RoyHalladay wrote:
I keep hearing that some schools are more rigorous and quantitative than others--what does this exactly mean? I'm an engineer so math and applications of math don't really phase me. I understand that some of the higher level financial classes may require some experience building and working with models. But what about some of the general classes in management, marketing etc? Can anyone explain this to me, I'd really like to know how these schools differ.
Classes haven't started yet, so my perspective is somewhat limited.
But it's my understanding that Booth emphasizes a more quantitative approach to problem solving than other schools. So regardless of your class subject (finance, economics, strategy, marketing, etc.), you'll often be analyzing numbers and solving data intensive problems.
Furthermore, Booth places ~50% of its grads into finance. So if you're interested in taking some extremely advanced, quant-heavy finance classes, you'll have a lot of options.