singtoloco wrote:
Dear clamapinto, from your information about UIUC vs Purdue, I with my friends strongly encourage you to choose UIUC instead of Purdue. Anyway, if there is any information that could change our decision please let me know. Good luck to you too!!
Dear papagoose, thank you for your information about employment (this is very useful).
- I'm wondering that why employment rate that I found on Financial times website is very different from yours?
from MSF 2009 listing of Financial times
-->Employed at 3 months - fulltimeprogramme (%)
Boston College: 82
Purdue University: n/a
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 71
University of Rochester: 92
Vanderbilt University: 64
Washington University: 87
-->International full-time students (%)
Boston College: 54
Purdue University: 60
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 77
University of Rochester: 90
Vanderbilt University: 11
Washington University: 49
- How did you get your number? and How can I find these numbers of other universities?
- I'm from Thailand (you?) Bachelor degree in Engineering.
- I'm totally agree with you that "Boston has a better reputation in Finance than UIUC."
From US news MBA: finance ranking in 2009
13 University of Rochester (Simon) Rochester, NY
14 Boston College (Carroll) Chestnut Hill, MA
21 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
- consider distance of each university?
UIUC: almost 3 hrs from Chicago
BC: 4 hrs from New york city
Rochester: 6 hrs from New york city
- (I want to study MSF that have some quantitative subject; can you recommend for me) Quant: UIUC > BC >> Rochester ????
- How many courses that you study in one year at UIUC? and can I study more than degree requirement in the second year at UIUC? (Ex 12 courses in 1st year and then 5 courses in 2nd year)
- Why you consider BC> ROCHESTER >>>> UIUC?
- Do you consider MSF of WashU and Vanderbilt better than MSF of BC, Rochester, and UIUC?
Thank you
I went with the Financial times stats too
, however I got my stats from the professors and former students from the program. I also presented stats at the time of graduation.
Point is employment stats after 3 months is not a good indicator because you are getting the job through your own means. Networking and countless apps online are the norm.
What I liked about Rochester is that they have 2 recruiting trips to new york each year. That is they take students to meet the employers rather than the latter making the long trip. If you want a job in new york, you better go to columbia or stern or MIT. None of the schools you mentioned will help you get a job there. That is the honest truth.
If you want a quantitative education, Rochester is a top top school for it. If you want to do quant I suggest the MFE program at uiuc. The UIUC is very general at least for the first 60 % of the year.
bc has a great reputation academically in the field of finance.( so does rochester) And its an older program. Thats why I felt its better than Rochester.
I do consider Vanderbilt msf better than the other 4. Don;'t know much about WashU though. I had a business background.
You can study more than the degree requirements I think because a couple of students are staying back. You should email the msf office about htis.