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February 9, 2018 3:52pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Cornell / Johnson $ , Dartmouth / Tuck , Duke / Fuqua $ , UVA / Darden $

Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, UVA / Darden

Entering Year: 2018

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

GMAT: 740

Location: US

Notes:

Would most like to end up in the northeast after but am pretty open to location.

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anon17263 Likes Earned: 0 1) Tuck 2) Darden 3) Fuqua 4) Johnson (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1674 For consulting, I'd agree with the assessment below. I'd also try to make the decision, independent of scholarship offers, given the consulting path. (0)

anon20448 Likes Earned: 0 Tuck without a second thought. (0)

anon29735 Likes Earned: 0 Thanks for the responses. Is Darden to Fuqua a large gap? It’s hard to think independent of scholarship since I have an exit plan that would likely require a sizable pay cut (should have likely mentioned that in the post). (0)

anon13400 Likes Earned: 0 After consulting you’ll be taking a pay cut? I agree with below order as well. If money is really an issue, start thinking about fit between Fuqua and Darden - they will give you the best opps for consulting. (0)

anon29735 Likes Earned: 0 Yes, possibly going in to nonprofit world after consulting. (0)

anon13400 Likes Earned: 0 Very interesting career path - congrats on the acceptances btw. Duke does not seem to be worlds ahead of Darden but may give you more geographic optionality. Did you visit? (0)

anon29735 Likes Earned: 0 Thanks. I did visit Duke and really enjoyed my time there. I like the case method at Darden so I'm torn. I also know that Tuck is a really great school for consulting. The amount of loans I would need to take is giving me pause though. (0)

anon13400 Likes Earned: 0 Yea, in a similar situation. I know many will say don’t worry about the $ but if that is your desired career path, may be worth following the $$. I was down at Fuqua recently too - great place and great people. I guess the question is whether Tuck is worth $90k more in the long run. Could be (0)

anon38761 Likes Earned: 0 Go to Tuck if you want best shot of MBB (0)

anon22099 Likes Earned: 1 If you can stomach the thought of not making it into an MBB firm (which given your LT goal of nonprofit, an MBB firm probably isn't necessary) then I'd go to Darden or Duke. For consulting, I'd prefer Darden, but Duke would be a great option as well. Dartmouth will give you the best shot for sure, but that's a big wager giving up $90k for ~20% MBB placement at Tuck vs ~12% placement at Darden. (0)

anon15575 Likes Earned: 0 Non-profit after consulting is an interesting path, for sure. The difference between Duke and Tuck is not just 90k scholarship but Duke is a bit cheaper too, to begin with. So, yeah, the loan portion is going to cross into 6 figures. Now, Darden places well into consulting too and is more alike to Duke (in terms of placements and costs). It just also helps that you have scholarship - which will put you ahead into the game when hiring starts. So, I'd choose between Darden and Duke with preference to Darden. (0)

anon16266 Likes Earned: 0 Hey! Totally understand the struggle here - I am also hoping to go from consulting to the nonprofit world after b school and was choosing between Darden (with $) and Tuck. Although all of these schools have impressive connections in the consulting world, I found that at least between Darden and Tuck it felt like there was a large difference in terms of social impact / nonprofit-related resources and alumni. I'm sure you could get there from any school if you put in the legwork, but I personally felt a material difference between the two. The best advice someone gave me was to think about what I was most willing to give up - was it scholarship money, fit, location, network, career opportunities, etc.? I personally gave up on scholarship money (even though I'm paying for b school myself) and chose Tuck for its fit and location, but you'll have to decide what's most important to you. Either way, you really can't go wrong! (0)

anon20448 Likes Earned: 0 If scholarship is important then go with Darden, else Tuck is the most informed choice. (0)

anon78078 Likes Earned: 0 I would say fuqua over darden in any case congrats:) (0)

anon21132 Likes Earned: 10 What did you decide?? (0)