CBS (w/ $) vs. Sloan (w/ no $)

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All,

I have had the good fortune of getting accepted into two great B-schools, and the misfortune of being denied from a few others as well. I currently work in venture capital for a small firm and am looking to do one of the following after school Technology in either Product or Corporate Development, Venture Capital, MM Private Equity, Entrepreneurship, or a Hedge Fund. Yes it's a broad range, but I feel like I get meaning from having a significant impact and that can manifest itself in a lot of ways.

I've lived in Boston for a number of years, but am originally from NYC. My thoughts on each of the schools are below:

MIT Sloan:
 Tech / entrepreneurial focus
 Overall I have been more consistently impressed with prospective Sloan students than CBS students
 Marginally better ranking, although in the same tier
 Better facilities
 Culturally more humble / collaborative

Columbia
 NYC Location
 Buyside Relationship / Opportunities
 Larger Class Size
 Perceived as more social
 Living closer to my family

mgg234 · Answer

Both schools are equally good (https://poetsandquants.com/2013/12/02/po ... of-2013/3/), I think its an easy choice to take the money and go to CBS. Columbia has been expanding into tech, and will be better for VC/PE/HF.

domotron · Answer

Have you visited both schools or attended their admitted student events? I don't think there is much in it and because of your broad range of interests either one could work. For example for tech and entrepreneurship MIT is the obvious choice but for HF/PE then I think Columbia would be better. In the absence of a clear idea about what you want to do post-MBA, go with your heart. Where do you feel you fit in better?

kingfalcon · Answer

The recruiting paths and timelines for those paths are vastly different, so you probably won't be able to (and certainly won't want to) do all of them at once. I'd suggest thinking more about what you want to do and picking a school accordingly.

bostonvc · Answer

Yes I know I won't unfortunately be able to do all of the recruiting tracks at the same time. This may seem naive, but I feel more driven about the people than the industry, so long as I have some skin in the game through my role. My current strategy would be to search for either buy side firms where I am excited to work / learn from my colleagues or an upstart where I could have an impact through networking, given the recruiting cycle and if I am not ecstatic with my summer off, move to tech management / corp development. Obviously, this is an ambitious strategy and will need to be refined over the next few months.

zurichs · Answer

Hey man, did you go to the CBS Connect I event? If you did you'll probably know that CBS is really the king in what you want to do, plus it's going to be great in NYC. I have lived/worked in Boston for 4 years and I love NYC. People are really friendly and passionate and you'll find a lot of classmates who share the same career interest, that's great, right?

Join the facebook group as well if you have not already, and ask the question in that group - I think we have a few people with similar background as you.

Good luck~

Join the facebook group as well if you have not already, and ask the question in that group - I think we have a few people with similar background as you.

Good luck~

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