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Admitted - Booth (No $) vs Yale ($$) Updated on: 08 Apr 2020, 18:30
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Hey everyone!

I really need some help on this tough decision! So hard to pull the trigger!!!

Here is my background first. I have been working in Canada for about four years: three years in a small boutique asset management firm doing research and less than one-year doing infrastructure investment at an investment fund. Post-MBA, I would like to stay in infrastructure investment. also open to IBD, but preferably can stay in buy-side. My experience is more on the fund investment side, but want to switch to direct infrastructure.

Yale scholarship will cover roughly 50% of my tuition while Booth offers me nothing. Since I want to go back to finance, Booth, as a "Finance" school seems like a good choice alongside its flexible curriculum, faculty, and placement records.

My question is: if I want to come back to Canada, how big the difference will be between the two in terms of brand recognization? Also, will Booth be a much better brand in the US vs Yale SOM?

Any help or suggestions will be much appreciated!!
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Congratulations on your admits!

Would you be looking to recruit in Canada out of Booth or after several years?

stoiczoan or kmwantstogoschool - what do you feel is a good choice here?
ak99 or ibanker93 - Oops. I think these guys got admitted but chose other programs (sorry for the ping)

user123456789 or unaverage maybe I get it right this time?


hoping to ping some of our Yale Students. How do you feel Yale compares to Booth in Finance?
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Thank for replying! Regarding the post-graduation location, it depends on where the opportunity comes I guess, preferably Canada though.
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Hey OP, as an international candidate myself, I would be shooting in the dark trying to compare Booth vs Yale brand value in the US and/or Canada but as a Booth 2Y I can confirm that finance recruiting here is robust and through a combination of school/alumni/student resources - a lot of doors open up. It is always a tad harder if you need work authorisation as an international wanting to work in the US, but safe to say if you’re planning to go back to Canada, you should be able to leverage Booth to find a great finance gig of your choice there. Banking is your best bet as an international because they are super willing to sponsor etc and offer a bunch of locations. Know some people at booth who recruited for banking in London/Hong Kong and were successful!

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I'll let the Boothies take over (kmwantstogoschool is perfect of course) but I'd pick Booth if I were you. Booth has an insane brand all over the world. They redefined economics for the rest of the world and you'd have no problem internationally speaking. Also, might as well try to negotiate a bit?
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Haha I did share some info with OP but I would never presume to recommend my school over another, the choice should be organic! I can only supply information!!

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Hey ABCTheNorth,

First off, congratulations on getting into two great programs. I'm a first year at SOM right now and can hopefully give a little perspective on that side of your conundrum.

You're correct that Yale is more of a consulting powerhouse than it is a finance school as you mentioned. That being said, that has much more to do with the interests of the students than the reputation of the school in my opinion. Going to consulting vs. finance events during the first semester is a drastic difference. More people just want to do consulting at Yale right now than finance. I pulled up the document of where the class of 2020 is going, however, and it's got every big name in the finance world you can think of on it. I'm sure Booth has all the exact same names. All the big names come recruit at SOM so its just about how you perform in your interviews and how you connect with the folk at those firms - you'll get your shot to impress.

As far as your main question you asked regarding brand recognition in Canada and the US - anecdotally, I've not once ever encountered an issue with Yale's brand recognition and none of my international classmates (including Canada) have either. I fully understand that SOM is not the same as the parent university, but its a top 10 MBA program with the Y-bomb in its name - the brand does just fine from my perspective.

For a finance person, you seem to be ignoring the elephant in the room regarding this decision. The perspective you will get from UChicago and Yale in your finance classes will be different. At Chicago you'll focus a lot on free markets and market efficiency with strong influence from people like Friedman and Fama, while at Yale you'll spend a little more time looking into behavioral finance and market failures with influence from people like Shiller and Chanos. Obviously both schools will cover everything you'll need to know about the finance basics, but when it comes to electives for a finance focused student, the difference in these programs is large. Which topics would you prefer to spend more time thinking about? It's just personal preference.

50% scholarship or around $75k is nothing to take lightly, but you really can't go wrong either way. If you want to chat more about SOM just PM me - one of my good friends is actually going to an infrastructure investment fund this summer (sounds like a really cool industry) and I can connect you two if you want.

Good luck with the decision and congrats again!
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Booth is considerably stronger on the finance side (more pronounced on buyside opps vs IBD) and the brand name is stronger. The money is nothing to sneeze at and SOM is a great program but I would go Booth here given your goals. Have you tried reaching out to Booth to see if they will offer any scholarship given the money SOM has given you?