I agree with mgoblue2 on this one. Heck, I was so off on my thinking of a lot of what Business school, heck even Kellogg, was about before I showed up and that was after insane amounts of research, talking to students and alums, and every other possible thing I could do to learn about school. As well informed as someone is, your eyes will be opened when you walk through the door of whatever school you do pick. I still learn knew things about school, recruiting, and careers constantly.
Personally I think a school decision is incredibly personal, only you really know where you fit best since even though we do talk here a lot...we dont know each other well enough to really say where someone fits. Its too easy to bring your own biases into the conversation. If you PM current students or other applicants deciding between those schools, I am sure they would be more than happy to answer all your questions. I am more than happy to answer any questions someone has for me about Kellogg...I dont care if you are a lurker, have less than 10 posts, or 1500, I will give you my honest opinion. Probably will ask more questions of what you want to get you to look at yourself than telling you my opinion.
I think these threads run the risk of spinning into BW like arguements over career prospects at different schools, the brand, the quality of students, etc. The potential value of the posters of these threads is dwarfed by the harm that the threads could cause in my opinion. You risk alienating people or having the threads filled with baseless opinions. I had a professor of a leadership class who always said I dont have answers, I have opinions...people need to remember thats what people post here often times. And its hard to not be biased, we bring what we think is best for us and not necessarily what is best for the person asking the question. In someways current students have an easier time doing that since we already made our decision, went to recruiting or interview events that had students from our peer schools, saw lists of where companies were were pursuing recruit.
In my mind, my classmates who got...say McKinsey...there is no doubt they would have gotten that internship if they were at Booth, Wharton, MIT, Harvard or Columbia. The biggest difference is where that person would be enjoy being for 2 years or where their family would prefer to be. Yes some schools might have a slight advantage with recruiting prep in some fields but in the end its up to you...no one is going to hold your hand through a case interview or stock pitch.
If the companies you want recruit actively at both school then your chances are going to be very similar, not enough to justify turning down huge money or going someplace you will be miserable or a spouse will spend 2 years hating. If they dont go to both schools and you are 100% sure about your career thats a lot tougher. Mind you I know TONS of people whose career goals have changed multiple times since they arrived in August and not having to pay 100k is a pretty amazing thing.
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Kellogg Class of 2010...still active and willing to help. However, I do not do profile reviews, don't offer predictions on chances and am far to busy to review essays, so save the energy of writing me a PM seeking help for these. If I don't respond to a PM that is not one of the previously mentioned trash can destined messages, please don't take it personally I get so many messages I have a hard to responding to most. The more interesting, compelling, or humorous you message the more likely I am to respond.