Boston College vs University vs Northeastern for BusinessEcon

[rapid ruin]

for finance BC>>BU=NEU

BC has the strongest job placement for investment banking/consulting out of the 3

the econ program is pretty math heavy too

[waxen forge]

Thanks for the response. It lines up with the others in this thread, but I'm still wondering where to find out which universities have higher placements than others or one being stronger for finance opportunites than others.

[waxen forge]

Wharton would be crazy to be accepted into. I'll apply, but it's so selective and I don't have massively impressive EC's. Just decent by A2C standards not to mention that most of them are coming from Junior + Sneior year with most of my EC's having started in the last two years.

[zenith stratus]

Yeah but still apply that’s how I felt

[waxen forge]

I'm definetely going to apply.

[rapid ruin]

no worries

https://www.cnbc.com/2014/05/30/penn-harvard-columbia-top-ranking-of-top-asset-management-schools.html

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/eVestmentAssetManagement.pdf

these 2 are pretty good resources

if you want to check out just pure numbers

basically its just gonna be most of the top 20 and a bunch of schools outside that with strong finance programs

[keen mountain]

This is wrong. UCLA is the worst T30 school for finance

For some reason

[rapid ruin]

wym

tbf this is just for asset management

[keen mountain]

Idk I've read on WSO numerous times about complaints that UCLA grads struggle more than they should for a school of it's caliber looking for finance/banking jobs

Not saying it's a bad school for it totally, but much worse than other schools that well known

[rapid ruin]

yea tbf there is the con of being on the west coast for finance

[short cloud]

can you link the wso forums that say that?

[keen mountain]

Sure

https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/school/back-to-make-fun-of-ucla-the-worst-top-college-there-is

[keen mountain]

But USC is great for LA recruiting apparently

It seems like Stanford and USC take up the spots

[short cloud]

possibly because wealthy people's kids go there, and it is possible to donate to secure a spot as opposed to ucla where you get in on merit or as an athlete

my guess is USC despite being less prestigious has better connections due to parents being willing to pull the strings/get other wealthy parents to pull strings to snag a position

[weary pawn]

I think it's also partly because everyone that goes to USC is very proud of their school, so older grads are more willing to recruit newer grads to their companies

like usc does a much better job than ucla at school spirit because they kinda push their students towards it, starting from orientation lol

[short cloud]

That could be true as well

they make a point of that even on the campus tour

[keen mountain]

Also they do have a b school

[short cloud]

also explains why Berkeley is successful unlike ucla

[keen mountain]

Yup

[waxen forge]

Schools:Boston College vs Boston University vs Northeastern
Intended major: Business/Econ
Similarities:Like that they're in Boston (major city with strong finance opportunites)

Which one has stronger job placements and opportunities?

Boston College vs University vs Northeastern for BusinessEcon

[toxic epoch]

I would say that they're all pretty similar, but maybe Northeastern's co-op or BC's strength in finance would help

it seems like ur more interested in finance so
i wouldn't look at BU or Northeastern and go wow those r great for finance...BU's strong for econ tho

[zenith stratus]

would say that they’re all relatively similar in terms of Buisness Econ, but i’m also wondering why you’re so set on these schools when there’s schools a lot stronger for econ?

[waxen forge]

What specific things do you see in BC that make it stronger finance? What makes BU strong for econ?

[waxen forge]

I'm not set on these schools at all. I've just been looking at strong econ/finance/business schools in Boston (though I don't really care what region I go to, other than preferring one closer to a city) and was wondering what the differences between them were. On a larger level I asked because I'm trying to find out how to differentiate between schools in general and their opportunities in my college search (Because right now many schools all seem similar and I can't tell what unique opportunities one has over the other)

[toxic epoch]

Ive heard those somewhere through this sub I think but also looking at US News Rankings for individual majors can sometimes help ig
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-finance
As long as u set them as guidelines and don't become obsessive with them, u should be fine

[viscid thorn]

Boston College is better than BU and Northeastern for finance/econ. BU Northeastern about the same.

[zenith stratus]

come to Penn we in a city and econ program is toppppp notch

[waxen forge]

UPenn would be insane, but I'm not that built different, wish I was