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AmericanWoman
Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Last visit: 18 Apr 2012
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Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Marketing
Schools: Wharton '14 (A$) Stanford '14 (D) Kellogg 1YR '13 (WL) Booth '14 (A$) Consortium (S) Consortium (S) Tuck '14 (A$) Haas '14 (D)
WE:Marketing (Journalism and Publishing)
Schools: Wharton '14 (A$) Stanford '14 (D) Kellogg 1YR '13 (WL) Booth '14 (A$) Consortium (S) Consortium (S) Tuck '14 (A$) Haas '14 (D)
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02 Apr 2012, 21:31
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A large part of the reason I'm going to business school is to become a more well-rounded marketer. I have lots of soft skills, but I really want some hard core training on numbers, finance, and all of the aspects that one would consider hard skills. Tuck isn't short on these hard skills at all, but I feel like Wharton will put me so much out of my comfort zone that I will become really comfortable with running excel models to forecast sales of cheese slices or whatever I'll be marketing down the line.
What concerned me initially about Wharton was that I thought the people were going to be kind of disengaged, stand off-ish and otherwise unpleasant (I actually almost didn't apply), but every interaction I've had with Wharton people since being admitted has proven my initial assumption wrong. I also found the black community to be strong and supportive and the men to be cute (lol).
I had a good time in Philly during Welcome Weekend, and hanging out in Philly made me question if I could truly be happy in a small, remote (although beautiful) place for two years. On top of all that, I won't pretend that Wharton's prestige isn't a factor.
02 Apr 2012, 21:52
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AmericanWoman
That's a really good analysis of your situation... and I like that you are honest about the prestige factor. That's something that I had in the back of my head saying, "Don't be silly, you have to go to the higher ranked school."
But it really hit me when it came time to open the checkbook. Was I really excited to write that check to go to school here? If the answer was no, I'd close it until I was completely happy who's check I was adding those extra zeros to...
I tend to think most of these Top Programs will offer you a very similar education (with the exception of Darden, because you will get overworked) but what separates is the community. Of all the schools I visited I only felt two TRUE connections.
Will say this about Wharton... I still find their students to be the humblest of the lot. Perhaps this sounds silly, but the resumes on these folks are more than impressive but you'd never know it by how they carry themselves.
Good luck with your decision!
kheti
Joined: 16 Feb 2012
Last visit: 05 Jul 2012
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Concentration: Nonprofit, Organizational Behavior
Schools: Goizueta '14 (A$) Haas '14 (D) Consortium (A$) Anderson FEMBA '15 (WL) Yale '14 (WL) Owen '14 (A$)
GPA: 3.45
WE:Marketing (Non-Profit and Government)
Schools: Goizueta '14 (A$) Haas '14 (D) Consortium (A$) Anderson FEMBA '15 (WL) Yale '14 (WL) Owen '14 (A$)
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03 Apr 2012, 06:41
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I've narrowed my choices to USC (consortium) and Owen... basically at this point in the process I'm weighing the benefits of the consortium against the benefits of a connection with the Peabody School...
On another note... i STILL haven't got an admit decision from UCLA and i applied to them through the consortium.
On another note... i STILL haven't got an admit decision from UCLA and i applied to them through the consortium.
