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March 13, 2025 6:13pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper $

$90000

, Emory / Goizueta $

$120000

, Indiana / Kelley $

$120000

, UVA / Darden

Applied: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Dartmouth / Tuck, Emory / Goizueta, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan / Ross, UVA / Darden

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Consulting Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey

GPA: 3.8

Location: USA

Notes:

Looking for a pivot from 7+ years in the auto industry to management / strategy consulting. I'm torn between choosing schools and preference is Midwest (Chicago) or PNW (Seattle) post MBA, although location is not a deal-breaker. I'm weighing scholarship offers against the strong reputation of Darden. Any thoughts / advice is very much appreciated

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1734 Darden is in the tier above, and it’s case method of teaching makes it a really good school for consulting. Tepper is likely close to the top of the next tier, and the 90k may well make Tepper compelling, up against Darden. Goizueta’s offer is great, but might not be as attractive regarding your geographic goals, unlike Kelley, which is in the next tier down.

Thus, I’d think it’s between Darden and Tepper, overall? Not an easy call.

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eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 1935 Congrats on your acceptances and scholarship offers. As Alex mentioned, Darden has a great track record with MBB consulting placement so Darden would be a great fit if you want to do strategy consulting. Of course, given your auto sector experience, I suspect that consulting firms might want to staff you on strategy consulting projects for the auto industry. Meaning, you would likely be competitive for strategy consulting jobs focused on the auto industry from Tepper or Kelley as well. I encourage you to talk with Tepper and Kelley students who are pursuing a consulting career post MBA. This would help you get a sense about your ability to land a MBB job from these two schools. (0)