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Schools: Olin '16 (D) Darden '16 (A) Goizueta '16 (D) Carroll '16 (A$) Boston U '16 (A$) Smeal '16 (A$) Smith '16 (A) Simon '16 (A$) Kenan-Flagler '16 (A) Stern '16 (D) Mendoza '16 (A$)
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27 May 2014, 10:15
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I have an admit from Boston College with 100% scholarship and Darden with no scholarship. Boston College is known to be good for Finance (#15 for finance as per US News Ranking). I intend to go into Corp Finance / Investment Management after MBA. I know that Darden will give me better opportunities but is it worth $120K? What'd you have picked?
I am certain that if a person is aiming to enter IB / MBB consulting, he/she has to go to a top school. However, for F500 Corp Fin, does it help as much to spend $120K to go to a top school?
Does the school brand matter after the first job? Would there be some work opportunities that would not be available to Tier 2 school grads 3-5 years after MBA?
Any help will be appreciated.
I am certain that if a person is aiming to enter IB / MBB consulting, he/she has to go to a top school. However, for F500 Corp Fin, does it help as much to spend $120K to go to a top school?
Does the school brand matter after the first job? Would there be some work opportunities that would not be available to Tier 2 school grads 3-5 years after MBA?
Any help will be appreciated.
27 May 2014, 13:43
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Just my opinion, even though I don't know both schools particularly well: I think Boston College would be your best bet if you have a geographical preference for the Boston area and the Northeast in general. I would assume the post-MBA employment location for BC MBAs would be heavily skewed northeast (I could be wrong but this is my assumption). If you can get the job you want where you want it through BC, then that would make more sense for you, especially with the significant bonus of having the full scholarship.
If you wanted to have better geographic flexibility (Darden would probably have a larger alumni footprint around the country), and you wanted a shot to pursue those harder-to-get post-MBA jobs that are harder to get at BC, Darden would be worth the money. Or if you simply want to have more options available to you.
I do think down the line, 5 years after you graduate, where you graduated doesn't matter as much; I think more emphasis would be put on what you've done in your career since graduating from b-school.
Either way, you have two great choices. Good luck!
If you wanted to have better geographic flexibility (Darden would probably have a larger alumni footprint around the country), and you wanted a shot to pursue those harder-to-get post-MBA jobs that are harder to get at BC, Darden would be worth the money. Or if you simply want to have more options available to you.
I do think down the line, 5 years after you graduate, where you graduated doesn't matter as much; I think more emphasis would be put on what you've done in your career since graduating from b-school.
Either way, you have two great choices. Good luck!
27 May 2014, 13:47
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There's a BIG difference in recruiting between Darden and Boston. It's more of tier 2 compared to tier 4/5. #15 for finance really means nothing, go by the USNews:
https://poetsandquants.com/2014/03/11/u- ... tanford/4/
Darden is 11, Boston is 45
Check the employment reports and salary data, but there is going to be almost no overlap in companies that recruit between them. Can you find some job at some corp 500 from Boston? Sure, but it'll be a significantly worse job for considerably lower pay.
Also, the difference becomes more pronounced as you go further out in time, forbes has 5-year out data which i I find very useful:
https://www.forbes.com/business-schools/ ... l%20states
Darden: $158,000
BC: $115,000
https://poetsandquants.com/2014/03/11/u- ... tanford/4/
Darden is 11, Boston is 45
Check the employment reports and salary data, but there is going to be almost no overlap in companies that recruit between them. Can you find some job at some corp 500 from Boston? Sure, but it'll be a significantly worse job for considerably lower pay.
Also, the difference becomes more pronounced as you go further out in time, forbes has 5-year out data which i I find very useful:
https://www.forbes.com/business-schools/ ... l%20states
Darden: $158,000
BC: $115,000
