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April 7, 2025 5:30pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper $

$120000

, Cornell / Johnson $

$Full

, NYU Stern $

$Full

, UVA / Darden $

$Full

Applied: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Undecided Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey

GMAT: 710

Notes:

Leaning towards Darden and Stern (more Darden)

Darden - better/beautiful campus, classes/engaging faculty, community culture. Cheaper cost of living.

Stern - interesting experiential opps, more diversity, alumni from/in diverse industries, more entrepreneurial resources, more networking opportunities. Better prestige

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1763 Where, geographically, do you want to be, post MBA? Does that favor Darden or Stern? Darden and Stern would be in the same tier, prestige is similar, certainly for MBAs. (1)

eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 1964 Congrats on your acceptances and scholarships to Tepper ($120k), Johnson (full), Stern (full) and Darden (full). Well done. You mentioned that you are deciding between Darden and Stern. A few key questions to consider: 1) Career Goals: If your main goal is maximizing your chances of MBB consulting placement, Darden would have the edge. If you are seeking an entrepreneurial path, particularly with access to the NYC start up scene, then Stern would have an edge. 2) Personal fit/experience. Darden would provide you with a strong culture in a vibrant college town while Stern would provide you with direct access to the vibrancy of downtown NYC. Both are great options - but they are quite different experiences. To help you decide, I encourage you to visit both campuses and chat with current students. You can't go wrong with either option. (2)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1763 More details on this decision in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2025/04/mba-wire-taps-419/ (1)