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ApplicantX2016
Joined: 06 Sep 2015
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Concentration: Finance
Schools: HBS '18 (D) Wharton '18 (I) CBS '18 (S) Tuck '18 (D) Stern '18 (I) Yale '18 (WL) Darden '18 (A) Booth '18 (A)
GPA: 3.75
Schools: HBS '18 (D) Wharton '18 (I) CBS '18 (S) Tuck '18 (D) Stern '18 (I) Yale '18 (WL) Darden '18 (A) Booth '18 (A)
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02 Nov 2015, 16:32
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Let me be perfectly clear here: I am a prospective student as well. This is simply the opinion that I've developed in having spoken with a number of current students and people in the industry that I'm targeting. For the career goals that I have, I've found a number of programs that outrank their so-called "peer" schools. I fully defend my choice of quotation marks - if we must be so focused on semantics - because I believe that any sort of general ranking is highly flawed for MBAs. For instance, in my case, UVA, Yale, and Stern meet my career goals better than some schools that are more regularly within the US News top 10. There is no such thing as a peer school except for on the micro level. So for one individual, Kellogg and NYU may be peer schools, or Olin and UVA, or Sloan and Booth may not be peer schools. General rankings are almost entirely worthless when it comes to choosing an MBA, but that is simply my opinion. Additionally, the idea the idea that you "find insecurity in it" is... well I'll just say that it's a bit dubious. Cheers and good luck to you in your application process.
MBAMPAHopeful
02 Nov 2015, 17:22
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"The quality and pedigree of the students?" Really? Because they're Ivy League graduates? I don't find insecurity in the original post so much as arrogance - and perhaps the insecurity it masks. From my experience with Yalies, my guess is the "fit" with Yale is perfect.
jz4analytics
02 Nov 2015, 17:32
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Us News is slow to adjust because of the ranking formula. It includes "peer assessments" which are subjective and tend to lag behind current improvements (or dips). SOM has a relatively new dean, new buildings, and an increasingly competitive applicant pool... all of which will help the program's reputation. Also, as pointed out by someone else, the salaryfactor in the rating is biased since it doesn't adjust for industry distribution (i.e. consultants from SOM have a median starting salary of $135K, the same as those from HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Booth, etc... but fewer SOM students choose to go into consulting). Salary is important, but it's good to put context around it.
I don't see any reason why SOM couldn't pass Darden, CBS, Sloan, Haas, and/or Tuck in the future. That's not knocking any of those programs, but this is Yale we're talking about - it has incredible resources to finance any program it wants, and the brand recognition to attract quality applicants. I personally don't think that you can "rank" schools too precisely as to say, "We're #2 and you're #6, hah!" because the programs do have different strengths, but I do think that the "tiers"are valuable and, from most objective views of what one would want from an MBA program, SOM should be consider on par with any school.
