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Thanks both for your advice!!

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Hi all,

I was very fortunate to receive Kelley's full ride and already paid the deposit. I just got converted from Ross with 20k scholarship so that would mean extra 120k loan, which would be a huge burden for me...
My background is a project manager in renewable energy and i'm hoping to pivot to sustainability consulting post-MBA or back to renewable energy as commercial role. I was quite amazed by Kelley's consulting resources but Ross was my dream school not only because its brand name but also every alumni i talked to was really nice and helpful.
I'm really struggling between the two and would appreciate your advice and guidance. Thanks!!


Sorry a bit late to the party :(

I would say that sustainability consulting is HARD. it is a popular field and often projects are low budget or don't have a commercial backing and rather just sustainability focused which makes it extra effort and work. I have to give a disclaimer that I don't know if there are many sustainability consulting companies but my guess at MBB, this is a small group that perhaps gets featured a lot. My guess due to the emotional and moral rewards this job offers vs working for a casino or a cigarette company, it is in high demand and competitive or pays little or has terrible hours or all of the above :|

Looking at the fact that you will likely have to take a pay cut for a job like that, my guess getting a scholarship may be a good move to minimize the burden since you would have to have a conflict between the goal and compensation. It is kind of like non-profit (which is even worse since there are very few non profit paid MBA level jobs).

I would also mention that should your priorities change, i think you have a different league at Ross and $120K investment would be worthwhile for some/many looking at breaking into tech or MBB (but MBB is hard for international students due to language and culture barrier. Presentation and client-readiness skills are very important and very hard to impress with if you are not from the US).

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Hi BB,

Thank you very much for your advice! I think I would probably still want to leverage my current experience to get on commercial / strategy role in the same/ similar industry. So that makes full tuition more attractive…
Thanks again for taking time to reply me.

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