Help - Darden vs McCombs ($$$) for consulting
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Updated on: 29 Apr 2013, 11:34
Good afternoon. I've been accepted to two great schools. McCombs offered me an in state tuition waiver plus a 10k per year scholarship, so the cost of tuition would be 23k per year. Darden would be full ticket price which I believe is around 54k per year. I'd likely be able to pay for Texas' tuition and living expenses out of pocket with the money I've saved up over the last 3 years. I'd be able to pay for most of Darden I think.
I come from a non-traditional background and my goal is to move into consulting. Obviously I'd like to work for m/b/b but I know how competitive it is and I'm open to other firms such as Deloitte and Booz if that doesn't pan out.
I feel like Darden has a leg up in consulting placement, and more a more national reputation. On the other hand, I'm open to living in various places, and Texas is up one of the places that I'd like to live. Austin would also be a fantastic place to spend the two years, Charlottesville would be fine too but Austin seemed awesome. Teaching styles are different, but I think I'd like either one. I like that they are both small programs. I really thought the Darden facilities were excellent, much nicer that McCombs rather stodgy building, I also like that Darden has the facilities set off and isolated just for the MBAs whereas McCombs shares the building with the huge undergrad school.
Last thing to consider is that I'm married. I'm sure Austin would offer many more job opportunities for my wife.