Undecided - 12-19-2022 | Clear Admit DecisionWire

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December 19, 2022 7:47am ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Berkeley / Haas $

$70000

, Columbia , MIT Sloan $

$30000

, Yale SOM $

$70000

Applied: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Yale SOM

Entering Year: 2023

Post MBA Career: Technology, Non Profit/SI

GMAT: 740

Location: Bay Area, CA

Notes:

Currently torn between these decisions - I went to Berkeley for undergrad, so not sure that it would add too much to my resume. Post-MBA goals are to go into sustainability strategy / tech and ideally would like to move back to the West Coast.

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eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 1919 Congrats on your acceptances and scholarships to four great MBA programs: Haas ($70k), CBS, MIT Sloan ($30k) and Yale SOM ($70k). Based on your career goals, geographical preference, and scholarship, Haas sounds like a good choice for you. But I understand that you already went to Berkeley for undergrad. Another option is to attend MIT Sloan given its strong tech brand. Do you have any personal preference? For example, would you prefer to attend Haas or Sloan? (2)

anon10646 Likes Earned: 783 Would you easily decide to go to Haas if you didn't do Cal for UG? (2)

lnli18 Likes Earned: 8 OP: Thanks for the insightful feedback! Personally I am leaning towards MIT Sloan as the scholarship difference (although certainly not insignificant) does not drastically sway me either way. I completely recognize the value of the Haas network / brand for my specific career goals and geographical preference, but not sure that it adds too much if I already have an undergrad Haas degree. (2)

eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 1919 Thanks for your reply. Yes, MIT Sloan is a great program with a great brand and solid US west coast tech placement. It would also give you another alumni network to complement your Berkeley network. Best of luck. (1)

anon10095 Likes Earned: 14 I'd go for Columbia. The network you'll have in NY in the long term will be huge for sustainability purposes (I think) (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1695 More details on this decision in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2022/12/mba-wire-taps-268-sloan-vs-haas-haas-vs-columbia-and-fuqua-stockholm-tech-low-gpa/ (1)