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Hi wisdompeak,

I think it is safe to pick Ross. You will have a stronger community as everyone will be stuck in Ann Arbor.

Consulting is very often personal recruiting. You won’t get it because you are a CBS student alone so brand will not help but having better classmates and more supportive culture will.

PS. With tech layoffs nobody is looking good and o am hearing from M7 folks that recruiting is brutal this year. What would be plan B for you? Do you have consulting background?

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Yes I will have about 3 years of experience in Management Consulting prior to starting my MBA.

Thanks a lot for your insights bb myorbit

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Hi wisdompeak,

I think it is safe to pick Ross. You will have a stronger community as everyone will be stuck in Ann Arbor.

Consulting is very often personal recruiting. You won’t get it because you are a CBS student alone so brand will not help but having better classmates and more supportive culture will.

PS. With tech layoffs nobody is looking good and o am hearing from M7 folks that recruiting is brutal this year. What would be plan B for you? Do you have consulting background?

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Hi wisdompeak,

I think it is safe to pick Ross. You will have a stronger community as everyone will be stuck in Ann Arbor.

Consulting is very often personal recruiting. You won’t get it because you are a CBS student alone so brand will not help but having better classmates and more supportive culture will.

PS. With tech layoffs nobody is looking good and o am hearing from M7 folks that recruiting is brutal this year. What would be plan B for you? Do you have consulting background?

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I would concur with bb here. I think the money a Ross would be hard to give up for me personally. Columbia might give you an advantage if you were recruiting for IB or other finance roles. However, since you have mentioned that you plan on recruiting into consulting, you might be unable to pursue the finance roles. The recruitment cycles for Consulting and Finance tend to overlap. If you want to get into consulting, I think the benefit of the prestige of Columbia might not be worth the costs. Recruiting in general has been bad this year, but Ross has not done too badly in terms of outcomes. I'd take the money
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Thank you elpatron!

Really appreciate your perspective.

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