Kellogg ($$$) vs Tuck (Full) vs Yale (Full)

Question

Gonna leave this pretty open ended but I'll tell you my post-grad goal is consulting with eventual transition to social impact. Recognize how incredibly lucky I am. Tuck and Yale are full tuition and Kellogg offered 50k/year. Thoughts?

bb · Answer

Wow. Nice! Great job! I will be short.

Tuck Tuck Tuck Tuck Tuck

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mvictor · Answer

idk, i always thought yale to be a great school..i'd chose yale

Mo2men · Answer

I can resist my respect to Tuck's vibe, although not tuckie

MarcusHalberstram · Answer

While Tuck and Kellogg are probably more established consulting schools, Yale's placement into consulting is nothing to sneer at. YSOM is also unparalleled when it comes to social impact, you will definitely have more opportunities to interact with prominent people in the social sector. The $$$ are an added bonus. I'd choose Yale.

ksteep10 · Answer

Firstly, congratulations on 3 accepts!

I'd pick Kellogg, unless the full-ride from Tuck or Yale is extremely important to you. But I believe the brand, network and resources of Kellogg will make the cost of Kellogg worth it.

Kellogg is consistently ranked higher than the other two, and while I try not to look at rankings, Kellogg is also in the M7 - group of elite business schools. I also think the course work and offerings of Kellogg are unmatched; there appears to be a good mix between case method, experiential learning and group work. It's established and big enough that there are opportunities to go into any field -- and over the last decade, it's increasingly entrepreneurial.

For your career goals, Kellogg is great for consulting recruiting (particularly for MBB) and has a really strong social impact / innovation focus. I'd argue that only stanford rivals Kellogg's focus on social innovation. Check out their KIEI (their innovation and entrepreneurship initiative) and the many social impact courses). Also, I believe Kellogg's Net Impact chapter won best chapter last year -- their strong net impact chapter is a good sign that'd you'd have like-minded peers interested in social impact.

All this said, I do think Yale has a very strong reputation for Non-profit management. So if social impact for you means working at an NGO, I would pick Yale over tuck.

hope this helps a bit!

Wilch · Answer

Despite being a Yale SOM'er, I rarely toot Yale's horn on this board. If your ultimate goal is to transition into social impact, I think Yale SOM would be a wise decision.

Short term: 
You stated your goal is to get into consulting. Any one of these schools will get you into consulting. I said this before, assuming you're in a top 10 program, getting your ticket punched into MBB depends on the following:
1. Ability to network (having at least decent EQ)
2. Quality of CV
3. Ability to case & interview
4. Luck (quality candidates can run into awful interviewers or simply don't jive with them)

Long term: 
While interest in tech and consulting has increased, there's still an inherent interest in social impact and non profit at Yale SOM. Plenty of our classmates go into those fields (along with CSR) and you'll have no problem building meaningful network that can be of use in the future.

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With all of that said, I think the most important thing is community. If you don't feel at home at Yale, this might not be the right school for you. Same goes for Kellogg and Tuck. If you feel like Kellogg's community blows that of Yale and Tuck out of the water - don't worry about paying partial tuition, you'll pay that off quite easily with a consulting job. The reason I emphasize community is that you'll be spending the next 2 years with these people. Your classmates will make or break your business school experience.

VeritasPrepDozie · Answer

I would strongly consider Kellogg here, best consulting school, major city, good social program, and best MBA brand of the bunch. I think it's close for me with Tuck and the money so you will have to reconcile that. Great options here though. Congrats any way you go!

jessepinkman · Answer

another vote for kellogg. not a huge difference in cost for the best program of the three.

stonecold · Answer

Its boils down to Tuck and Northwestern for me.

Both schools are consulting Powerhouses.
Top tier schools.
So you will be fine at either of them.
But there is no better felling then graduating debt free.
Takes a lot of load off your shoulder.

So for me -> Its tuck all the way.

Kellogg ($$$) vs Tuck (Full) vs Yale (Full)

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