chains1910 wrote:
kingfalcon wrote:
I completely agree with CobraKai here. Georgetown seems like a good program, but I think you can do better. And, you can only play the MBA card once, so you don't want to waste it. If I were in your shoes, I'd try again and focus on schools 4-15.
Given your goals, I'm really surprised you didn't apply to Fuqua. I'm interested in consulting, so I can tell you that Fuqua places very well at many of the top firms. I've also heard that brand management is huge there, too. Looking more broadly, I could definitely see you getting into at least one school at the Fuqua/Ross/Darden level and perhaps a school in the top 10 (Kellogg?).
Thanks for the input! Fuqua is a program that really interests me on paper but that I wrote off due to location and didn't look much into until after I had applied. Yale is also in that boat. I really wanted a school in a major city, which I still feel I would prefer, but there are also some personal factors which may not be as relevant if I am deferring for a year. I also was recently in North Carolina and enjoyed it much more than I expected.
Makes sense. One of the problems with focusing only on schools in major metropolitan areas is that their acceptance rates are usually super low (as you know). Whereas the acceptance rates for Wharton, Stern, Sloan, HBS, CBS, and Kellogg are all 11-20%, the acceptance rates at Duke, Ross, and Darden are 25%-40%. Just something else to keep in mind!