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29 Apr 2008, 12:33
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terp06
There's a lot of reasons why students to choose Columbia over the other schools you named. I'll name a few:
1) location, both NYC and Wall Street
2) Finance
3) Consulting (McKinsey LOVES!!! Columbia)
4) Particular alumni show the quality of the school: Buffet, Kravis, Mario Gabelli, Vikram Pandit
5) Students - I never visited the other schools, but I felt an instant connection with the Columbia students; plus, they have the Hermes Society and Peer Advisors, which are groups of current students whose sole responsibility is to welcome prospective and accepted students
6) Value Investing Program
7) Renowned faculty, such as Bruce Greenwold and even the former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors who is now our current Dean
8) Real Estate Program - NYC real estate is a great case in itself for a real estate program
9) Healthcare and Pharma Mgmt Program - one of the best for MBA's
10) A Private Equity focus
11) An international nexus as far as MBA programs go, as well as U.S. cities
12) New core curriculum
13) An incredible pre-MBA "World Tour" initiated and facilitated by '10's (there's a 14-week itinerary, website, and leaders for each leg, talk about initiative...incredible!!!)
14) Yield - Columbia's is 17%, very presitigious
15) Ivy League (ok, Harvard and Wharton have that)
16) Plus Columbia has everything that top-tier programs should have, such as short and long abroad programs, a focus on entrepreneurship, every club under the sun, intramurals, class groups and teams, happy-hours, student-organized shows, a cohesive class of students, excellent job placement, great compensation packages upon graduation
17) I could go on and on and on...
Every school has its strength. If you want to work out West, at Google, or Silicon Valley, then Stanford and Haas would be better than Columbia. If you want a very different leariing experience, then Ross might be your best bet with their MAP program or Darden's case study system. No matter where you go amongst the top schools, you'll be able to write your ticket. If you come from Columbia, Wharton, Harvard, Chicago, or Stanford, I'll hire any of you in a heartbeat--assuming I can afford you! So you are better off just finding where your ideals fit the school's ideals, and go from there.
29 Apr 2008, 12:51
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Many of these things seem to be present at Chicago or Harvard. I guess what I'm really wondering is - how did you decide that you didn't want Chicago or Harvard? The above present a very good case for why you wanted Columbia, but to sacrifice your chances at every other school and apply ED is a big step. I suppose that it could just be a fit thing.
29 Apr 2008, 13:16
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terp06
I'm not going to go through every single bullet point, but I thought I'd share my thoughts on a couple of these:
1) location, both NYC and Wall Street
FACT: Harvard and Wharton are not in or near New York City. They do not provide the same level of access to hedge funds, money managersm and private equity firms. This is very clear in the placement reports. A 20 person hedge fund isn't taking a trip to Chicago to recruit somebody. They're hopping on the A line to 116th.
2) Finance
FACT: Columbia's wins both in terms of # of classes and also because of the Master Classes taught by REAL Wall Street professionals. I don't want to read a case on how to run a distressed debt hedge fund. I want to meet a Wall Street Pro in his/her office (a couple of the value investing courses are taught on site!) and have him telling me about his strategy and what his firm actually does to execute their strategy.
5) Students
I feel the same way as dj. I visited Columbia two weeks ago. Huge difference in character quality between Harvard and Chicago (in particular Harvard). If you don't notice a difference, that's unfortunate, because the difference is pretty clear and stark in my opinion. I'm not saying anything bad about H or C, just stating I believe there is a clear difference, and my personality preferences strongly favor Columbia.
6) Value Investing Program
No other school comes close on this one. If you don't believe me, you need to do some more research on this.
8) Real estate program
This one should also be a no brainer
I'm so glad that I found this thread. We'll help each other for the final victory. YaY! Thank you djhouse for staying around to advising us newcomers. 
