I want to pursue a career in business, perhaps along the track of finance, marketing, management. If I were to go to UChicago I would major in their highly ranked econ (business focus) major and possibly double major with something else whereas at CMU I would be at their Tepper school of Business. I was wondering if people could tell me about the different social scenes at each school and what would be best for future job/internship recruitment.
The one you get accepted to will have the best social scene and job opportunities. So will the 3 colleges you asked about earlier.
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I’d encourage you to take some time and look through the curriculum of an econ major at UChicago (including the school’s core curriculum) and a business major at CMU. Both paths are great, but they will be different educational experiences.
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If you are still pursuing the recruited athlete route, the vibe with the team and coaches should really be a major consideration. Have you been invited to do any team visits?
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Econ is not business, and Chicago Econ seems like a suboptimal choice if the goal is a career in marketing. Agree with happy1… you need to check out the actual course requirements…
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Chicago now offers a specialization in business economics, which requires much less math and economic theory than the standard track, and includes some business electives: Economics < University of Chicago Catalog
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A broad liberal arts education with a concentration in economics is a fine educational background for marketing. While I don’t know about undergrad business at CMU specifically, the general impression I get from other undergrad programs is that the students miss out on a lot of the intellectual exploration that can be had with a broader undergraduate experience. In marketing especially, the more one knows about the world and its various peoples, the better one can be.
CMU business does have general education requirements: University Core < Carnegie Mellon University
Chicago business economics will work better for Wall Street/IB. Tepper does very well in IB as well, just not as well as Chicago Econ.
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Not sure how we went from Wellesley/Amherst/Bowdoin, to UChicago/Carnegie Mellon. Couldn’t be more different.
I think you need to work with your college counselor come September. They will know more about you than us and what colleges may be a good fit for your academics, athletic talents, and career aspirations.
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I think that you need a better understanding of the differences among finance, marketing, and management majors.
Some finance programs are heavily quant oriented; many marketing programs are tech/data analysis/data analytics/CS oriented; management might be viewed as a fluff major.
U Chicago & CMU both should provide strong opportunities regarding placements.
CMU & U Chicago are in a different league than your list of 3 LACs. (Yes, I realize that this won’t be a popular statement on this website, but U Chicago & CMU academic environments are intense.)
If you are talking about leagues of intensity specifically, then I suspect that will not in fact be a very controversial sentiment.
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Just saw a few Bowdoin grads at the IB I’m working with to sell our company. Michigan highly represented as well. Lead guy was BC and now Georgetown. NYC firm. Lots of prestigious places.
By the way, if you were looking for good placement in selective business positions, and wanted the “top tier” intensity associated with a Chicago or CMU, but also wanted an LAC, my suggestion would be Swarthmore. Lots of other LACs place very well in business, but they are more like, say, Yale or Duke intense, not Chicago intense.
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I believe the OP is an athletic recruit so I’m guessing the schools being considered are the ones recruiting the OP.
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Oh right, I forgot about the prior thread. So not the most useful of comments by me (although I guess in theory the OP could reach out to Swarthmore, if they have that sport and the OP didn’t already do that).
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