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I usually tell people to attend welcome weekends to get a feel for the vibe of the school & community if they're deciding between two offers that are close in value (e.g. Kellogg vs Booth or a full ride from a top 15 school vs no scholarship from a top 5 school). In my opinion, your first impression of the community should only really be used as a tie-breaker, as every school has all kinds of people.

I've come across jerks from schools touted for its collaborative & friendly environment and some of the nicest people from schools stereotyped for its cutthroat-ness. While I definitely know one or two people who matches the stereotype you mentioned from Sloan, the majority of the Sloanies I know are lively characters who are awesome people I enjoy being around.

tl;dr, don't believe in school stereotypes, you'll find people you like in any school.
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Rico,
If I had one piece of advice I'd ask that you disregard the cost of the programs- I think getting an MBA will bring you a lot of success in your career no matter what (speaking in the long run). The MIT brand is incredibly powerful internationally, and you might get more out of the program given its length. On the plus side, Boston is legit and is also home to the largest Portuguese-speaking community in the US.

Also, we won the American revolution. Go USA
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Congrats on your admissions and thanks for the detailed post.

Take your boss's boss for lunch and ask him who he would hire - a Sloan grad or an LBS grad. See what he says - it may not matter and he may offer to pay for some of the program cost.

P.S. You either like the US or Europe or something bugs you about it. I could not do London as i feel it is tight, constrained, and left hand driving bugs me but that's me. Either program will be hard and will have challenges and annoyances. You will also find your own circle and place within about 2 weeks and will forget about the worries and concerns you have had as school starts.
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Don't believe the stereotypes! From what I've seen Sloanies have excellent soft skills (also Sloan is SUPER selective, so they can afford to pick geniuses with people skills). Sloan is known to have a great culture with friendly down to Earth students. As a poster said before me, got to the admit weekend and don't judge it on a first impression.
I am from South America as well, and I have a friend who went to LBS and people keep confusing it with LSE (or think LSE is better), MIT does not have that problem in Latin America.
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Hi guys,

Thank you so much for your answers. They really helped me to make my mind between both schools. I ended up deciding to go to Sloan and I am super happy about it.

Take care.

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Hi guys... RicoN here...

I was accepted off the HBS WL, so thats where I am going now. As someone said earlier, it was the cherry on the cake (Beyond excited). :)

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Thanks again.

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