College Advice (NYU Stern vs. Northwestern)

Stern by a mile

Since you're not totally set on finance, would go Northwestern. A lot better overall school

Stern is more of a "target" but it's also hyper-competitive. Recruiting out of NU is honestly great cuz people actually help each other and NU's recent placements are a testament to that. NU won't hold you back from anywhere 

Northwestern 100%

Both are good but I would prob pick Stern as I would prefer to study finance for 4 yrs as opposed to economics.

Northwestern is the better school, hotter babes, more fun, and 100% better for consulting but for IB it's a wash. Personally would pick NU but it wouldn't be a mistake to pick Stern for location reasons / close to home.

Go to Northwestern. You don't need to be an econ major to recruit for finance from NU. Major in something fun/interesting like History, Philosophy, Middle Eastern Studies, foreign language, etc. They have a cool internship for credit program where you can work an internship in downtown chicago and get credit for it, really helps pad the resume before recruiting starts to have a MM PE internship the fall of your sophomore year. Google NUIBC and look at recent placements if you are doubting that NU places well.

This is a no brainer from a recruiting perspective (stern) but northwestern would be way more fun.