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re: College choices for finance
Posted on 3/10/18 at 10:42 am to GREENHEAD22
Posted on 3/10/18 at 10:42 am to GREENHEAD22
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Wish I would have known about these programs when I was looking at colleges.
The affiliate schools do a crappy job of promoting them.
The college I work at has dual degree programs with Columbia, Vanderbilt, Wash U and an engineering partnership with Auburn and Georgia Tech.
Sometimes 18 year olds need a small college. Then when they are 21 they can finish up with a place like this.
My daughter is leaning toward Hendrix, Rhodes or Birmingham Southern for three years and finishing up at Vanderbilt. But the Columbia option is intriguing. My wife and I told her that while living in NYC would be much more expensive than Nashville, we realize the opportunity that an Ivy League degree will present throughout her life and we would make it happen, so its on the table. She wouldn't have to declare her intentions until after her sophomore year.
This post was edited on 3/10/18 at 10:46 am
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Posted on 3/10/18 at 1:06 pm to anc
I went to grad school in NYC and was really surprised at the experience and opportunities offered to undergrads there. I had not considered it before, but I would absolutely support my kids going to NYU or Columbia if given the opportunity.
This post was edited on 3/10/18 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 3/10/18 at 7:25 pm to Ole War Skule
You're unlikely to pay sticker price at Tulane.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 2:58 am to Ole War Skule
If he wants a shot at Wall Street, tulane is your best choice. But paying that tuition is absurd. Have you looked into legislative scholarships?
Posted on 3/11/18 at 3:22 pm to Enfuego
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If he wants a shot at Wall Street, tulane is your best choice. But paying that tuition is absurd. Have you looked into legislative scholarships?
If you are a High School kid that wants Wall Street, it would be absurd to choose Tulane. There would be 100 better options.
If you know you want to work and live somewhere specific after college, you are sooo much better off going to college close to there. Your ability to network, intern, etc. is infinitely better when you are close.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 3:55 pm to baldona
If someone knows exactly what they want in high school, then I’d be shocked 95/100 times.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 7:32 pm to baldona
TU’s AB Freeman school places a fair number of students in finance back East....it also has internship placement, career counseling, and on campus job fairs that put LSU’s to shame. I’m not saying it’s worth the markup (that’s an intensely personal calculation), but the ridiculous level of career focused assistance given at a top 40 school blows the doors off of what happens at a school like LSU. (I hold degrees from both, and a nephew just finished from LSU’s Bschool last spring.).
30% of TU’s undergraduate population is from the Northeast...and if he’s seriously interested in a Top 20 MBA, the TU degree is far more impressive than Big State U. It is an entirely different social experience as well.
Be sure that you are clear and direct with him about what your family can afford to contribute to his education.
30% of TU’s undergraduate population is from the Northeast...and if he’s seriously interested in a Top 20 MBA, the TU degree is far more impressive than Big State U. It is an entirely different social experience as well.
Be sure that you are clear and direct with him about what your family can afford to contribute to his education.
Posted on 3/11/18 at 7:58 pm to anc
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My daughter is leaning toward Hendrix, Rhodes or Birmingham Southern
Do not do hendrix
Posted on 3/12/18 at 10:42 am to Ole War Skule
My only question would be how much do companies recruit at LSU for new grads.
He should definitely plan to work for a few years before MBA, if it's even valuable in the Finance industry (do your research). Additionally, I would recommend against getting any graduate degree from the same institution as undergrad.
Good luck!
He should definitely plan to work for a few years before MBA, if it's even valuable in the Finance industry (do your research). Additionally, I would recommend against getting any graduate degree from the same institution as undergrad.
Good luck!
Posted on 3/12/18 at 10:52 am to lynxcat
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If someone knows exactly what they want in high school, then I’d be shocked 95/100 times.
Oh I agree. My point was simply that, if you are pretty sure you want to work in the northeast it doesn't make any sense at all to go to Tulane IMO. That's nothing against Tulane, hell I'd say the same about Stanford. I'm saying if you want to work in another geographic region, either move there or get the cheapest education you can at home then move there, work, and go to grad school there.
My point is simply that you'd be better off going somewhere closer.
If you can get into Tulane, there's a good chance you can get into one Ivy league school if you apply to all of them. That would be money better spent due to their location IMO.
Certainly a large portion of Tulane students may head to the Northeast for jobs, but how many of Brown's, Colombia's, etc. stay in the Northeast for jobs?
This post was edited on 3/12/18 at 10:53 am
Posted on 3/12/18 at 10:53 am to Ole War Skule
a couple of other guys have said it, but my experience is there is much more job opportunity in a particular area for with a degree from school in that area. if boston/nyc is truly his preference, he would be better served by getting close to there if he can imo. if he's good with working towards that (eg working in houston/dallas for a couple of years), then an lsu degree would be fine. it certainly isn't worth 100k more to go to uga.
if east coast is truly his preference and he has the grades, apply to other nonstate schools. emory is one that comes to mind.
i saw accounting was mentioned in the thread as well. lsu's accounting program was strong when i was there a decade or so ago. big 4 recruited hard, and several people i knew went that route straight out of lsu. with them it's all about your gpa and resume.
if east coast is truly his preference and he has the grades, apply to other nonstate schools. emory is one that comes to mind.
i saw accounting was mentioned in the thread as well. lsu's accounting program was strong when i was there a decade or so ago. big 4 recruited hard, and several people i knew went that route straight out of lsu. with them it's all about your gpa and resume.
Posted on 3/12/18 at 11:51 am to seawolf06
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He should definitely plan to work for a few years before MBA
Yep. You can only get your MBA once. For someone who wants to work in finance on the East Coast there are only a handful of B-schools that you want. None of them are taking a kid right out of undergrad.
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