Booth vs Wharton

Congratulations! Fantastic job getting into 2 great schools!

Wharton is usually the "easy" choice many take. I am typing on the phone so don't have access to the latest job and placement reports to see who has a larger network in EMEA. Something to verify potentially. My guess would be Wharton due to gov contracts to train employees.

Having known people from both programs/schools, I feel Wharton would fit your needs/goals somewhat better as it is a de facto finance school and has probably slightly stronger lineup of professors that teach some unique classes. Keep in mind you always have a bidding system for classes so you don't always get what you want (right away at least). The name is likely better known and the fact that it is often brought up in the same sentence as Stanford and Harvard will count in MEA region.

Wharton student body also seems to be more focused albeit perhaps less diverse while Booth has an entrepreneurship center and new venture challenge, etc and sometimes tries to get away from the pure finance school while Wharton seems to embrace it. Perhaps I am a bit set in my views? Yes, I know Wharton has a great negotiations program/class set.

I know it is hard to pick sometimes between two great choices and having to reject one.


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