Uchicago or brown?

[Anonymous]

Very different schools. I'd personally pick Chicago, especially considering interest in finance. But the schools are so different this really depends on the kid.

[Anonymous]

Brown for NYC

[Anonymous]

Great choices!
I would pick Chicago.
Amazon city and better for finance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very different schools. I'd personally pick Chicago, especially considering interest in finance. But the schools are so different this really depends on the kid.

They are so different one wonders why the kid applied to these two. The only common denominator is prestige. Since prestige was what motivates, choose the school with more prestige. Choose the school that's will get the kid that wall street prestige title first year out of college.

[Anonymous]

I think Brown is the nicer environment. You’ll have less stress and still have access to the finance jobs you want. UChicago is very toxic competitive when it comes to getting Wall Street jobs because so many of their Econ kids are gunning for it, and Econ is their most popular major by far

[Anonymous]

Brown, since at least half of the student body there has parents who work for hedge funds and investment banks. It should be easy for your kid to get internships and other opportunities through his or her friends' and roommates' parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which would you pick for someone who wants to work in finance in nyc post graduation?

Neither. I would pick Dartmouth.

Which would you pick when you sober up ?

[Anonymous]

Finance == Chicago. Brown does have a a B school and its economics/business offerings are especially weak in finance. Chicago undergrad training in finance (for the interested kid) is at a completely different level. If DC is keen on going to Ivy/Brown/East Coast, spend money on an MBA and go to Chicago a few years down the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Finance == Chicago. Brown does have a a B school and its economics/business offerings are especially weak in finance. Chicago undergrad training in finance (for the interested kid) is at a completely different level. If DC is keen on going to Ivy/Brown/East Coast, spend money on an MBA and go to Chicago a few years down the road.

Correction: I meant to say Brown does *NOT* have a B school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brown, since at least half of the student body there has parents who work for hedge funds and investment banks.

and where do you get that data?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown, since at least half of the student body there has parents who work for hedge funds and investment banks.

and where do you get that data?

Kid goes there. It is common knowledge. Obviously, there will never be an official “database” of where parents work/profession, but this statement about representation in hedge fund, private equity, IB is absolutely true. Yes, it is NYC centric. Having said that, students are impressive in their own right. Econ/CS and Econ/Applied Math are two concentrations that are popular and tends to feed this pipeline to Wall Street. Chicago is also a great school, but very different.

[Anonymous]

Brown for safety reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown, since at least half of the student body there has parents who work for hedge funds and investment banks.

and where do you get that data?

Kid goes there. It is common knowledge. Obviously, there will never be an official “database” of where parents work/profession, but this statement about representation in hedge fund, private equity, IB is absolutely true. Yes, it is NYC centric. Having said that, students are impressive in their own right. Econ/CS and Econ/Applied Math are two concentrations that are popular and tends to feed this pipeline to Wall Street. Chicago is also a great school, but very different.

No where near half the students are from the New York area and for those that are, I doubt all (or even half) have a hedge fund parent. How would your child even begin to know this, since at best he only knows the occupations of his friends' parents?

[Anonymous]

UChicago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown, since at least half of the student body there has parents who work for hedge funds and investment banks.

and where do you get that data?

Kid goes there. It is common knowledge. Obviously, there will never be an official “database” of where parents work/profession, but this statement about representation in hedge fund, private equity, IB is absolutely true. Yes, it is NYC centric. Having said that, students are impressive in their own right. Econ/CS and Econ/Applied Math are two concentrations that are popular and tends to feed this pipeline to Wall Street. Chicago is also a great school, but very different.

No where near half the students are from the New York area and for those that are, I doubt all (or even half) have a hedge fund parent. How would your child even begin to know this, since at best he only knows the occupations of his friends' parents?

Ok, you are being far too literal. Yes, not half but substantial and, no, NYC centric does not literally mean half the students are from NYC. I think you missed the broader point by being too literal.