Sloan v.s Tuck v.s Darden($)

Question

Hi,

I am lucky to have been accepted into the 3 programmes. While Sloan and Tuck comes with no scholarship, Darden does offer a half tuition scholarship.

While Sloan seems to be ranked higher and have more reputation internationally (I am from Asia), I do find Tuck and Darden have their own pros and cons.

Darden : The case method is very engaging and the teaching quality is consistently ranked as the top. I personally visited the campus and enjoy the class very much.
 Tuck : very strong community and the business school is dedicated to MBA. The teaching quality is also ranked as the top.

I would need your opinion on how would you choose among the schools. My short term career goal is management consulting. It seems all 3 schools are considered strong in consulting.

Thank you for sharing your opinions!

whiteshields1830 · Answer

MIT Sloan for sure. That brand name alone in any field I'd enough to get people jumpy to hire you after the mba. Tuck may be a good feeder for consulting, but I think it's name holds mainly in usa, not so much in Asia. Same goes for Darden.

helvcn · Answer

Thanks for the reply. Interestingly I noticed that less than 96% of Sloan graduates get job offers 3 months after graduation. On the other hand, Tuck has an impressive statistics of 99%.

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whiteshields1830 · Answer

I think as long as its 95%, its already a impressive stat. Unless youre the bottom 10% of the intake, most likely youll get into the industry you want. Its only a worry when it falls below 90%...

But i agree, 99% is very impressive vs 96% (the extra 3% is hard compared from 80 to 83%). Would be interesting to see where in the world people went - i expect MIT sloan to be more global?

EDIT: Just had a look. Tuck as 9% of people securing a job outside compared to 15% for sloan.

mfprado1073 · Answer

I would advise that your decision should be focused on Sloan or Tuck.

I personally believe that Tuck has a very strong value proposition, not like any other school. It is a small school, with a very strong student/faculty relationship and with great career perspectives. Sloan on the other hand has an entrepreneurship attitude and a much more recognizable brand. If you want to live in a small city, with a true American college experience, go to Tuck. If you rather have a prestigious name in your CV, I would go MIT.

I would say Darden is not on the same tier as those two. Having a scholarship or not should not affect your judgement, you'll get that money back very fast after BS.

Hope this helps.

Flyte · Answer

I would say Tuck, but I could be biased

For your goals, it really comes down to Tuck or Sloan. For consulting, particularly MBB, Tuck places a higher percentage of each class into these three firms compared to Sloan or Darden. In 2014, this amounted to over 20% of the entire class going to MBB, and for the class of 2016 that is going to be even higher. As for international placement, Tuckies in my class are going to MBB in the United Kingdom, Australia, China, and Singapore. Additionally, Tuck has very active international advisory bodies, particularly in Europe and Asia. I am happy to discuss this more or answer any other questions you may have regarding Tuck.

m7orbust · Answer

Sloan has by far the largest and most prestigious alumni network. Definitely the best choice out of the 3

Flyte · Answer

Um going to go ahead and say there is literally no basis for this comment. Sloan has a solid network, but in terms of responsiveness and seniority in consulting which the OP is interested in, Tuck is second to none.

domotron · Answer

I would say for management consulting, your choice should be between Tuck and Sloan because both are "core" schools for MBB whereas I am not too sure about Darden. Tuck and Sloan are just different programs, both great but offer different strengths. I can only speak to the recruiting at Tuck since I interned/will be joining an MBB internationally full time but it is seriously strong in consulting. The resources and access are great. Also I felt that the Tuck alumni network was very helpful in getting an unbiased view of the firms and also I was able to build some strong relationships that led to my success. In terms of international reputation, honestly I don't think it makes a great deal of difference. You may be able to reference MIT but then most people will not know about Sloan anyhow. The most important thing is that the people who matter, recruiters, do know about Tuck both in the US and internationally. What you trade off in potentially a less well known name is more than compensated by the very helpful alumni network who can help you with recruiting.

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