wiseguyMBA wrote:
I've heard from some people who visited, that the "being in the middle of nowhere" feeling at Tuck bothered them. What's your take on it?
thanks
It all depends on your perspective.
Tuck is not really all that far from a big city. In less than 2 h you can be in Boston. When I visited Cornell, I really felt "in the middle of nowhere". The closest "city" to Cornell is Syracuse, NY and that's almost a 2 h drive away.
There are quite a few people from NYC who are attending Tuck and from the discussions I've had with them, they seem to be adjusting just fine. At least one of them specifically chose Tuck because it was so different from NYC. I mean, once you get your MBA, you'll be living in a big city for the rest of your life. It might be the last time you get to live in a small college town in a beautiful part of New England.
As for employers, it all depends on what industry and location you are targeting. If you're looking to focus on finance, NYU will have way more options, just based on the fact you're in NYC. I'm targeting health care and Tuck has an impressive list of companies who recruit on campus. Comparable with Kellogg or Duke.
The other nice thing is because Tuck is so close to Boston, a lot of companies who visit MIT or Harvard also make the drive to Tuck since it's not really out of the way.
RF