Stanford GSB reputation?
I rarely see Stanford GSB mentioned on this forum yet it's so selective and ranked so highly. How does it stack up in name recognition compared to the likes of Chicago Booth, HBS or Wharton?
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Literally every time MBA is brought up it it's listed as top 2 with HBS, 3 with Wharton. If you couldn't use the search tab to figure that out you're not getting in.
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First of all, dude, Booth is not held in the same esteem as HBS/Wharton so not even sure why you're including them together. Second, both HBS and Wharton have annual class sizes of less than 1,000 per year so they certainly do not "churn them out by the thousands" each year. GSB's class size is roughly half of Wharton's and a little more than half HBS's, so they are certainly less common but they're not exactly "rare" compared to them.
Your need to flex a top 10 undergrad as though that's somehow relevant to the discussion speaks volumes. And yet you can't even google the class sizes or search one of the most talked about programs on this forum. Good luck with the apps.
Yeah man I haven't really heard much about that school![]()
I think it’s a non-target, hope that helps
There is not much discussion for IB recruiting because most people don’t even bother going IB after GSB, they can just go straight to buy side.
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Had a conversation once with an academic who shall remain nameless who had extensive knowledge of both the GSB and HBS. This person said that the HBS students were more focused and academically serious than the GSB students- that Stanford was so infused with the Silicon Valley startup mindset that most of the MBAs weren't giving classwork as much of their attention. They were always getting sidetracked by various ideas and projects.
Not necessarily a reflection on the schools' reputations in the job market, but interesting anyway.
Hard to tell if this is a troll post
But assuming you’re serious... GSB and HBS are in their own league. Booth is not close. Wharton used to be grouped regularly with H/S, but has definitely been falling back.
H/S will open the doors to practically anything you’re looking for, especially within finance. GSB has the strongest placement into both PE and VC (by % of class going into these fields). HBS follows closely and the rest of m7 lag behind. Neither GSB or HBS place much into IB because it’s not seen as attractive of an exit opp from the schools relative to other opportunities students have.
The GSB name is respected globally. It’s a fantastic qualifier for a candidate because it is so difficult to get in (twice as hard as HBS). People try to argue about The H/S Ranking, but at the end of the day I don’t think there’s a clear winner between the two.
It really is. The Stanford brand overall is well known even to the natives in Beijing. They grow up hearing "America," "Harvard," and "Stanford." This is the pinnacle of academic success and prestige.
GSB's class size is like half of HBS so HBS naturally has a larger alumni base. The HBS brand is also slightly more ubiquitous internationally than GSB. Honestly, they're neck and neck IMO
Doesn’t stack up vs penn state (nittany lion fund especially)
This is a troll right? Harvard and Stanford share their own tier above all the schools you listed. When it comes to HBS vs. GSB, the world seems split 50-50 between which one comes out on top. Personally would pick GSB though.
Clearly overshadowed by the UMD Smith hardos
I don't think it is really as much of an IB school as Harvard, Wharton, Stern, Booth, Cornell, etc. I feel like people who go there go for other shit and if they wanted to do IB, they could get into one or more of the aforementioned schools.
That's true. I feel like most people who go to GSB have no intention of going into banking. Of course some of the class will go into IB but in terms of the people who go there, the idea is not really getting a classic IB/consulting gig. Anecdotally, two of my friends who have gone there worked in product management out of college at FAANG and went to GSB with the intention of going into VC roles with only one of them being successful in doing so.
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