Undecided - 04-01-2025 | Clear Admit DecisionWire

<< Back to DecisionWire

April 1, 2025 1:15pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Columbia $

$100000

, UPenn / Wharton

Applied: Columbia, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Venture Capital

GRE: 320

Notes:

Dual admit couple - one looking at VC, other tech (PM - admitted to dual MS/MBA program at Columbia; MBA-only at Wharton).

With the GI Bill, Columbia is 80% off, collectively. Wharton is 45% off, collectively. Living costs are not a concern, given GI Bill benefits.

Is Wharton worth the additional cost?

Like (1)

Show Comments (1) Last: April 1, 2025

eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 1945 Congrats on your acceptances to both CBS and Wharton. Both are great MBA programs, and you can't really go wrong with either option. Having said this, Wharton does have an edge in both VC and Tech industry career placement relative to CBS. Based on the 2024 employment reports, Wharton placed 3.4% (19) into VC jobs compared to CBS' 1.9% (11). For tech, Wharton placed 14.1% (79) into tech industry jobs compared to CBS' 10% (59). I encourage you to visit both campuses and chat with current students to help you decide. Best of luck. (0)