Northwestern --> Cornell?
I'm a current freshman at Northwestern and am contemplating transferring to Cornell CAS. I know that Cornell places much better on Wall Street but I'm a dual HK-UK citizen (and knowing that OPT/H1B is much harder than before along with the mainland competition) so I'm more interested to know about how differently these two schools place into HK/Beijing/Shanghai or London. From my limited perspective I believe the alumni network in HK is much stronger for Cornell but I don't know how this works either. I don't find Northwestern too challenging (expecting to keep a 3.8ish GPA, or maybe .1 or .2 lower if I do a double major in math along with econ now), so I wonder if that GPA would give me an edge if I stayed, compared to Cornell with grade deflation(?).
Another thing is I'm not 100% into IB (I'd say 30% of me is thinking of IB, 30% Consulting, 20% Management, 20% grad school...pretty much undecided, and these could easily be impossible dreams only too). I come from a middle-class family (hence my internships this summer are unrelated ones, sucks) so they don't have any 'connections' for me, which apparently is a huge disadvantage in Asia so I wonder if Cornell's reputation would give that a boost too.
As for 'whether I would be happy/fitting in' bla bla bla, I'd say I'm indifferent (I don't really hate NU but I have no feelings for it either).
Would any monkeys in similar situations before care to give a bit of advice? Much appreciated :)
"I know that Cornell places much better on Wall Street" Do you have a single fact to back that up?
This thread should be the dictionary definition for 'false pretense'. If you can make it into IB from Northwestern, you can make it from Cornell and vice versa. If you can't make it from Northwestern, you couldn't make it from Cornell either.
Northwestern places decently into IB/AM and very well in consulting (lot of Chicago area firms target NU students). A good number of Kellogg guys in IB as well. You should look to continue in NU and build your network there. Also, the location of NU allows for closer connections in a major city.
You're not in UIUC or IU/Purdue right now. You'll graduate from one of the best school in Chicago for jobs, but you won't get as much spotlight in Ithaca for NYC jobs. I vote Northwestern.
Northwestern is a better school than Cornell, you're making a pretty stupid choice.
Thanks for the comments...is Cornell inferior in even UK/HK?
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