New York University Stern School of Business Stern is a contrast to Columbia in almost every respect. NYU is in a great part of town, Greenwich Village, New York City’s culture and nightlife epicenter. Unsurprisingly rents in this area tend to be extremely high. Like many urban schools, NYU has no real campus – it is more a collection of buildings in a small area of Greenwich Village. The Stern School itself occupies one building, the Kaufmann Management Center, a modern, well-equipped facility. Virtually all of Stern’s classrooms and administrative offices are housed in this 10-story structure.
During my visit I sat in on one first-year finance class and was not terribly impressed by either the professor or the students. There was little interaction and the questions the students did ask were the garden-variety type you could answer by looking in the textbook. In general I got impression that the caliber of students was not as high as that of Columbia or Wharton.
The admissions office on the other hand was exceptionally helpful. Because of scheduling constraints, I could not attend the regular information session that day,
so one of the current 2nd-year students kindly gave me a personal information session and campus tour – a very nice touch. Overall, compared to Columbia, Stern has better facilities and is in a nicer part of town, but the quality of the faculty and students seems to be one notch below.
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Having briefly visited Kellogg the previous day, I could not help but notice, as with NYU and Columbia, the contrast between the two schools. I visited the GSB on an extremely cold day in early December and nearly froze to death just walking across the campus.
In contrast to Kellogg’s suburban setting, the GSB is housed in a number of gothic-style buildings in Hyde Park, a neighborhood just south of downtown Chicago. What you might have heard about Hyde Park is probably true – it is a rather sketchy area. I arrived at night by car and whilst trying to find a hotel, I immediately got lost and found myself in quite a rough neighborhood. Although I finally managed to find a decent place to sleep, it was not an auspicious start to my visit.
The GSB’s facilities are below average – most of the building’s are old, dark, and frankly, a bit dreary. Thankfully the University of Chicago is currently building a new complex for the business school, to be opened in 2004, which looks spectacular.
Unlike that of most other schools, the GSB’s information session was hosted by current students rather than adcomm staff. The students were very candid when asked about the GSB’s reputation for being highly academic and socially awkward – in other words, a “nerd” school. I was very impressed by their handling of this difficult question. Yes, they said, the GSB is extremely rigorous and boasts what is possibly the finest business school faculty in the world. But, they pointed out, GSB students are just as sociable and well-rounded as those at any other business school. Judging from the other students I met during my visit, I would agree. |
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