Emory ($) v. Stern

Question

Hi everyone,

I got accepted into Emory with some money (1 year) and Stern with no money. I'd likely be staying in healthcare/life sciences but am not sure about function. Leaning towards consulting but very open to entrepreneurial stuff, too.

Which is the better option? Would love to know any additional thoughts from breaking things down immediately after MBA v. 5-10 years after MBA as well. Thanks!

bb · Answer

Congrats on your admits!!!

Unless the Goizueta scholarship is meaningful enough, my vote would go for Stern. It is a strong brand across the US with multiple options for recruiting and networking.

In terms of healthcare, back in 2019 during the "normal" times I see 3 people from Emory and 7 from Stern going into healthcare. I don't think either program particularly puts a lot of emphasis on healthcare (I thought Emory did but I am not seeing that in the numbers, at least not the 2019 numbers)....

In terms of 5-10 years after, I think that's the easiest question to answer here. How often do you network with your highschool friends? How impactful is your highschool on your career today? I think 5-10 years after graduation you have a network of folks you work with and you rely on (they may or may not be from Stern or Goizueta) but mostly likely your school network will be your third or fourth line of defense. I can see how it may be helpful to stay engaged with your School and stay an active Alum through the years, helping with interviewing applicants, or perhaps recruiting graduates or working as a mentor or perhaps doing a startup and networking with other grads but for that you likely need to be in New York or Atlanta. If you are planning to be in one of those places, makes sense to pick that MBA program

ANALysis · Answer

ditto to beebs' opinion. if the scholarship is not meaningful (more than a quarter) go with stern

rwx5861 · Answer

Thanks for the comments  bb  and  ANALysis .

The scholarship will cover a year's tuition + housing. I'm leaning slightly more towards Emory given the costs of living in NYC but will research some more before I make a final decision.

Will welcome any additional thoughts.

bb · Answer

That’s a meaningful scholarship..... Probably would influence my opinion had I known it upfront. 😎

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RicAssassin · Answer

Hi OP!!
Well, in case you still haven’t made the final decision by any chance, let me know if you need more inputs on this choice!

All the best!!

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Nikhil · Answer

RicAssassin I would still love to hear your thoughts even if the OP had made a decision already. I guess it would be of great help for someone who may run into this choice again soon

bb · Answer

Interesting... this post suggests it would be a fair trade if there was a 100% scholarship at Goizuetta: https://gmatclub.com/forum/financial-ai ... 42190.html

rwx5861 · Answer

That's v interesting  bb  thanks for pointing me to that chart.

I made a deposit towards Goizueta and turned down Stern's offer already. I based my decision on two points, outside of more personal reasons:

1.) Stern is considered Tier 4 here, but I had considered it to be closer to "4.5" based on various rankings from P/Q, USNWR, Economist, etc.

2.) The difference between Stern and Goizueta's price tags all things accounted for is ~$140k. I just finished paying off my Sedan ~20k, and so I thought of 140k as a lifetime of cars, which is a difference I'd be willing to pay if Stern was in a higher tier but isn't.

Obv, I made my decision before I got a hold of this resource, but I'd probably lean the same way even after reading it. Take my assessment with a grain of salt. I think one key here is determining how definitive these tiers are as they appear to be the foundation of whether certain $$$ is worth the drop.

I'm also waiting for more results to come in, so let me know if you have any additional thoughts/feedback in case I'm lucky enough to be put in a similar scenario again.

Regenerate · Answer

I suspect you've already decided ... and if you have, we'd like to know what you decided.

And, if you didn't, two questions for you:

1) Where do you want to live? If NE, then Stern. If SE, Emory. If you don't care - take a look at the total % discount you'd be looking at (after tuition, room, board, books, fees, etc.) for your full experience at Emory vs. Stern as laid out in the links in my signature block below.

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