mbaapplicant222 wrote:
stoiczoan wrote:
Given your thought process, go to Wharton. The $100K will be forgotten in the long run.
The reason is... you'll have greater regrets if you go to Booth, than if you go to Wharton. $100K is just that... $100K. Its not the end of the world money.. and you'll be able to afford it overall. You only do an MBA once.. go to a place which will satisfy you the most.
Personally, I'd have chosen Booth.. but that's because I have no fascination with the Wharton name.
Thank you! Could you expand on your reasons btw? Any additional information would be helpful!
I'm assuming you want me to expand on my reasons for preferring Booth over Wharton?
- my post MBA goal is consulting which I'd get a shot at with both Booth & Wharton
- $100K
- I don't have a huge personal fascination with Wharton brand.. not sure exactly why.. maybe the quant heavy/non-collaborative atmosphere perception has influenced me.. and also that it has a huge class size (~850)
In case you were asking me to expand more on my reasoning behind why you should choose Wharton -
- you work in finance, and seem to prefer the Wharton brand much more over Booth
- you are right, Wharton may be tad bit better with non-IB finance recruiting
- you will definitely regret your decision to join Booth specially since the $100K benefit will not be apparent in daily life.. and you'd always be wondering.. "what if"..
Basically, chances of decision regret are much higher if you choose Booth, and comparatively much lower if you choose to spend $100K extra and join Wharton..
Thank you for providing both explanations, I meant the former but the latter was helpful as well. I think together they have helped me refine the question. Namely, what is the difference in placement immediately out of the MBA. Two years post-graduation, the brand difference is negligible at best, but recruiting efforts can vary widely. For consulting and IB, the difference in recruiting in null. However, I do not want to do either of the two.
I am currently in PE and looking to transition to impact investing. However, I would like to maintain PE as my fallback if impact investing does not work out. Wharton has a better program for both of these, but how much better is the question? $100k better? Urg...