<p>Brown has always been my dream school…but I made a mistake (or did I) by applying ED to Northwestern because Northwestern was close second and I would have been devastated if I don’t get into either of them for regular decision round…but now that I see people who got accepted to NU ED that aren’t…really the type of people I want to be around, I decided to enter NU with wanting to transfer in mind.</p>
<p>So now that I have NU, I want to apply to Harvard/Yale/Stanford/Wharton
(all these unrealistic schools…but hey, i have nothing to lose by applying)
and of course I will transfer if I get into any of them,</p>
<p>but would it be worth it to transfer to Brown? a school that’s considered on par with NU?</p>
<p>I want to go into IB after I graduate, and I think Brown will offer much more connections(alumni network) with those working on wall street…and I know NU is a great school.but I wouldn’t mind attending an ivy school.</p>
<p>If you want to work in IB, I’d look at Dartmouth and Duke over Brown. In addition to HYPS, those are the top feeders. Those schools have pipelines to Wall Street Brown does not. </p>
<p>Also keep in mind if you’re dependent on aid that Brown does not meet need for most transfers.</p>
<p>yea i know that… but i’m not sure if i’ll like dartmouth and duke too much…
thinking in terms of career prospects…yea they have much stronger presence on
wall street… but i don’t like the schools themselves… dartmouth too small and too isolated,
and duke is not much different from NU other than its alumni network…
would staying at NU will give much fewer opportunities than transfering to duke or dartmouth?</p>
<p>Frankly, I think you are fine at NU, unless you are failing. In that case, its no sense trying to transfer. Don’t take how many firms are on campus recruiting, or the attitude the grass is greener next door. What you are is what you will be. All these top schools are more less the same and you are at the top already. B****ing your current school is not going to help you, be happy.</p>
<p>I think it is important if the gap between career opportunities from one college and from another is significant, and I’m not *****ing NU in any way. It’s evident that 90% (Yea, not 100%) of NU graduates stay in Chicago, which I have absolutely no intention of doing.</p>
<p>I’m not sure where you’ve received that 90% figure from. </p>
<p>Brown is not the school you would want to transfer to for better IB recruiting opportunities. NU has equivalent - and actually most likely better - IB recruiting than Brown. </p>
<p>If you want any meaningful change in IB recruiting, you need to transfer to HYPS/Wharton, and even then, the extent of IB opportunities won’t be substantially more relevant than your individual performance than at NU (whereas from say a state school to a target - NU included - IB opportunities would be far more dependent on the extent of recruiting than on personal preference).</p>
<p>There are also competitive programs at NU that you can apply to to increase the amount of recruiting you are subject to for finance (particularly IB). Look at NU’s MMSS program and the Kellogg certificate. Those two programs will get you very close
to IB in that the rest will depend on your GPA.</p>
<p>I also recommend reading around at Mergers and Inquisitions to better understand what you need to do at NU to get your IB opportunity. You’ll find it is actually very straightforward.</p>