cutientl wrote:
kobe88 wrote:
Anyone fully committing to Stern yet?
If anyone has or plans to commit, I'd love to hear why they chose Stern. I'm debating between Stern, Tepper, and Anderson. Thanks!
I have fully committed to Stern. I had to chose between multiple schools: Duke, Cornell, Tepper, Darden, Yale, Georgetown, Emory and (of course) Stern.
It came down to Duke, Yale and Stern. Ultimately, Stern won out.
There are a countless amount of reasons why Stern was my choice. However, three large reasons, and reasons that may help you in your decision, are the 1. Tight Knit Student Body 2. Ridiculously strong connection to alumni/NYC location etc. and 3. Fantastic course offerings with world renown professors.
1. Tight Knit Student Body
I had the opportunity to visit the school on multiple occasions and each time the feeling I got from the students, watching them interact, hearing them plan their Thursday night, etc was a very warm welcoming one. I felt that the students really enjoyed each other and all of it was amplified by the fact that they are in a very entertaining city. I heard many negative things about city schools especially NYU and how its a 'commuter school' but I don't think they are necessarily true. Additionally, I plan to work in NYC afterwards and feel that the network I will build here - with many students also planning on staying in the city - will be stronger than one in which we all disperse throughout the US. I am much more likely to continue a relationship with someone if we live in the same city afterwards.
2. Ridiculously strong connection to alumni/NYC location etc.
Some people say that since NYU is in the city that you are almost expected to network non-stop and that it can get taxing, whereas, at Duke you only have to network with alums on Wednesdays (or one or two days a week when there is a recruiting event). However, isn't networking the point? I think that having the choice and opportunity to network daily is phenomenal. If I am too tired to go to a networking event on a Friday than I can just go to the next one on Monday - not like I missed out on one of the two networking events that week - get my drift? On one of my class visits (I don't know if this was planned) but a CFO of a top entertainment company just happened to walk into the classroom. The teacher seemed like it was unexpected. The CFO spoke for about 10 minutes then left. The students - and I - loved it. You wont get this spontaneity in many other places.
3. Fantastic course offerings with world renown professors.
If you research the programs and their course offerings I am sure you will find NYU's as one of the best. Due to its strong undergrad business program and strong part-time program their is a vast amount of different types of courses. I found that at Duke you will get classes called 'investment banking' and at NYU you not only get that course but you get 'investment banking tax strategies for VC firms. ' The detail of the classes is bound to set you apart from other MBA's or at least put you on the right path.
And the professors are amazing: Edward Altman, Aswath Damodaran, Peter Drucker, Robert Engle, Nouriel Roubini etc.
I blurted out this response because I do not feel like taking the time to edit it - so I am sure it is loaded with biases and also assumptions and loopholes. But in the end NYU stood out for me - perhaps for subconscious emotional reasons. I am sure tons of great things could be said about Duke and Yale etc that would crush NYU but in my opinion/personal situation NYU won.
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