Futuremba1 wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for all of your input!
I don't feel a particular need to return to the Northeast or be in NYC after graduation. My main focus right now is finding the right job at the right company, and I think that I can make a decision about "long-term" location later (e.g. if I find out that I don't really fit well with the city/town where I end up).
The current students at all of the schools that I've visited have seemed very nice and friendly, though I do worry a bit about the lack of "community feeling" at NYU, despite the fact that everyone seems to say it's not a problem.
As of right now, I'm thinking that I'm going to want to work in CPG, and it seems that several of the big companies recruit at all 3 schools (though there are a few that recruit at Duke, but not UNC or NYU).
If a company is recruiting at both / all three schools, and I'm confident that I'll be able to get an interview, I feel like my "chances" of getting the job should be relatively equal, right? I can't imagine that the folks at most companies are really saying, "these two candidates seem to be equals in their accomplishments/resume/etc., but candidate X went to a 'better' school, so we should hire him/her of candidate Y."
Congrats first of all. All top schools-
If any of your future employers is ever going to make such a comparison ("better" school comparison) if they are not alumns of the respective school, then the chances are NYU is the "better" school in that trio. I don't think any employer will ever be able distinguish Duke from UNC wrt any sort of "better school" norms. If caring about rankings a lot then Duke and UNC are both top20 schools (duke is like 10-15 whereas UNC is sort 15-20 though) whereas NYU is certainly top10.
Regarding pure marketing ratings, all of you guys here are correct I guess- Duke is a "better" school than UNC in marketing. Stats say that, experts say that, alumns say that...
I have had my own analysis of employment stats. comparing these two in inv. man/i-banking and although saw that UNC seemed to have a more solid (statistical and firm-wise) presence then Duke in i-banking (used 2008,2009 and 2010 stats) also realized that Duke clearly seems to have an edge over UNC in marketing and consulting.
Yet, Duke has been sending (23%, 22% and 29%) of it's '08, '09 and '10 classes into marketing, respectively. Where as the stats for UNC are like (19%, 19% and 18%)- also keep in mind that UNC's class size (thus # of people seeking employment) is around 60% of Duke's. Comparing the roles, titles and the recruiters is not really this easy- maybe have a look at the salary averages (they should be +/- 3K). other than that it's all gossips- everyone who recruits at UNC also do at Duke but not the other way around etc. etc. - I strongly urge you not to give attention to these sort of statements with no solid proof what so ever-
I'm sure that you'll be more than fine with your job search in any of those (top20!) schools- just wanted to share my 2c. best-
wri