Shawshank wrote:
CobraKai wrote:
Shawshank wrote:
What he said was that there are much fewer first-round interview slots at a school like yale or darden than say kellogg or booth.
Raw numbers aren't an accurate measure. Kellogg has ~500 2Y MBA students per class, Booth has ~600 per class while Darden has ~320 and Yale ~250.
Using nice round numbers, if Kellogg had 50 first-round interview slots and Yale had 25, I'd argue the recruiting opportunities are the same at both schools. In other words, Booth and Kellogg would need to have greater than 2X the interview slots at Darden and Yale for me to consider this a dominant stat. Without hard data it all seems like hearsay.
Kellogg sent around 40 people to each of MBB last year. I think with yale, that number is more like 5-7, so even when you adjust for class size, kellogg performs a lot better with MBB consulting. Given the high opportunity costs of an MBA, I think one should almost always go to the best school he gets into in order to maximize his chances of getting the job he wants.
Out of 784 students across all MBA programs at Kellogg's Class of 2012, McKinsey hired 55, BCG 43, and Bain 35. That's 133 students or 17% of the class, and we know that overall, about 40% of Kellogg students go into some sort of consulting.
Yale doesn't give out exact numbers, but about 15-20% of a class of ~250 goes into consulting each year, so just around 50 people. If you figure half of that goes to MBB, then you have 25 total, or 7-8 per MBB. That's about the same as what @Shawshank said (not that I don't believe you; I just like going through all the numbers
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If you look at the sheer numbers, of course Kellogg (and most any other large school) is going to "beat" the likes of Tuck/Yale/Darden. Keep in mind, that the number of students going to MBB at Kellogg makes up about half of 1 entire class at Yale!!
Percentage-wise though, the story isn't quite so one-sided:
# of students interested in consulting per year: Kellogg = ~300; Yale = ~50
# of students at MBB per year: Kellogg = ~130; Yale = ~25
% of students at MBB per year: Kellogg = 17%; Yale = 8%
So, Kellogg has 6 times the numbers of students in interested in consulting, and about 5 times the numbers of students going to MBB. That's relatively the same ratio...
At the end of the day, you should choose a school where you're going to fit in best based on your priorities for bschool, whether that's getting your dream job, getting to know each and every one of your classmates, or starting an entirely new venture. When you're looking at this level of bschool, you're going to get good offers no matter where you go. It's up to you what type of environment you want to be in -- do you want to be one of the masses going into consulting at a Kellogg or do you want to be in a smaller pool at a Tuck/Yale? That's a matter of personal choice, but either way, the jobs are there regardless.
Disclaimer: This is just for conversation's sake. Numbers are directional and may not be 100% accurate. As always, YMMV.