Hi All
I have been admitted to Tuck and Fuqua. Super excited but confused like crazy. Both programs have offered me generous scholarships, but Duke has offered 20k more.
I an international student with 4 years of Investment Banking experience in South Asia. Wants to get into Investment Banking in New York.
These are the positives I see on the two programs:
Fuqua:
01. STEM certificate. Will provide me with 3 years of visa to find a job.
02. Have been moving upwards in the rankings.
Tuck:
01. Ivy League
02. Considered to be a slightly better program
Both programs have great cultures. I love the close-knit community thing. Similar in IB placements (as far as I know).
Much appreciate your comments/views/insights. Thank you!
Know people who have / are attending both.
Tuck would be my choice for a few reasons
Reach out to current students / alumni. They’ll talk your ear off about their experience.
At the end of the day, you’ll be fine no matter what but I’d take Tuck.
Both schools place just fine and are equivalent. This comes down to fit more than anything else. The ranking differences are marginal. Tuck's alumni network is famously engaged but smaller than Fuquas - regardless, OCR will be strong for both for IB. I don't know the specific landscape of IB recruiting at each school, but when you attend admit weekend (which you should, if they haven't happened) I'd specifically ask which firms are on campus and how many offers they gave for internships. Then weight by population.
Both schools are more 'remote', Tuck especially so, so be sure you're comfortable with the culture and environment you're entering.
The "Ivy" stamp means nothing for MBA recruiting, I'd toss that.
I personally preferred the culture at Tuck over Duke but didn't recruit heavily at either school. It wouldn't have been enough for me to toss out $20k.
Also the 3 year visa is a BIG DEAL if that is a guarantee. This might be enough to move the needle. I've known a few friends who haven't hit the lottery and got deported at the one year mark.
From Fuqua’s website:
“It’s important to note that a student must not only earn the MBA degree with the Second Major but also go into a STEM-related field in order to be eligible.”
I am not sure that investment banking would count towards this. I would go with Tuck.
I know for a fact that banking and consulting jobs, at least those at the big firms with a competent legal team, would quality. Source: am on the STEM extension myself.
I don't believe Tuck and Fuqua are that similar in IB placements. I'm sure the numbers make a lot of schools appear similar but those can't be trusted because the IB label is so vague.
From my anecdotal evidence, Tuck places extremely well in IB. I chose Booth over Tuck but because I went to Tuck's admit weekend, I made a lot of Tuck friends who I kept in touch with through MBA and afterward. They did really well in IB recruiting and frankly, kept up with or even beat Booth on a "pound for pound" basis; i.e. some of the folks at Tuck that I judged to be on the weaker end of the class still got BB offers whereas their Booth analog got MM offers.
I also meet Tuck people in the IB/PE world noticeably more often than Fuqua. Not a scientific analysis but my gut says the gap is real.
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