Undecided - 01-13-2025 | Clear Admit DecisionWire

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January 13, 2025 1:38pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Berkeley / Haas $

$195000

, Columbia $

$150000

, Duke / Fuqua $

$150000

, Northwestern / Kellogg $

$60000

, NYU Stern $

$190000

, UCLA Anderson $

$190000

, Yale SOM $

$170000

Applied: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Non Profit/SI

GRE: 320

GPA: 3.9

Notes:

Social impact/entrepreneurship, impact investment, civic tech. Want to end up in NYC post-MBA. Risk-averse taking on debt as I can't guarantee ROI (social impact). Down to SOM, Stern, and Haas. Leaning Yale, though worried about enjoying New Haven. Berkeley seems great but worried about having a NE network. Stern - worried about fully immersing.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1701 Surprised you are not also considering Columbia, with their scholarship offer? Be good to understand why, more clearly? If you want to be in NYC, post MBA, Haas might not be the best option, relative to these other great options, as you’ve noted. (0)

heyfriend_tootle Likes Earned: 1 Columbia would ultimately be 50-60k more than the other programs--between the remainder of tuition, 10k+ in mandatory fees, and the VHCOL in NYC. The extra debt may mean the difference between having the freedom to pursue social impact vs. settling with a job that will allow me to pay off the debt. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1701 Then I’d probably think Yale might be your favored option? Might be interesting to query https://ai.clearadmit.com/ask-clear-admit/ to see if it helps uncover any additional insights. (0)