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March 10, 2020 7:31pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Cornell / Johnson $

$60,000

, Dartmouth / Tuck $

$40,000

, Georgetown / McDonough

Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Georgetown / McDonough

Entering Year: 2020

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Investment Banking, Private Equity Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Group

GRE: 317

Location: Latam

Notes:

Post MBA goal is private equity as first choice, deciding between strategy and IB for second choice. Had an excellent fit with both schools. Tuck is more renowned in the US for MBA and is better in rankings. Cornell has a more international brand - latam focused- and is giving me more money. Stay in the US in the middle term, long term LATAM.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 If you plan to remain in the states for a period of time, then I'd focus less on the financial differential, more on which program provides greater access to your career options. Browse through this search to see all other DecisionWire candidates who were selecting between Tuck and Cornell: https://www.clearadmit.com/decisionwire/?orderby=undefined&appliedoperator=all&admittedoperator=all&admitted=johnson%2Ctuck (0)

anon19363 Likes Earned: 51 Tuck! (4)

anon10660 Likes Earned: 292 Tuck is definitely a tier above Johnson! (4)

anon21585 Likes Earned: 57 Private equity is going to be tough from both programs tbh unless you have pre-MBA PE experience. I know Tuck has a center for PE and VC as well as fellowships. I think Tuck has an edge over Johnson as it relates to PE although it may not be significant. The programs as a whole, I would agree that Tuck is a tier above Johnson. (2)

anon75142 Likes Earned: 25 Tuck is arguably 2 tiers above Cornell and has more success with PE. Easy choice IMO. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 More details on this decision in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/03/episode-89-wire-taps-which-schools-should-i-consider/ (1)