Booth PT vs. Kellogg PT

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I was admitted to both Booth and Kellogg's Part-Time MBA programs, and trying to decide between the two. Clearly both are excellent schools, not really a wrong choice, more of a which one fits better. I wish I could do half my MBA at one and half at the other! Would love some opinions, but first my background/goals/initial thoughts.

Name/username:  driscoll42
 Age :  33
 Country/Location :  Chicago, IL, US
 Under-Graduate School :  University of Illinois, BS in Electrical Engineering, December 2011
 Graduate School:  Georgia Tech, MS in Computer Science, December 2022
 Graduate GPA:  4.0
 Total Work Experience :  Just under 11 years
 Pre-MBA Industry :  1 year as an Oracle Consultant, 8 years as a Data Engineering in a manufacturing firm, 1.5 years a Data Team Lead in a FinTech company
 Target industry post-MBA:  FinTech/Technology
 Brief about Work Experience :  Basically after my poor undergrad GPA, I worked in IT moving into a data engineering to prove myself. Love working with data, attending Georgia Tech to get my Master's in CS to learn machine learning and switched to work at a FinTech firm since I had the opportunity to lead a team directly.
 Volunteering/Extra-curriculars:  10 years volunteering for a non-profit, VP of it now, Eagle Scout, a few other non-profits help
 Scholarship Given? :  None
 The motivation for MBA and why Now brief? :  I want to rise to senior leadership in a tech company, and I feel that while my technical skills are well developed, I need to learn the other side of the business, operations, finance, etc... to best succeed in senior leadership roles
 Why Chicago Booth? :  The short answer is that Booth feels closest to how I am now. It seems like it is more quant focused, and if we use the T analogy of developing skills, I'd be deepening my T more at Booth. I see aspects of Booth that explore Data Science and it excites me.
 Why Kellogg? :  Kellogg I feel like is going to better broaden my T, learning more skills which I'm less naturally inclined towards. Not that Kellogg won't deepen my T and Booth won't broaden it, but in different ways. Kellogg I think might help me become a better leader than Booth, but that could just be my thinking of it as a Poet school.
 Short-Term Goal :  Either become a Product Owner myself, or a manager of data, ideally data science
 Long-Term Goal :  Lead the strategic direction of the product offerings of a technology company, particularly one that is highly data focused, and/or Chief Data Officer
 Any comments, feelings, advice to share?:  I realize my goals are a bit non-committal, I focused completely on the product side in the interviews but realistically I am a bit undecided. Notably since these are part-time programs, both would be downtown Chicago, not like one is out in Evanston or Hyde Park. I attended classes at both and thoroughly enjoyed them. Unfortunately there's not an admitted student even for Kellogg before I have to make a decision, I can attend one for Booth this Thursday which I think I will.

bb · Answer

Great job on your admits! 
Awesome job.

Clearly no wrong choice as you have said. I totally understand get the data and number side of things. However the most under appreciated and perhaps underestimated side of product management and tech PM is the marketing side of it. Kellogg is the program that gets it.

Why product marketing is important. Many PM’s only build products and don’t focus on making them successful and getting them used. The assumption is people will just use it. Not usually the case.

Thank you so much for putting the personal pros and cons together. I would also highly recommend thinking about where you would end end up - specific companies and see if there are natural relationships. Obviously Amazon recruit everywhere.

PS. I am leaning Kellogg since you have strong quant side already. Actually sitting at a dentist office atm and need to put down the phone so will have to finish my reply a tad later.

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driscoll42 · Answer

Thank you for the prompt reply and suggestion to look at the companies. The initial company that is my "dream" is Google, which I do see in the most recent full time job stats Kellogg placed 20 students at Google vs 8 from Booth, and was surprised to see that overall Kellogg placed 30% of their graduates in Tech while Booth was only 23%, that was not the preconception I had of the schools at all. Of course Booth placed 27% of theirs in Finance while Kellogg was only 14% and being at the intersection of both being in FinTech is appealing to me, good food for thought, appreciate it and any other thoughts you have.

P.S. Hope the dental visit is just a check up and nothing serious!

P.S. Hope the dental visit is just a check up and nothing serious!

bb · Answer

Thx. Sorry for too much information. It was a filling so I have a big fat lip but it was a very minor one just will have to wait for it to wear out.

I think placement ts into companies like Google, or Meta are testaments to students more so than perhaps to schools. The interview process for those companies is super grueling and very flaky sometimes. While I’ve been hearing about random top 30 schools, putting into McKenzie, I have not heard that about Google. I don’t think they honestly discriminate between the top 10 or even the top 15 as long as your résumé is interesting enough and has strong brands. however, if you worked for a small local company and you want to booth or Kellogg’s, and you were applying with 200 of your classmates who all have a strong brands like Apple, or Amazon, is it going to be hard for you to compete even for the initial interview. It helps to apply through the on campus recruiting it, but to have such a strong disparity as you have discovered, it has to do perhaps, with the student body and focus that the school may have on specifically mastering interview and placement for a certain company but more likely students themselves. It does help to have a large placement because it works like a snowball effect where the second years are helping the first years and so on.

I’m not saying that both students are inferior, but it’s more of a self selection where tech p.m. folks lean towards Kellogg and PE or a B folks lean towards booth. Both business schools will have some amazing people and very strong classes, just may have different strengths. The bottom line in the Takeaway is that Google will not hire someone just because they have Kellogg or booth on the résumé, otherwise you would have 600 people from Kellogg working there. A lot about it is the people themselves and also chance and luck.

You also have to account for the fact that you will have less time in fewer opportunities than the full-time graduates to be able to work on interview prep and recruiting and attending recruiting events and coffee, chats and all of that. I know Kellogg is pretty open to inviting part-time students to their full-time events, but It’s just hard to takeoff for a 10 AM or even a 2 PM presentation Or for a recruiting trek to the west coast. So you have some work cut out for you so to speak, but also, this means it’s not as critical to choose one of the other, even though the placement numbers point in the certain direction, and you likely have more alumni from Kellogg at Google, but a lot of it is chance and bumping into someone on a plane or getting a referral, etc.

PS. There are many paths to success. I have seen people get amazing jobs out of business school, and then just settling into them and sort of staying there. I’ve also seen people get average or OK jobs out of business school and then working their butts off to produce amazing results and be noticed by Leaders in their companies or other companies. It’s pretty common to get a job out of a business school, work for a year and a half until you get your first promotion, and then start shopping for a job elsewhere. I think everyone was doing that, and too much last year. I have seen MBA grads going to the run-of-the-mill companies and then recruiting to better once a year and a half later. Some doubling the salaries, and some tripling. In part of this is because as high as those MBA salaries may sound from google, or apple or others, you would be doubling your money, if you came in at one level higher. So I wouldn’t say that your career is over if after booth or Kellogg, you did not get into Google and have to settle for Amazon or Walmart or Microsoft. it’s a journey and you can get ahead in different ways. Have to measure success 8-10 years later. As which point is pretty much all about you and not which business school you went to.

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bb · Answer

Sorry, just noticed I had a lot of typos in my initial post so trying to fix those now.

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daldilaimi · Answer

Hello, Driscoll

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us at the gmatclub and for trusting us to provide feedback to help you reach an answer. Congratulations on being accepted into some of the world's top business schools. I'm hoping you had a chance to celebrate.

According to your profile and your post-MBA objectives, Kellogg seems like a better fit for you. This is why:
- Your background is in STEM. Although both institutions will improve your skill set, I believe Kellogg will give you a broader education due to the diversity of its student body. Over the years, Kellogg has demonstrated greater diversity than Booth. Kellogg will complement and balance your quantitative skills.
- Your drive. You stated that you want to learn about the other side of the business, such as finance and operations... The faculty and marketing department at Kellogg are highly regarded. I think that having a deeper understanding of marketing will be extremely beneficial for you if you want to advance to a senior leadership position. Booth is less proficient in this area.
- I would say Evanston, or as we like to say, Heavenston, but for both schools, your classes will be in downtown Chicago. There isn't much to say here. However, if you had the opportunity to take classes in the Global Hub, I would strongly recommend Kellogg. The campus is a work of art in itself.

I believe the decision is simple. Consider what skills you lack that will help you become a better leader. To supplement your quantitative skills, do you have a broader understanding of finance, operations, marketing, and so on? Then Kellogg is the way to go.

I am obviously biased because I attend there, but there is a reason why I chose it over many other prestigious schools that accepted me.

Whatever you decide, I am confident that you will thrive wherever you end up. If you have any questions about Kellogg or would like me to put you in touch with my Kellogg advisor, please DM me.

Thanks for tagging me  bb

driscoll42 · Answer

Thank you both for your feedback, you've made some good points and have helped sway my mind some. Not firmly decided at all yet, but has made me consider Kellogg even more. Documenting my thoughts below to be more talk aloud to myself, and for anyone else who sees this thread in the future to see more of my thoughts.

Category    Kellogg    Booth    Winner    Comparison   
    Price     $157,922   $157,955.00    Booth     Booth is slightly cheaper, but not significantly. I might be able to get out of Business Analytics at Kellogg which would probably bring Booth down to parody  Kellogg's number included books and supplies whereas Booth's didn't. Updating this to be more accurate.   
    Study Abroad     Edinburgh, China?    London, Stockholm, China?    Tossup    Definitely want to study abroad, Scotland, England, Sweden all sound great, but I should consider Asia as well to get out of the Western world for a change.   
    Google People     More    Fewer    Kellogg    If there's one company I want to work for its Google, and consistently over the past five years, Google has hired more from Kellogg than Booth, often 2x as many   
    Tech Companies     More    Fewer    Kellogg    Just in general more tech companies hire from Kellogg than Booth, last year it was 30% vs 14%. Not like you can't get a job at Google or some other tech company from Booth though   
    Focus     Marketing    Finance    Tossup    Marketing is something I know a bit about, nothing deep and it would help to learn more. If I want to go into a TPM or general management role. Buttt it's not like Finance is not useful at all, and something I need to learn more about. Both will teach both of course, just with somewhat different emphasis. Not sure which would be more generally useful   
    Overall     Broaden T    Deepen T    Tossup    Again, toss up as to which is better and not like Booth won't also broaden my T and Kellogg deepen it, but emphasized differently   
    Ranking     #3    #1    Booth    Booth is consistently ranked slightly higher, which I admit I care a bit about even if rationally I recognize they're so close as to be nearly identical. This does fit with my overall sense of Booth's prestige that it's a bit higher, probably due to all the Nobel laureates   
    Culture     More networking/open    More rigorous academics    Tossup    I really like rigorous coursework, I highly value academia. It just appeals to me, but being forced to learn more teamwork, working in groups I could see as more useful. I know how to do self guided coursework, I can make myself study if need be I can't just do practice group work as easily and real world work is heavily team based.   
    Data        More data focused    Booth    I am a data guy, and not that Kellogg doesn't care about data, but the impression I get from Booth is that they are 100% data first   
    Project Management     Places more heavily    More specific coursework    Tossup    From the look at coursework and clubs, it seems that Booth has a bit more known for TPM, however Kellogg actually places more into TPM roles, so perhaps it's really equal?   
    Clubs     """AI Club/Tech Club - Given my CS/ML background makes sense
Global Business Club - Given my desire for GIM/study abroad, wanting to work with different cultures, breaking out of my comfort zone
Net Impact - Related to my non-profit work, I want to give back, helping others, leverage resources at work
KLJ - Self-reflection on self as a leader, finding my weak points, strengths and improving my leadership skills"" "    Analytics Club, Project Management Club, Fintech Club, Social Impact, Study Abroad (London Business School, Stockholm School of Economics, China Europe International Business School), Partners Club for SO    Booth    The Clubs at Booth do seem to interest me some more, PM/Fintech/Analytics come off a bit more interesting than Global Business/Business Strategy/AI/Tech, though the AI one at Kellogg hasn't had a meeting since Jan 2021 so it might be defunct   
    Leadership     More Focus - KLJ       Kellogg    I do very much get the impression that Kellogg focuses more on leadership/management than Booth. The KLJ seems like a fantastic opportunity and would be a major benefit of Kellogg to me   
    Courses     "FinTech Strategy - Understanding my own industry better
Customer Analytics and AI - Take my knowledge of AI and analyzing customer behavior, my employer does some customer analytics and woud like to invest deeper, further Professor Zettelmeyer's background looks fascinating and I would love to learn more from him, his research at Amazon for Advertising and Data Science seem quite fascinating
Birju Shah - Product Management for Technology Companies - worked at Uber, used AI and CV - end to end analysis of product management"    Managerial Decision Modeling, Data Science for. Marketing Decision Making, The Fintech Revolution, Business Analytics to apply my Machine Learning background to business (e.g. Managerial Decision Making with Varun Gupta, Financial Econometrics) and Marketing Management (Data-Driven Marketing, Digital and Algorithmic Marketing, Marketing Strategy), Social Impact Lab with Christina Hachikian to improve my own social work, Raghuram G. Rajan - Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund, Governer of the Reserve Bank of India    Tossup    There's more courses at Booth that immediately interest me, but I'm also certain that the overall caliber of both are equal and I would run of time to take courses before I ran out of courses to take   
    Curriculum     More Rigid, of the 20.5 credits required to graduate, nine are specified.    More flexible, only three areas you need to take one of several courses in. Beyond that can really take whatever I want.    Booth    "Kellogg: This really limits the ability to make the degree what I want it to be and take the courses I'm most interested in. However, it will force me to take some courses I likely would not have which could be to my benefit
Booth: I would really be able to make the degree whatever I wanted, which has great appeal. But I recognize I might end up focusing in areas to the detriment of others. Still, I think the flexibility is a win"   
    Lecture Style     Mix of Case/Lecture, heavily team focused    Mix of Case/Lecture    Tossup?    It seems like both do a mix of lecture style, not really sure one is better. Booth does seem more experimental overall which I think has appeal, but not a major issue   
    Nonprofit     Nonprofit/Social Impact coursework + Social Impact Club    Social Impact Club/Coursework    Kellogg    Both schools have social impact clubs and coursework, though Kellogg has some on governing a nonprofit which is useful to me being on a board of a couple   
    Public Policy     There is a public policy club    Obama Scholars    Kellogg?    Kellogg has a public policy Club which looks quite interesting, while Booth doesn't have one, there are the Obama Scholars which I'd love to join, but if I'm being realistic unlikely to get into   
    Notable Faculty     None come to mind    So many Nobels and famous figures    Booth    Overall it seems that Booth has more famous faculty, obviously all the Nobels, people like Raghuram Rajan, and then associated with UChicago like David Axelrod. I am confident there are notable Kellogg faculty that I just don't know   
    Personal network           Booth?    Overall it feels like more of my personal network has Booth alumni in it, which could mean that I should lean towards Booth, or that I know Boothies so maybe I should get to know more Kellogg students   
    Why (At least what I said in the interviews/essays)     GIM & KLJ, team-based learning, many team projects. Talking to some alum who said they have a team in every class. Co-Presidents of clubs, etc... Marketing emphasis, split of lecture and case, student initiative is prized and encouraged    Booth's in-depth Product Management training, AI expertise (Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence - Algorithmic Bias Playbook), Rustandy Center’s research on Financial Inclusion, Chicago Approach, partnership with other schools, LEAD. Experimental Learning Flexible instruction (case vs lecture, in same course), numerous alumni         
    Color     Purple    Maroon    Booth    Petty, but I like the Maroon more than the Purple

Summary:  In summary... why can't I just attend both?! I am from 55/45 Booth/Kellogg to 49/51 now it feels like. My main pros/cons have not changed much, just been reinforced. Booth is going to be more of what I am like now, how I am and what I am already good at (data, academia). However, Kellogg is more recruited by tech, and going to expose me to more that I'm less familiar with. I don't like that I'm forced to take specific courses but recognize that it is forcing me to do probably useful things that I wouldn't do otherwise. I love the KLJ program concept, but clubs at Booth look more fun. Booth also seems to have somewhat more notability, though not extensively. When I think about it, I'm not going to Business school to learn what I know, I want to learn new things, push myself and make myself uncomfortable to grow, which Kellogg appears more likely to help me at doing.

kvsinus · Answer

I am in my first quarter of pt MBA at Kellogg and am taking a Marketing elective live class with the full-time students at Evanston hub! I don't think any other pt program would allow pt students to take classes with ft in the first quarter itself ?! also Kellogg let me waive off a lot of core courses as I had already taken them before (undergrad/certification etc.) -- not sure if booth waives core courses

Also my kellogg cohort is super diverse!! accountants, consultants, healthcare, finance, marketing etc. as an engineering background person i love this diverse cohort!

Also the amount of folks who got into tech roles is also amazing at Kellogg -- everyone is nice and people reply to your messages in LinkedIn -- not the same experience i had with folks who attended other schools

driscoll42 · Answer

I guess I Should update this thread with what I decided. I'm now in my second quarter at Kellogg and quite happy with the choice I made. So far everyone at Kellogg has been fantastic, intelligent, and helpful, I can easily see myself building lifelong friends and professional connections. Unfortunately I couldn't waive courses, don't have the buisness background to do so, but it's quite the valuable option for those who can.

2023-10-08 Update: Adding some thoughts I wrote after others asked me why I chose Kellogg:

bb · Answer

Awesome. Thank you so much and congratulations on making a great choice.

Kellogg is indeed pretty friendly and perhaps the friendliest program to part-time students. There were some programs, let’s just say in the Bay Area, that specifically forbid there part-time students or we can students from attending the full-time classes 🥴

And as far as I remember, let me know if it has changed, Kellogg was also totally open to have part time students attend recruiting events. I don’t think it’s very conducive or convenient but it’s not about convenience but rather availability and that counts. 👍

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driscoll42 · Answer

You're correct, Part-Time students can attend OCR, though only once within a year of targeted graduation. It's not something that I feel is very useful to me, but I might participate to just take advantage of everything that Kellogg offers. But definitely, Kellogg makes OCR available for partimers.

driscoll42 · Answer

I was asked to add some follow up thoughts now that it's been about a year. To start with, as I said above, I went with Kellogg thanks to input from this community and my network, but to be a bit more detailed, here's a write up I sent others who asked over the past year:

Now that I've been at Kellogg for a year, I can say it's been a wonderful experience. The people are amazing, incredibly supportive, my cohort is filled with people I expect to be connections and friends for years, and I'm learning quite a bit in courses. I feel that my rationale for picking Kellogg has mostly been vindicated, every class really does have groupwork, the KLJ is a great tool for understanding ones own leadership style, and I've gotten support for my non-profit work. CIM as part of onboarding was a great experience to get to know everyone in my cohort, and anyone going to Kellogg, I highly encourage doing it. There is always so, so much going on at Kellogg, you could fill every evening with some after work event or hangout practically.

While I feel that I would have found reasons to like Booth had I gone, I am very happy at Kellogg. I don't feel at all when talking to others any issue with the fact that we're #3 vs Booth being #1 for part-time. Really depends on your goals with the MBA. I'm sure if I were more directly finance focused Booth would be better.

I am mildly jealous of the FT students, there are far more activities going on for them (not that the amount for PT is limited) and frankly they're having more fun. But... I like having my job's income and I'd be much older than the typical FT student so I imagine culture fit would be a bit harder. I already am a bit older than most of my cohort. It is a bit amusing how at Kellogg Table (one perk of PT is that you get dinner served each night) it is very much the cafeteria style of finding your friends to sit with like back in high school.

If anyone is on the fence, I'd say make a similar table like I did above and weigh the pros/cons of each. There's no wrong choice, just what's right for you. Find people with similar backgrounds to talk to about their experiences at both. But once you make a choice, just go all in and don't look back, you can't undo it so make the most of the choice.

Anyway, my PMS are open anytime someone wants to ask me any questions, more than happy to try to help.

pcabc · Answer

Thank you so much and especially your table. I have the exactly same decision to make, together with Berkeley Haas. Can I DM you to have a chat?

SoSha30 · Answer

Hi driscoll42,

Is it possible to have a quick chat. I am contemplating between Kellogg and Booth with strong inclination towards Kellogg. Wanted to seek advise since you are already at Kellogg.

Would you be kind to DM me so we can chat?

Thanks!

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Category	Kellogg	Booth	Winner	Comparison
Price	$157,922	$157,955.00	Booth	~~Booth is slightly cheaper, but not significantly. I might be able to get out of Business Analytics at Kellogg which would probably bring Booth down to parody~~ Kellogg's number included books and supplies whereas Booth's didn't. Updating this to be more accurate.
Study Abroad	Edinburgh, China?	London, Stockholm, China?	Tossup	Definitely want to study abroad, Scotland, England, Sweden all sound great, but I should consider Asia as well to get out of the Western world for a change.
Google People	More	Fewer	Kellogg	If there's one company I want to work for its Google, and consistently over the past five years, Google has hired more from Kellogg than Booth, often 2x as many
Tech Companies	More	Fewer	Kellogg	Just in general more tech companies hire from Kellogg than Booth, last year it was 30% vs 14%. Not like you can't get a job at Google or some other tech company from Booth though
Focus	Marketing	Finance	Tossup	Marketing is something I know a bit about, nothing deep and it would help to learn more. If I want to go into a TPM or general management role. Buttt it's not like Finance is not useful at all, and something I need to learn more about. Both will teach both of course, just with somewhat different emphasis. Not sure which would be more generally useful
Overall	Broaden T	Deepen T	Tossup	Again, toss up as to which is better and not like Booth won't also broaden my T and Kellogg deepen it, but emphasized differently
Ranking	#3	#1	Booth	Booth is consistently ranked slightly higher, which I admit I care a bit about even if rationally I recognize they're so close as to be nearly identical. This does fit with my overall sense of Booth's prestige that it's a bit higher, probably due to all the Nobel laureates
Culture	More networking/open	More rigorous academics	Tossup	I really like rigorous coursework, I highly value academia. It just appeals to me, but being forced to learn more teamwork, working in groups I could see as more useful. I know how to do self guided coursework, I can make myself study if need be I can't just do practice group work as easily and real world work is heavily team based.
Data		More data focused	Booth	I am a data guy, and not that Kellogg doesn't care about data, but the impression I get from Booth is that they are 100% data first
Project Management	Places more heavily	More specific coursework	Tossup	From the look at coursework and clubs, it seems that Booth has a bit more known for TPM, however Kellogg actually places more into TPM roles, so perhaps it's really equal?
Clubs	"""AI Club/Tech Club - Given my CS/ML background makes sense Global Business Club - Given my desire for GIM/study abroad, wanting to work with different cultures, breaking out of my comfort zone Net Impact - Related to my non-profit work, I want to give back, helping others, leverage resources at work KLJ - Self-reflection on self as a leader, finding my weak points, strengths and improving my leadership skills"" "	Analytics Club, Project Management Club, Fintech Club, Social Impact, Study Abroad (London Business School, Stockholm School of Economics, China Europe International Business School), Partners Club for SO	Booth	The Clubs at Booth do seem to interest me some more, PM/Fintech/Analytics come off a bit more interesting than Global Business/Business Strategy/AI/Tech, though the AI one at Kellogg hasn't had a meeting since Jan 2021 so it might be defunct
Leadership	More Focus - KLJ		Kellogg	I do very much get the impression that Kellogg focuses more on leadership/management than Booth. The KLJ seems like a fantastic opportunity and would be a major benefit of Kellogg to me
Courses	"FinTech Strategy - Understanding my own industry better Customer Analytics and AI - Take my knowledge of AI and analyzing customer behavior, my employer does some customer analytics and woud like to invest deeper, further Professor Zettelmeyer's background looks fascinating and I would love to learn more from him, his research at Amazon for Advertising and Data Science seem quite fascinating Birju Shah - Product Management for Technology Companies - worked at Uber, used AI and CV - end to end analysis of product management"	Managerial Decision Modeling, Data Science for. Marketing Decision Making, The Fintech Revolution, Business Analytics to apply my Machine Learning background to business (e.g. Managerial Decision Making with Varun Gupta, Financial Econometrics) and Marketing Management (Data-Driven Marketing, Digital and Algorithmic Marketing, Marketing Strategy), Social Impact Lab with Christina Hachikian to improve my own social work, Raghuram G. Rajan - Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund, Governer of the Reserve Bank of India	Tossup	There's more courses at Booth that immediately interest me, but I'm also certain that the overall caliber of both are equal and I would run of time to take courses before I ran out of courses to take
Curriculum	More Rigid, of the 20.5 credits required to graduate, nine are specified.	More flexible, only three areas you need to take one of several courses in. Beyond that can really take whatever I want.	Booth	"Kellogg: This really limits the ability to make the degree what I want it to be and take the courses I'm most interested in. However, it will force me to take some courses I likely would not have which could be to my benefit Booth: I would really be able to make the degree whatever I wanted, which has great appeal. But I recognize I might end up focusing in areas to the detriment of others. Still, I think the flexibility is a win"
Lecture Style	Mix of Case/Lecture, heavily team focused	Mix of Case/Lecture	Tossup?	It seems like both do a mix of lecture style, not really sure one is better. Booth does seem more experimental overall which I think has appeal, but not a major issue
Nonprofit	Nonprofit/Social Impact coursework + Social Impact Club	Social Impact Club/Coursework	Kellogg	Both schools have social impact clubs and coursework, though Kellogg has some on governing a nonprofit which is useful to me being on a board of a couple
Public Policy	There is a public policy club	Obama Scholars	Kellogg?	Kellogg has a public policy Club which looks quite interesting, while Booth doesn't have one, there are the Obama Scholars which I'd love to join, but if I'm being realistic unlikely to get into
Notable Faculty	None come to mind	So many Nobels and famous figures	Booth	Overall it seems that Booth has more famous faculty, obviously all the Nobels, people like Raghuram Rajan, and then associated with UChicago like David Axelrod. I am confident there are notable Kellogg faculty that I just don't know
Personal network			Booth?	Overall it feels like more of my personal network has Booth alumni in it, which could mean that I should lean towards Booth, or that I know Boothies so maybe I should get to know more Kellogg students
Why (At least what I said in the interviews/essays)	GIM & KLJ, team-based learning, many team projects. Talking to some alum who said they have a team in every class. Co-Presidents of clubs, etc... Marketing emphasis, split of lecture and case, student initiative is prized and encouraged	Booth's in-depth Product Management training, AI expertise (Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence - Algorithmic Bias Playbook), Rustandy Center’s research on Financial Inclusion, Chicago Approach, partnership with other schools, LEAD. Experimental Learning Flexible instruction (case vs lecture, in same course), numerous alumni
Color	Purple	Maroon	Booth	Petty, but I like the Maroon more than the Purple