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January 12, 2022 10:55am ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: MIT Sloan $

$100000

, UPenn / Wharton $

$10000

Applied: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton

Entering Year: 2022

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

GMAT: 710

GPA: 3.6

Notes:

Without the scholarship disparity would choose Wharton for larger network and slightly more prestige. Not sure if Wharton is worth the extra money with the current price difference if I’m interested in doing consulting.

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anon93434 Likes Earned: 10 Personally would go with Wharton, I think the significantly larger alumni network and increase in prestige is worth it. I'd think longer term what type of alumni network/brand you would want to get attached to your name. Also $90k difference is negligible in consulting. I also think the prestige discrepancy isn't really slight, maybe internationally the MIT name would be more renowned, but domestically Wharton >> Sloan. Can't go wrong with either though. (4)

anon28599 Likes Earned: 76 Congrats! No wrong answer here. For MBB, either program will get you there just fine. Both programs are very different, Wharton is bigger and more fratty (in a fun good way) while Sloan is known for its tight knit culture and more down to Earth people. Personally, I'd take Sloan, I liked the culture and people more. Plus it'd give me more $$$ to do all the trips and live in a great apt. But like I said, no wrong answer! Bets of luck! (4)

anon86471 Likes Earned: 4 Both great options! One thing to consider is the cost of living (especially housing) in Boston is significantly higher than in Philly. While it's not 100K higher over 2 years, it's another data point to consider if you're already leaning towards Wharton. (5)

anon10646 Likes Earned: 783 Purely from a goal perspective I'd say Sloan makes more sense. Based on 2020 placements Sloan had a higher percent of their class go to MBB as new joiners (13.4 v 9.6%) and as a higher percent of consulting placements (85.7 v 77.7%). Let say you call them roughly equal due to any self selection impact of student body, overview stats still say you're as likely to get MBB but ~$100k less from Sloan. Do you have any longer term objectives past consulting or looking to be in consulting long term? That could make a difference as that industry may be better from Wharton or Sloan. Also, if you're pivoting out of consulting after a few years, having a larger class network from Wharton may help. You didn't list pre-MBA location, but international locations may favor Wharton more. Any post-MBA location preferences? As one may have better prospects. Do you have any preferences from the study body and culture perspectives? As they seem to have fairly different styles and feel. (2)

ericjiuwei Likes Earned: 72 There is some intangibles to being part of the HSW club. But whether that's worth the tangible $90k over 2 years is up to you. (4)

eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 1888 Congrats on your acceptances and scholarships to both MIT Sloan ($100k) and Wharton ($10k). Both are really great MBA programs that will give you the opportunity to achieve your MBB goal. As the other posters mentioned, Sloan and Wharton do have different cultures and so you should do your due diligence to determine which program is the right personal fit for you. After all, you will be spending two years immersed in whichever program you choose. I will say that the difference in scholarship is quite large, even if you factor in a lower cost of living in Philadelphia. Thus, selecting MIT Sloan with the $100k scholarship sounds like a solid choice assuming that you have a good personal fit with the program. Best of luck. (4)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1674 More details on this decision in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2022/01/episode-210-wire-taps/ (0)