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Disclaimer - I went to nova.

IMO, vandy has better placements and is definitely worth $5k in the grand scheme of things. That being said, Villanova will get you to NYC banking and the fellowship is a really great honor as well (I had one myself).

Vandy still gives you a better shot at banking, all things considered. I'd probably lean towards the Commodores.

 
"TNA"

Disclaimer - I went to nova.

IMO, vandy has better placements and is definitely worth $5k in the grand scheme of things. That being said, Villanova will get you to NYC banking and the fellowship is a really great honor as well (I had one myself).

Vandy still gives you a better shot at banking, all things considered. I'd probably lean towards the Commodores.

SB'd. You learned to exercise fair disclosure.

 

Thanks man. I hear you on leaning toward Vandy, but from a cost/benefit POV would I be dumb to take out $50K in loans for Vandy (+ opportunity cost) versus $0 loans for Nova plus a stipend? Is the Vandy difference worth that much?

 
"KyIrv2"

Thanks man. I hear you on leaning toward Vandy, but from a cost/benefit POV would I be dumb to take out $50K in loans for Vandy (+ opportunity cost) versus $0 loans for Nova plus a stipend? Is the Vandy difference worth that much?

"whattherock"

just go to Villanova and be happy. It's what you want. Plus you and TNA have a cultural similarity.

techjobsyankee See this? rofl.

 
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Oh, I didn't realize it was 50k vs 0.

I absolutely love Vanderbilt and Blake crushes it over there. The campus is great and Nashville is a blast. You won't go wrong with Vandy.

With that said, Nova is great and being able to intern or network in philly and get to effectively the entire east coast within a couple hours, cheaply, is huge.

If you are good at networking and can execute on interviews, you'll be fine at nova as well. The program has MM IBD OCR and tons of alumni on the street. It's a very well respected school.

If you go, shoot me a PM and I'll happily help you out with introductions, etc.

 

Lol

Both programs are great. Vandy has more MBA recruiting since it is a FT program. You take some MSF classes with MBAs also. Placement is strong down south, but NYC is not impossible.

Villanova is almost all Philly/NYC. Not too much MBA recruiting, but lots of networking opportunities. Program is pure cohort. All MSF only classes and everyone takes same classes.

 

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