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Have any R3 applicants here received an interview invite yet?
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To the prospectives who attended Welcome Weekend, I hope you enjoyed your time in Pittsburgh. But for the love of God, please DO NOT MATRICULATE HERE.

You probably thought the following during your visit: Both staff and students are so friendly. The career outcomes are quite impressive - McKinsey, BCG, Jefferies, Wells Fargo, Harris Williams, Amazon, Microsoft, the list goes on. I love that Tepper incorporates AI in its curriculum because this will help me become a PM. Pittsburgh is a nice city.


Wrong. You are very wrong, and you will realize this when you matriculate at Tepper. Once the school has your money, the facade will crumble. When you are an admitted student, Tepper will wine and dine you - I hope you enjoyed yesterday's dinner at Acrisure Stadium - and feed you a curated image of the MBA student experience here, but this is the reality:

  1. Student services staff (you will interact with them the most outside of class) are incredibly rude and b!tchy. They will yell at students for no reason and treat 30-year-olds like toddlers. I have seen many students rolling their eyes in response to these behaviors during Just Because Thursdays and Beers.
  2. Some staff members and current students lie to prospectives by inflating career outcomes because they have to make the program as appealing as possible, so when people matriculate at Tepper, it's too late. Forget what you have been told. If you are aiming for IB, Tepper is not a target school for any bank. If you are aiming for MBB, you will not get NYC/SF offices. If you are aiming for PM/TPM, you will not get that without a computer science/software engineering background. Tepper is no exception. If you don't believe me, reach out to IB recruiters and ask them if Tepper is on their target list. Check LinkedIn to see what MBB offices Tepper students end up at. Pay attention to the job titles of those who end up at Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Out of fifteen Tepper MBA students who interned at Amazon in Summer 2025, only one was PM/TPM and she has a computer science/software engineering background. The majority were in the Pathways Operations LDP.
  3. The true employment outcomes for the full-time MBA c/o 2025 are horrible. 57.89 to 61.11% of those not sponsored accepted a job by graduation, meaning at least 56 students - 33% of the entire class (out of 169 total graduates) - did not have a job lined up by graduation. For domestic students, 60.26 to 63.51% of those not sponsored accepted a job by graduation, meaning at least 27 out of 74 (36.49%) of them at best did not have a job lined up by graduation. My source is Tepper's very own employment report. In addition, 40 to 50% of the 1Y full-time MBA class (c/o 2027) are still looking for internships and it's already late March so yes, Tepper is not doing so well in terms of career outcomes. As a result, many current Tepper MBA 1Ys are becoming disillusioned with the program.
  4. "AI" is a buzzword here. 99.9% of people from a non-CS/SWE background have zero idea how AI really works and when it should be used. Most of my classmates only know how to copy and paste ChatGPT-generated answers and that's about it. Group work is a massive pain when you have to waste time removing all traces of AI-usage because people apparently can't think for themselves or learn without ChatGPT and the like.
  5. It's honestly embarrassing how Tepper latches on to the reputation of Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science. In addition to people parroting "AI" a million times to make one sound smarter or more qualified, the Asia Trek brochure brags about our being the "#1 university in AI and Software Engineering". That reputation has nothing to do with the MBA experience you are signing up for. This is just a small example, but this behavior is commonplace. If it were not for the parent university, the Tepper MBA program would not be ranked as high as it is and that's the brutal truth.
  6. Pittsburgh is disgusting and miserable in the winter. People here don't shovel and buses are so delayed, so going to class is a big pain in the ass especially if you live further away from campus. CMU facilities including the gyms and libraries are underwhelming relative to the parent university's prestige. There are better places to spend the next two years of your life.

If you decide to matriculate at Tepper anyway, interact with student services staff as little as possible. Approach them only if you need something from them like a class section change. Career-wise, keep your expectations low and apply everywhere to maximize your chances. Do not rely on the Carnegie Mellon brand name because it doesn't exist for Tepper MBA students. We are not HSW. Lastly, live as close to campus as possible. The closer to Fifth and Morewood, the better.
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It takes courage to write a report like that TepperMBA2Y. Thank you for sharing such a candid perspective. If sourced from genuine experience, it is immeasurably helpful.
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Probably that same butt-hurt
**** poster from Reddit 😂😂
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Probably that same butt-hurt
**** poster from Reddit 😂😂

It is. Posted the same thing verbatim over there.
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I mean what he said is not exaggerated
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I mean what he said is not exaggerated

Do you have any affiliation with Tepper?
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I mean what he said is not exaggerated
It's true.
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It's true.
However, it’s not just for Tepper or Stern or UNC, most of the schools are struggling with placements both for internship & final placements.
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It's true.
Would u mind expanding? I'd love to hear more.

I attended the welcome weekend, and while they did wine and dine, they were pretty honest about the outcomes this past year. They mentioned pivoting to PM without a CS background is very hard rn, casting a wider net when applying, etc.

Would love some more info about where theyre lacking before making my decision on attending.
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When is the tepper R2 deposit?
April 21
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Hi raghavb98,

Yes, Tepper (like many other schools) does negotiate scholarship; however, how strong your case is depends on how your profile has changed since your application, whether you have any other admits and how competitive those are, and how well you demonstrate your need for the additional scholarship.

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Folks any idea if tepper negotiates their scholarship?
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Hi https://gmatclub.com:443/forum/memberli ... =raghavb98,

Yes, Tepper (like many other schools) does negotiate scholarship; however, how strong your case is depends on how your profile has changed since your application, whether you have any other admits and how competitive those are, and how well you demonstrate your need for the additional scholarship.

All the best!

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> Folks any idea if tepper negotiates their scholarship?
Yeah ive been negotiating with them, they're pretty open to it
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