Scholarship table
If I were to choose again I would have gone with Boston College. Boston is very similar to MKE but the pace and city see more alive than MKE. The oppourtunities on the East Coast seem to have more upside than the midwest. The only major city that MKE is close to is Chicago. While Boston is within a days trip of NYC, Philly, and DC.
MUBurrow...I don't know what you mean. Marquette is a "smallish liberal arts college?" It is neither small, nor is it a liberal arts college.
I think that there's an important distinction between Marquette being a middle of the road school and Marquette being in a middle of the road city. I love Milwaukee/the Midwest. That being said, Marquette is as good a school to go to as any. The Marquette Mafia is alive and well, connections to the Midwest are probably as good as/better than any non-B10 school, and maybe better considering that the small MU community causes alums to look out for their own more than huge public schools. That being said, I'm not sure what people that want to end up in NY, LA, DC, etc were expecting when they signed up for MU. Of course a smallish liberal arts college (see later post - I'm a dumbass) a regionally respected school in MKE isn't going to translate directly to NYC lofts and investment banking jobs. Nor is it going to (normally) cause doors to swing open in the entertainment industry in LA. But if you're a midwestern kid with a plan and desire to stay in the Midwest, I think MU is as good a choice as any and a better choice than most.
It may not open up entertainment industry jobs in LA, but if you went to school at MU for that then you're an idiot. Investment banking jobs in NY? I didn't know that MU had a Finance program until I just looked it up.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Then you're going to hate the fact that a select group of finance majors manage a small portion of MU's endowment, for credit no less.
Is that why our endowment sucks? Or is that just a fringe benefit?
AIM (Applied Investment Management) program is receiving high marks in the Milwaukee investment world, and kids are getting noticed in NY and Chicago. A few kids are working on Wall Street. Dr. Krause is doing a great job building the program. Only started in 2005 (??)
Or how about don't bad mouth MU at all considering most of us went there and are very proud of it. If you have a negative thought keep it to yourself
Our endowment is much better than it used to be. Traditionally, Catholic schools were "late-comers" to endowment.
Endowment does suck and Georgetown, BC, and Notre Dame are doin' just fine.
Open the checkbook, Whatley.
Ah..............can to compare?
I only heads into the door marked, "women."
I'm curious though (particularly to Skat) if those positive experiences regarding interviews on the coasts include having some job experience, etc. I think the true sign of how a degree travels is for those students who are newly out and don't have any work experience, etc. By the time you've been out awhile and other more recent experience has filled your resume, your school becomes far less important.