UNC ($) Vs Emory ($$)

Congratulations on your excellent score and scholarships! My instinct is that going to school Emory will provide more chances for networking, which could allow you to get around concerns about your previous GMAT scores. Although Chapel Hill is certainly a nice town, Atlanta has a more mature business community and an active social life there is more likely to lead to rewarding employment opportunities.

Goizueta and Kenan-Flagler are great B-Schools and both are going to be relatively regional in terms of employment opportunities. You should certainly consider which region of the United States you would be most satisfied with living in. Although you have no preference, the type of living in the South is going to be slightly different than the NE. You may get in touch with other international students who were in a similar situation and see what their thoughts are on it.

Also, consulting is a brutal field to break into. Being an international student, it makes it even more difficult. You have a great GMAT at 730 so you could possibly land an interview but I would consider your alternative path and see which school provides better opportunities in that path as well.

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Hi, Emory introduced a STEM designated specialisation if I am not wrong? UNC is yet to get their STEM certification and from recent employment stats, international students are doing better at Emory

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Hi Anand,

Congrats on the admits and happy to provide my inputs.

1. You dont have to worry about mutiple attempts on GMAT. The only thing that the companies look at is the Resume on which you can put in the latest score.
2. I am not aware about the situation in Emory, but consulting companies do come on campus and recruit. We have office hours, lunches and dinners with the consultants when they come on campus. From my experience, I have seen McK, Deloitte and EY are the major companies that take internationals. Bain and BCG mostly go with domestic students and there are not many that go to Bain and BCG. May be 1 - 2 each year as opposed to 7 - 8 at McK, Deloitte and EY.
3. You can definitely expore other opportunities in Tech and Finance from UNC. It being located in the RTP area helps with all the company visits and information sessions.
4. There are regular trips arranged to Atlanta, DC and Charlotte for consulting and West Coast for tech. These are arranged by the respective clubs.
5. I am not sure about the recent placement trend but I would not be shocked to hear that internationals are having difficulties in these times. I am not sure if that is just for UNC though.

Finally, the big one about chosing one of these. Representing UNC, I hate to say this, but saving $50K goes a long way once you graduate. I also had a choice, about picking UNC with a scholarship vs. Tepper withouht any and I chose UNC. However, in my case, Chapel Hill was cheaper than Pitts and I am sure that Atlanta is not cheaper as comapred to Chapel Hill. Although Atlanta is not that expensive a city but still it would be more expensive to live in Atlanta as compared to Chapel Hill.

You can also write to UNC and ask for additional scholarship as well. I have seen a couple of people doing that in the 2019 batch.

You are absolutely correct! UNC announced STEM last year but then it fizzled out. I think it is one of the last few schools to get STEM. Granted, with the new administration STEM may not matter as much or at ALL but still it is a nice BIG great to have item. So yes, my vote goes to Emory.

Kenan-Flagler applied for STEM and did what they had to do from their end. The issue came with the higher UNC system. Should get certified soon again.

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I was between these same 2 programs when making my decision and ultimately chose UNC for a few reasons:

1. A bigger class size (not too big, but not too small). Emory felt just a bit too small for me at 150 students.
2. Diversity of Recruitment: Yes, Emory is fantastic at consulting by placements, but looking at the UNC career report and talking to students, they place students in a wide range of different industries (Consulting, Finance, Tech, Healthcare, and Real Estate) being the largest. It is really important to have options when you are in school in case plans shift. UNC offers many of the same employers recruiting at Emory but are certainly stronger in finance, healthcare and real estate. UNC felt way less regional than Emory in terms of where alums are. UNC places less in consulting but that is because students have a wide-range of interests. We still get all MBB on campus recruitment. Also, just this year UNC won the Deloitte National Case Competition so we are well prepared to compete with the best!
3. Chapel Hill - perhaps one of the best college towns in the entire country, yet still in the Research Triangle which is one of the hottest and most up and coming areas in the U.S. Ton of opportunities to volunteer or do pro-bono work with tech start-ups in the area and easy access to DC /Atlanta/Charlotte and other places from Raleigh. Ton's of stuff to do on campus and beautiful campus. Also, being in a college town, you get really close to classmates.

Hope that helps!