50% Booth or 100% Tuck?

thanks for the responses. i am interested in IB, but keeping the door open for corp finance.

no location preference because i've never lived in either place. i like the outdoors but would have no problem living in a big city for 18 months.

does booth have more prestige? will that brand name help me down the line more than tuck?

have you visited both campuses, talked to students/faculty? what did you feel during the visits?

I visited both. Really liked both, even though the cultures are different. But I have heard both schools are really good at making you feel welcome. So I dunno.

Tuck, for the above reasons
Can you please briefly say sth about your stats, like gmat,gpa,work exp

Tuck because it will give you an outstanding education, especially on leadership which is important no matter what you do post-MBA.

Also, easier to form close ties with the smaller Tuck school and the town. And the ivy-league status doesn't just bring prestige, there are several ivy-league-only networking events that you could attend and get connect w/ others at Harvard, Yale, etc.

The amount of money you save by choosing Tuck more than compensates for the marginal ranking edge Chicago has. In my opinion, go with Tuck.

That said, I wouldn't get caught up in the Ivy League label nonsense because it's just that -- a label. As we all know, not all Ivy Leagues are created equal. Who in their right mind would choose a school like Cornell over a Stanford, Kellogg or MIT?

Tough call for me since I enjoy living closer to a big city myself but the cost savings are significant at Tuck.

It would be very difficult for me to choose personally.

Tuck any day!

I would go to Tuck no question. It will be an amazing experience for you.

coder123, have you already decided where to attend for your MBA Studies? Is it Dartmouth or University of Chicago?

Coder 123, have you made up your mind yet? I think Tuck's deposit was due last Friday.

Regardless, I would choose Booth if I were you, especially when you are interested in IB. Without a doubt, Booth gives you the best in class network in finance. For the 3 yrs I've been at BB banking, I didn't come across many Tuck alums. On the flip side, many high performing bankers had their MBAs from Booth. Even in AM, I have seen many more Booth alums than Tuck. At the end of the day, I personally don't think 50% Booth vs. 100% Tuck should be a deciding factor. $ comes and goes and 50% in tuition is just $25,000 per yr in difference. That's nothing in the mid to long-term, but your degree from Booth will not change. Both are great schools and you can't go wrong with either, but I simply wouldn't choose Tuck just because they offer 50% more in scholarship. In terms of ranking, I don't think Booth is marginally better, Booth is significantly ranked higher than Tuck. With Booth ranked consistently in the top 3, beating Wharton... it really could be a matter of time that people start saying H/S/B...

If you value $25,000 per yr gig, then go with Tuck. But you are investing at something much longer term and I wouldn't pass up to attend Booth just for a small amt of $ that Tuck offers. Good luck.