Hard Talk: Booth vs. Wharton vs. CBS for Finance
Hey guys, I am very familiar with all three schools and have done significant research on the three. My question is aimed towards senior professionals on this forum, who've worked with MBA graduates of the three schools mentioned in the title. I understand what I am about to pose may come across as trivial but in terms of hierarchy (both intellectual and perceived prestige), how would you rank the three programs? Is there a big drop off among the schools? How does your private equity firm view the three schools?
Thanks.
PS - I understand there are old threads on this but opinions change, quality of admits change, and so interested in hearing refreshed perspectives.
I go to one of the schools so take this with a grain of salt, but W>B=C. Within certain contexts, C>B and B>C, but generally about equal. W a small but noticeable amount above both of them (but H/S ahead of all of course).
Would agree with the above. Wharton from a PE perspective has better placements than either Booth or Columbia for sure, but also a much larger number of pre-MBA PE candidates coming in. You're looking at probably 20-40 people per class at Booth/Columbia with PE experience vs. about 100 (or more) at Wharton, so from funds' perspective, it makes more sense to allocate resources towards recruiting at Wharton vs. the others, which is why you see more PE on campus recruiting at Wharton (fairly significantly) vs. Booth and Columbia. Where I see people choose other schools instead of Wharton:
Columbia: candidates already based in NY who want to stay in the city and do the MBA simultaneously, might have a girlfriend / wife in NY as well. A bit tough to justify given Wharton's proximity to NYC, but it happens for sure. Columbia also gets a lot of international candidates from MFs in Asia/LatAm (didn't get into HSW) who haven't lived in the US before and want to be in NY. I would say Columbia's reputation outside of the US is much stronger than it is inside the US, largely because of association with the undergrad Ivy League branding.
Booth: candidates based in Chicago already / don't want to leave (similar to above) or candidates originally from Chicago and working in NY/SF in IB/PE who want to be back for 2 years.
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