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Schools: Duke (Fuqua) - Class of 2012
Re: McCombs Vs. Georgetown
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20 Dec 2011, 15:41
McCombs. Hands down.
I understand that you care about the location post-graduation. But I'm assuming that you are going into b-school for career advanced opportunities as well. Even if a company recruits at both schools, it may not recruit for the same position. I have experienced this recruiting segmentation at my summer employer, which recruits for its leadership development program candidates only at specific schools, but recruit for general MBA level analysts across a wide net of schools.
If you go to McCombs, there is not a comparable school within a 1000 mile radius. Instead of being the 3rd string pick, you on top of the list. I have done second rounds with a handful of Texas companies, the schools that show up are elite schools + McCombs. When I interviewed for East coast or NE companies, it's an all elite school pony show.
NE is dominated by schools like HBS, Sloan, Wharton, CBS, Stern, Yale, and not to mention the tons of local schools there. If they are doing non-local recruiting, they can also look at Ross, Fuqua, Darden, Booth, and Kellogg, which are all in the general area.