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Im having trouble deciding on my 2 offers. Any insight could help a lot. I have an offer from Tepper and Emory. Money really isnt an issue. I got the fellowship from Emory and I get about 40k/year to go to Tepper. I want to go into Finance when I graduate. Could someone please offer there insights?

If you haven't already, I'd visit both to try an establish which one is a better fit with you (both personally and professionally). I'd do some soul-searching and decide what it is you want out of an MBA, where you want be (personally, I look about 3-5 years out) and really evaluate the schools based on who best meets that criteria. That's just my 2 cents...

Sidebar- isn't Tepper know for the quantitative strength of its program?
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Yea I think Carnegie Mellon overall is known as a quant/technical school. So it prob carries over into Tepper.
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Im having trouble deciding on my 2 offers. Any insight could help a lot. I have an offer from Tepper and Emory. Money really isnt an issue. I got the fellowship from Emory and I get about 40k/year to go to Tepper. I want to go into Finance when I graduate. Could someone please offer there insights?

If you haven't already, I'd visit both to try an establish which one is a better fit with you (both personally and professionally). I'd do some soul-searching and decide what it is you want out of an MBA, where you want be (personally, I look about 3-5 years out) and really evaluate the schools based on who best meets that criteria. That's just my 2 cents...

Sidebar- isn't Tepper know for the quantitative strength of its program?
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I agree, Tepper is know for its quantitative strength given that a majority of the students there are engineers. So companies will assume your good at math just based on the reputation. Also you should consider cost of living, which Pittsburgh is relatively cheap. Although I would rather live in Atl than Pittsburgh. I went to school there so I have a lil insight.
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Im having trouble deciding on my 2 offers. Any insight could help a lot. I have an offer from Tepper and Emory. Money really isnt an issue. I got the fellowship from Emory and I get about 40k/year to go to Tepper. I want to go into Finance when I graduate. Could someone please offer there insights?
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If by Finance you mean Wall Street, Tepper has by far more street credibility than Emory, because of the quant reputation and established recruiting links. Banks don't go to Emory I believe (at least for Front Office.)
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Im having trouble deciding on my 2 offers. Any insight could help a lot. I have an offer from Tepper and Emory. Money really isnt an issue. I got the fellowship from Emory and I get about 40k/year to go to Tepper. I want to go into Finance when I graduate. Could someone please offer there insights?

If by Finance you mean Wall Street, Tepper has by far more street credibility than Emory, because of the quant reputation and established recruiting links. Banks don't go to Emory I believe (at least for Front Office.)
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Thanks everyone for your comments. No I dont mean Wallstreet so thats not a concern. Im leaning towards Emory at this point. I hope Darden comes through and makes this an easy decision for me.
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About to send my deposit.... this is really happening!
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About to send my deposit.... this is really happening!
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There was an address change to the deposit address. Let me send you the real address. It may look like my home address but it's not. Don't forget to write C.A.S.H. on the check. The school will know it's for a seat.
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hi guys! So I just heard back from NYU and I got waitlisted. Though to some this isn't the greatest news, seeing as I only applied to two schools, NYU being my #1 I'm really excited.

Now how to I get off the waitlist? Meaning.. what do you do to get accepted?
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hi guys! So I just heard back from NYU and I got waitlisted. Though to some this isn't the greatest news, seeing as I only applied to two schools, NYU being my #1 I'm really excited.

Now how to I get off the waitlist? Meaning.. what do you do to get accepted?
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I don't know your profile or what you wrote about in your essays but

Call and ask and make sure to reiterate your love for the school. Did they say you could send in supplemental info?
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Im having trouble deciding on my 2 offers. Any insight could help a lot. I have an offer from Tepper and Emory. Money really isnt an issue. I got the fellowship from Emory and I get about 40k/year to go to Tepper. I want to go into Finance when I graduate. Could someone please offer there insights?

If by Finance you mean Wall Street, Tepper has by far more street credibility than Emory, because of the quant reputation and established recruiting links. Banks don't go to Emory I believe (at least for Front Office.)

Thanks everyone for your comments. No I dont mean Wallstreet so thats not a concern. Im leaning towards Emory at this point. I hope Darden comes through and makes this an easy decision for me.
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What type of finance is very important. Tepper has the quant. rep. on the Street but most that is mostly due to their M.S. in Mathematical Finance program. Most of the students who get placed into the top shops on the Street are dual M.S./MBA so that skews the data in the employment reports. You have to really look at the employment reports and search the companies that recruit at each school.

Tepper has a great reputation on the Street but very few banks have it as a target. Because you don't want to work in Wall Street finance, you have to dig deeper in the employment statistics to determine which school would be a better fit for your goals. Would you rather work in Corporate Finance at Coca-Cola or PNC Bank? Those are the type of questions you need to ask yourself beyond the Atl. vs. Pittsburgh questions.

I wish I did that research before I applied. I had Tepper ranked pretty high but realized after I applied that they weren't a good fit for my career goals.
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Why are FS students talking about deposits? Doesn;t the Consortium take care of this??
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@ forum, I can't speak for other schools -- although I'm sure it prob applies -- but you have to send your deposit to Darden by 4/15. there are two: one for $1K in april, one for $2K in june. The one in april is used to hold your spot and is applied towards tuition. Since you have a fellowship, it'll be refunded to you.... i believe the refund happens in the fall. the $2K is used towards your cases and materials for your first academic year. (Fellowship only covers tuition, not books/cases/travel/etc.)
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So re UCLA admits -- if you were accepted into Consortium you would know at this point?
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I am in the same boat as you guys with respect to UCLA. Timing of the emails was much closer to progressiongirl. I believe we will be notifed by 30th March. I hope its sooner.
I am a bit confused how fellowship works. I though you can only be offered fellowship from one school?

How does it work if I get wait listed at a school that is my first choice?

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VLM/progressiongirl

I am in the same boat as you guys with respect to UCLA. Timing of the emails was much closer to progressiongirl. I believe we will be notifed by 30th March. I hope its sooner.
I am a bit confused how fellowship works. I though you can only be offered fellowship from one school?

How does it work if I get wait listed at a school that is my first choice?

My status:
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UCLA: Awaiting
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I'm really not sure how the fellowship works, all I know is that UCLA passed on me for the fellowship and Cornell gave it to me. That's why I expect a ding, but am hoping for a miracle. I believe Progressiongirl actually saw if she was admitted or not. I did not. I think a lot of people actually got their decisions, but a few like me are still pending.
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I was told that there are only a handful of us from consortium who are waiting. When did you interview with UCLA? I interviewed pretty late that is on 03/10. I am wondering if it has somethign to do with the timing of the interview.
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I was told that there are only a handful of us from consortium who are waiting. When did you interview with UCLA? I interviewed pretty late that is on 03/10. I am wondering if it has somethign to do with the timing of the interview.
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I don't think it's the interview timing, I interviewed early - 2/18 and received the invite on 2/9.
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Hey guys,

has anyone received their consortium packages. I just book my flight for Olin admin weekend. By the way it great to meet some of you yesterday at Slate.

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@ forum, I can't speak for other schools -- although I'm sure it prob applies -- but you have to send your deposit to Darden by 4/15. there are two: one for $1K in april, one for $2K in june. The one in april is used to hold your spot and is applied towards tuition. Since you have a fellowship, it'll be refunded to you.... i believe the refund happens in the fall. the $2K is used towards your cases and materials for your first academic year. (Fellowship only covers tuition, not books/cases/travel/etc.)
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we have to pay for cases? WTF?
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so far I have been waitlisted for my number 2 and 3rd choice...I got really positive vibes from my first choice during the interview...I am sure that the second and third choice knows that they are number 2 and 3...should I be worried? still waiting to hear from number 1? and guidance or similar stories would be helpful
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