I've always considered columbia/haas/tuck in the same tier, one notch below the booth/sloan/kellogg tier. Within this group, columbia is the best for finance, tuck for consulting, and haas for tech. If you want to get more specific though, columbia is super strong in banking and value investing while tuck is strong in private equity and mutual funds.

 
mbavsmfin:

I've always considered columbia/haas/tuck in the same tier, one notch below the booth/sloan/kellogg tier. Within this group, columbia is the best for finance, tuck for consulting, and haas for tech. If you want to get more specific though, columbia is super strong in banking and value investing while tuck is strong in private equity and mutual funds.

Where do you place Wharton in this group?
 
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Because the rankings are arbitrary bullshit? Haven't looked at the grad list yet, but the undergrad list is atrocious. NYU in the mid-30s? My undergrad is close to my MBA school and the two shouldn't be in the same league.

If anything, usnews is the best ranking system out there. NYU is really all about Stern and they are ranked #5 in best undergrad business school and #2 in finance (right behind wharton)

 

M7 is an actual group, dubbed once by (I think) the former dean of CBS. It's just seven schools that unofficially meet from time to time, or used to meet. It is not a fluid thing based on the most recent rankings. As others have stated, there's really little difference (in terms of rankings) between Haas and CBS.The tiers are quite clear, and everything within those tiers really depends on who you are and what you want out of school.

 

This^

@mongoose you must be confused. M7 is a real thing, not some changing group that is based on US News ranking.

"M7 schools (Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg, Chicago, Columbia and MIT)"

Frank Sinatra - "Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."
 

I visited CBS, Wharton and Hass, have the best experience at CBS, Wharton is second and Hass is really not that great. I'm talking about the level of energy, class discussion quality, students' interest, etc.

 
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M7 is an actual group, it is not based on rankings. It is seven schools which don't change. And if you ask my personal opinion, those are still the strongest brand business schools. Tuck/Haas and other good schools (and I certainly think they can be worth going to -side note) are not really close by Columbia/MIT/Kellogg which are the "lower" down M7s. I'm in REPE so we do see some Haas people around (they're decent in RE-- we see UT Austin too and UNC too) but nowhere close to the other three "low m7" schools I mentioned. Same thing with the bankers I work with (mostly HK / singapore based) - all M7.

Maybe it's different back home in the states in terms of brand value though, I suppose.

 

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