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I would love to have your opinion on this. I have an Investment Mangement background and plan to pursue IM post MBA. IB could be my second option post MBA.

I have been admitted to the following schools:

Darden: Admitted ($ still to find out)
UNC: Admitted
Kelley : Admitted ($$$)

I am currently debating between Darden and UNC. Amount of scholarship is not an issue at the moment. I am currently leaning towards UNC because of its location and job prospects for my spouse. I visited all three campuses and was equally impressed by UNC and Darden. I am a little wary about the case methodolgy adopted by Darden and was wondering whether given my post MBA goals would the case method help me. But Darden is a better ranked school than UNC. Would I be making a mistake by choosing UNC over Darden?

Given my post MBA goals which school do you think would position me appropraitely??


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I would love to have your opinion on this. I have an Investment Mangement background and plan to pursue IM post MBA. IB could be my second option post MBA.

I have been admitted to the following schools:

Darden: Admitted ($ still to find out)
UNC: Admitted
Kelley : Admitted ($$$)

I am currently debating between Darden and UNC. Amount of scholarship is not an issue at the moment. I am currently leaning towards UNC because of its location and job prospects for my spouse. I visited all three campuses and was equally impressed by UNC and Darden. I am a little wary about the case methodolgy adopted by Darden and was wondering whether given my post MBA goals would the case method help me. But Darden is a better ranked school than UNC. Would I be making a mistake by choosing UNC over Darden?

Given my post MBA goals which school do you think would position me appropraitely??


Thanks and regards
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Swath,

I apologize for the delay in responding. I'm not sure the case method offers the advantage for someone with IM goals that it does for someone with consulting or general management goals. You are correct that in general Darden is the "higher ranked" school, but not everyone ranks Darden above UNC. WSJ, whose rankings are based on recruiter sentiment, ranked UNC above Darden at No. 9 nationally last year. Moreover, financial services recruiters ranked UNC No. 5 (tied with LBS). If you base your decision on hard financial data, Darden graduates (according to Forbes) have a modest $139,000 to $125,000 advantage in post-MBA salary over UNC graduates though UNC is the marginally less expensive school.

So in no way would be making a "mistake" in choosing UNC over Darden, and given the personal factors you mentioned, you might want to go with your gut and choose UNC.

Good luck!