ think tank jobs. Otherwise for top jobs Dartmouth does better in terms of being a core school at top banks (5/7 elite banks) and consulting firms (4/5). CC is very picky about posting these links (views Vault as a competitor) so I can’t post but if you read carefully I just gave you a hint. </p>
<p>In my opinion Chicago’s social life isn’t close to Dartmouth’s. Dartmouth has four big weekends a year, many friendly outgoing students, and everything is campus focused. With sophomore summer (you meet your entire class) and the study abroad (67% of Dartmouth students fo one, 1/3 do two), you get to know people really well.</p>
<p>Dartmouth will get you a top job and the teaching is amazing with incredible access to professors and no TAs. Students are far more loyal than Chicago students, over 70% of the class attended the last fifth year reunion. Its a no brainer in my personal opinion.</p>
<p>This is anecdotal evidence, so discount it at will.</p>
<p>From what I gather in regards to the upcoming summer interns at top firms in NY, I have yet to hear a single mention of anyone coming from UChicago. On the other hand, I have heard that people are surprised by the amount of Dartmouth students.</p>
<p>^yea I think we should probably discount that 99% :)</p>
<p>I think they are round about equal. There’s no way to quantify a difference. Go wherever you would like to be for 4 years/have a degree from, and assume career opps to be equal.</p>