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Gumby100
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Last visit: 05 Jul 2022
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Location: United States
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Other
Schools: Wharton '23 (A) Sloan '23 (A$)
GRE 1: Q158 V167
29 Jan 2021, 09:25
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Hello!
I was fortunate enough to be accepted to both MIT Sloan and Wharton. I am very glad for the choice, but also paralyzed by it.
Below are my main considerations. Is there anything I have wrong or should also consider?
What would you do?
Context: Currently consulting, US based
Goal: Pivoting out of consulting and into tech for social impact, especially looking at partnering with government.
Brand value: Hard to tell which has the stronger brand name. I would traditionally think Wharton, but maybe not in the government sector where there is some mistrust of MBAs?
Social Impact Tech: Also hard to tell here, both have invested heavily in their entrepreneurship tracks and have focus areas in social impact. MIT has a lead in tech.
Government intersection: MIT allows some classes at the Kennedy school and Wharton allows some classes at Lauder
Alumni: Wharton's alumni base is larger, is that something to consider heavily given that MIT's alumni base is also robust and high quality, if just small in raw number?
Cohort Size: I am a people person! I like MIT's smaller size, but also worry it may mean I am less likely to find people interested in the same things I am.
Post Grad Options: Which is stronger for recruiting?
Financials: No money offered at either school, however in Cambridge I would have access to free housing
I was fortunate enough to be accepted to both MIT Sloan and Wharton. I am very glad for the choice, but also paralyzed by it.
Below are my main considerations. Is there anything I have wrong or should also consider?
What would you do?
Context: Currently consulting, US based
Goal: Pivoting out of consulting and into tech for social impact, especially looking at partnering with government.
Brand value: Hard to tell which has the stronger brand name. I would traditionally think Wharton, but maybe not in the government sector where there is some mistrust of MBAs?
Social Impact Tech: Also hard to tell here, both have invested heavily in their entrepreneurship tracks and have focus areas in social impact. MIT has a lead in tech.
Government intersection: MIT allows some classes at the Kennedy school and Wharton allows some classes at Lauder
Alumni: Wharton's alumni base is larger, is that something to consider heavily given that MIT's alumni base is also robust and high quality, if just small in raw number?
Cohort Size: I am a people person! I like MIT's smaller size, but also worry it may mean I am less likely to find people interested in the same things I am.
Post Grad Options: Which is stronger for recruiting?
Financials: No money offered at either school, however in Cambridge I would have access to free housing
29 Jan 2021, 12:45
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Congrats on your admits!!!
This is an interesting pivot.
Some things to consider, Wharton does/used to get lots of GOV sponsored MBA's, esp by foreign countries. It's been a while since I checked but there was a good size contingent of states sending their talent/children/nieces and nephews for an MBA. .
On the other hand, MIT has a very strong brand among non-MBA's and also globally. If GOV is lacking the MBA presence, it may be a "no-BS" name to fling at them in a meeting.
Arro44 - any thoughts about this recruiting track?
This is an interesting pivot.
Some things to consider, Wharton does/used to get lots of GOV sponsored MBA's, esp by foreign countries. It's been a while since I checked but there was a good size contingent of states sending their talent/children/nieces and nephews for an MBA. .
On the other hand, MIT has a very strong brand among non-MBA's and also globally. If GOV is lacking the MBA presence, it may be a "no-BS" name to fling at them in a meeting.
Arro44 - any thoughts about this recruiting track?
Arro44
Joined: 04 Jun 2018
Last visit: 14 Aug 2022
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Location: United States
Concentration: General Management, Finance
Schools: Sloan '22 (M) Cambridge "21 (A$)
GMAT 1: 730 Q47 V44
GPA: 3.4
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31 Jan 2021, 19:07
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Gumby100
Hey Gumby,
congratulations on both admits!
I´ll try to give you some pointers as to why I think Sloan would be the better choice, however, as a current Sloan student I am definitely anything but un-biased in this decision.
I am not too familiar with Wharton, but its a great school with capable people so you´re unlikely to make a "wrong" decision either way.
While I´ve heard that Wharton did beef up its Tech/Entrepreneurial resources and has become far more than "the finance school", I think they are still not at the same level as Sloan/MIT in general.
That is in part due to Sloans focus on tech/start-ups and in part due to MITs general brand and culture of tinkering (and the easy access to VCs doesn't hurt either tbh).
Concerning government, as an international student, I am not very well versed in this topic. However, there is a large number of folks at Sloan who not only take classes at HKS but who do the entire dual degree.
You can still make the decision to apply for a dual-degree with HKS at the mid-point of your first semester should that be of interest.
When it comes to people, Sloan has been amazing so far. Covid didn´t allow me to meet a large number of classmates outside of my cohort, however, I think my classmates are probably the most amazing part of my MBA experience up to this point.
Having the chance to live rent-free in Cambridge is essentially a scholarship valued between 30-60k over the duration of your MBA (depending on which housing you would have gone for).
In general, I´d say your goals line up with Sloan pretty well!
If you have any questions concerning Sloan in particular, please feel free to reach out!
All the best,
Chris
