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Hoping to get some advice - long time GMATClub member and finally got some good news after the long hours.
I’ve been working in the energy industry for about 5 years (more recently clean tech) and currently building some AI-related internal tools.
Long term, I’m aiming to move into strategy/BD at the intersection of energy + AI, with entrepreneurship as a possibility down the line. MBB was the post-MBA goal which I think would still be an interesting experience.
I’m currently deciding between Booth ($50K), Yale SOM ($100K), and Cornell ($60K). Also got into Wharton (no scholarship).
I feel like Booth sets me up really well from a skills and optionality standpoint, but Yale’s community, parent brand and structure are appealing. That said, it’s still hard to ignore Wharton given how long of a journey it was to get here.
Wanted to get people's thoughts. FYI I'm a GMAT focus 655; so hopefully that gives others hope that you dont need insane scores to get a decent school spread.
I’ve been working in the energy industry for about 5 years (more recently clean tech) and currently building some AI-related internal tools.
Long term, I’m aiming to move into strategy/BD at the intersection of energy + AI, with entrepreneurship as a possibility down the line. MBB was the post-MBA goal which I think would still be an interesting experience.
I’m currently deciding between Booth ($50K), Yale SOM ($100K), and Cornell ($60K). Also got into Wharton (no scholarship).
I feel like Booth sets me up really well from a skills and optionality standpoint, but Yale’s community, parent brand and structure are appealing. That said, it’s still hard to ignore Wharton given how long of a journey it was to get here.
Wanted to get people's thoughts. FYI I'm a GMAT focus 655; so hopefully that gives others hope that you dont need insane scores to get a decent school spread.
04 Apr 2026, 11:43
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Congrats on amazing results with all the amazing brands!
Happy to share some thoughts that you can hopefully combine with feedback from current students (this is a perfect time to get them involved in your decision and start building your network and connecting with folks for a little bit further along the journey in the same path you want to take - it will be a very valuable move later down the road). As they say, if you want to make a friend, ask them for advice or help and this is the perfect opportunity to make friends and build network.
I feel like you can split the schools into interesting buckets - I’m not sure if the schools would agree 😂
1. Ultimate brand play would be Wharton. This is in case you want to impress investors and need a very strong pedigree the reason to pursue this path would include very niche investment banking or venture capital or private equity firms that recruit exclusively from HSW or exclusively from Wharton. Wharton does have some interesting classes and professors, there is a very hard statistics class for example and if you pass it, you get access to an exclusive job board which is available only to those who have passed the class. It’s one of the hardest ones but the professor is amazing and he has people who want people specifically from that class where he posts jobs. You do not need to go to Wharton to get an MBB job.
2. Booth is going to give you a lot of the same things Orton will but without that extra shine of exclusivity. Lots of focus on hard to get financed jobs, good MBB placement but you don’t get recruited into MBB just because you went to booth - a lot of the recruiting shifts more to your personal skills and also the consulting club at school those are much more critical than anything and the consulting club tends to change year after year as people change
3. Yale - very laser focused on consulting with I think more than 50% of the class going there so definitely a good consulting club. The brand itself is extremely exclusive in the undergrad world but doesn’t have quite the same ring in Business school space because it’s not a part of the M7. So well in undergrad it is a first tier or Ivy League, in the MBA space it’s second tier. I’m not saying this and then you’re negative way but just setting your expectations a little bit because of your Yale network comment. Booth and Wharton have a larger networks.
I think Johnson is probably not worth discussing - it’s a nice program but with the Yale offering a lot more money, I would pick Yale, probably even if they offered the same amount.
To summarize, every one of these programs can help you achieve your goal quite effectively, the short-term goal. I would perhaps it be more sensitive to the money especially if you have undergraduate debt.
At the same time, if you have a reason to go to Booth of Wharton for entrepreneurial reasons, 50,000 is what the minivan cost these days so I would does sound like a big amount of money, in the long run most NBA graduates wow very happy to get rid of their loans, I hardly see a difference in financial standing 10 or even five years later. So Wharton is not necessarily a bad investment. But if you are a money wise and smart person then it’s hard to beat the ROI of Yale.
Happy to share some thoughts that you can hopefully combine with feedback from current students (this is a perfect time to get them involved in your decision and start building your network and connecting with folks for a little bit further along the journey in the same path you want to take - it will be a very valuable move later down the road). As they say, if you want to make a friend, ask them for advice or help and this is the perfect opportunity to make friends and build network.
I feel like you can split the schools into interesting buckets - I’m not sure if the schools would agree 😂
1. Ultimate brand play would be Wharton. This is in case you want to impress investors and need a very strong pedigree the reason to pursue this path would include very niche investment banking or venture capital or private equity firms that recruit exclusively from HSW or exclusively from Wharton. Wharton does have some interesting classes and professors, there is a very hard statistics class for example and if you pass it, you get access to an exclusive job board which is available only to those who have passed the class. It’s one of the hardest ones but the professor is amazing and he has people who want people specifically from that class where he posts jobs. You do not need to go to Wharton to get an MBB job.
2. Booth is going to give you a lot of the same things Orton will but without that extra shine of exclusivity. Lots of focus on hard to get financed jobs, good MBB placement but you don’t get recruited into MBB just because you went to booth - a lot of the recruiting shifts more to your personal skills and also the consulting club at school those are much more critical than anything and the consulting club tends to change year after year as people change
3. Yale - very laser focused on consulting with I think more than 50% of the class going there so definitely a good consulting club. The brand itself is extremely exclusive in the undergrad world but doesn’t have quite the same ring in Business school space because it’s not a part of the M7. So well in undergrad it is a first tier or Ivy League, in the MBA space it’s second tier. I’m not saying this and then you’re negative way but just setting your expectations a little bit because of your Yale network comment. Booth and Wharton have a larger networks.
I think Johnson is probably not worth discussing - it’s a nice program but with the Yale offering a lot more money, I would pick Yale, probably even if they offered the same amount.
To summarize, every one of these programs can help you achieve your goal quite effectively, the short-term goal. I would perhaps it be more sensitive to the money especially if you have undergraduate debt.
At the same time, if you have a reason to go to Booth of Wharton for entrepreneurial reasons, 50,000 is what the minivan cost these days so I would does sound like a big amount of money, in the long run most NBA graduates wow very happy to get rid of their loans, I hardly see a difference in financial standing 10 or even five years later. So Wharton is not necessarily a bad investment. But if you are a money wise and smart person then it’s hard to beat the ROI of Yale.
