bschooldecisions123 wrote:
Looking for a little advice on which of these schools to chose...
Post-MBA hope to recruit for Management Consulting (strategy) and Investment Banking just like a ton of other MBA seekers haha. If neither of these work out open to corporate finance or strategy positions and applying for leadership development programs. Ideally I would like a school that offers some flexibility in these two areas so I can explore both during the first semester and then iron things out from there. Technology sector holds the most interest to me.
Have scholarships at all three. Works out to be that Owen is slightly more $$ than the other two which are roughly the same cost.
Location wise I hope to someday make it back to the Northeast but open to living in the Atlanta or Chicago areas after school if the only Post-MBA job opportunities are there.
I like the structure that the program that Kelley seems to provide through pairing the Academies with Majors. The school is the highest ranked out of the three. The program seems very collaborative and would offer a lot of opportunity to explore my Finance/Consulting interests. I am concerned that it is more of a Marketing/Consumer Products school. The location is also a bit of a negative.
One of the big pluses for Owen is the brand name that Vanderbilt brings. You mention Vanderbilt to the average person on the street and they are going to know the school. Realize recruiters will recognize all three of these schools but think there is some positive to the Vanderbilt brand name as I go through my career. Really like the location. Based on the employment reports the school seems to place a bit better than Kelley in the Consulting/Finance areas but still a bit unsure about this piece of it. Any advice on this area would be really appreciated! Seems a larger % of students go into financial services from Vanderbilt. Negatives are the cost being more than the others and the rankings being the lowest out of the three.
Olin's program seems much more focused in the Financial Services area and has the highest placement %. Consulting piece seems to take a bit of a hit at Olin. Since the employment report mixes companies between grad/undergrad I am having a bit of an issue figuring out how the program places. Rankings wise it had a good showing this year in US News!
Maybe I just have information overload. I believe all three of these schools are peer schools and probably offer similar opportunities within their regions. Just wanted a little more input from you guys on here...
Hey I am a current MBA student at Vandy. I can tell you in IB we are as good or better than the other two. Indiana is lacking and Olin is similar. This year 10% of our class is in IB internships. Wells, BOA, Goldman, Nomura, Credit Suisse, Sun Trust ,UBS, Houlihan Lockey, MFSs are Lazard and Moelis and the others mentioned. I can tell you the recruiting here for those firms is pretty good. Every top firm comes here and the name of the university does help in the recruiting.
On the consulting side they are all similar. Deloitte, North Highland, Arryve, ECG, PWC, Bain all took interns for consulting. Some of those are for healthcare but most are for strat.