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Thoughts: Tepper vs Johnson ($$??) vs Kenan-Flagler ($$$$)
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05 Apr 2015, 18:46
My decision was easy until last week when I got a call from Johnson inviting me to scholarship weekend, which implies I will be getting at least 10k/yr from them with the possibility of getting a full tuition scholarship, but I will not find out until next week. I was going to accept the offer from K-F, which is a full tuition fellowship. Nothing from Tepper in the face of the other offers means I am now trying to decide on Johnson vs. Kenan-Flagler.
Looking for some thoughts from the community on this. How much better is the Cornell brand? I'm leaning towards operations, but not enough to make Tepper competitive in my mind. At this point I would choose the offer from Kenan-Flagler, but I am looking for someone to play Devil's Advocate who would argue for choosing Johnson instead.
I liked UNC's campus better than Cornell's, the weather in Chapel Hill is far superior to that in Ithaca, and I think it would be valuable having access to a reasonably sized airport in Raleigh as opposed to the struggles of traveling to/from Ithaca. I spent more time visiting Kenan-Flagler than I did Johnson, and really liked my interactions with the K-F students and faculty.
Thanks everyone!