<p>Which is better to get a MBA?</p>
<p>I prefer Wharton, but at that level (both are top 3 or 4 MBA programs), it boils down to fit. They are so different, you really should chose based on which will give you more personal satisfaction.</p>
<p>Depends on what you want to concentrate in. For general mangement, Harvard is by far the best. For finance, however (for all those prospective i-bankers) Wharton is the best. But I agree with Alexandre in that these two schools are basically at the top in every business field, and I doubt that employers will universally prefer one over the other.</p>
<p>HikoSeijuro, I would first worry about trying to get admitted to both programs before I'd worry about which one is better.</p>
<p>I think Harvard looks better (the actually hbs building).</p>
<p>yeah but Huntsman Hall (Wharton) kicks ass.</p>
<p>I just hope to have the problem deciding.</p>
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<p>Uh, what do you mean the 'actual' HBS building? That presumes that there is only 1 HBS building. HBS consists of about 10 buildings (actually more like 20 if you count the dorms and the auxiliary buildings).</p>
<p>Wharton looks like some modern piece of crap (Jon M. Huntsman Hall).
HBS looks like this
<a href="http://360geographics.com/East/Massachusetts/Boston/HarvardBusinessSchoolM.html%5B/url%5D">http://360geographics.com/East/Massachusetts/Boston/HarvardBusinessSchoolM.html</a></p>
<p>With all seriousness,</p>
<p>Wharton is better for finance while Harvard stresses leadership. You are comparing two different programs. </p>
<p>Huntsman Hall looks great. Harvard looks like some traditional piece of crap ;).</p>
<p>Go to Kellogg.</p>
<p>Couldn't agree more with you UC_Benz...and that's saying a lot! To my way of thinking, Kellogg is the #1 B School in the nation, up there with Harvard and Wharton. However, in terms of culture and atmosphere, nothing beats Kellogg.</p>
<p>Wow, you mean we actually agree on something? I think Satan is setting up a snow cone stand.</p>
<p>Weird huh! LOL Yes, my cousin just graduated (May 2005) from Kellogg and is now earning over $100K working for a consulting firm in the Bay area. Loved the experience as much as her undergraduate experience at Michigan...now that's saying a lot! hehe</p>
<p>Yeah, Kellogg really plays to the strengths of consulting and marketing. A lot of the reason it flies under the radar is because a lot of the graduates choose not to go into finance, but the public automatically equates business with $$$money$$$ (hence finance).</p>
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<p>Oh, I don't know about that. To follow that logic, a school like Chicago should be far more prominent than it currently is. After all, Chicago is probably the 2nd strongest finance powerhouse behind Wharton, and sends almost as many students (as a percentage of its class) into finance as does Wharton, and certainly a greater percentage than does HBS, yet Chicago remains almost entirely unknown by the public. Heck, Kellogg is far better known than Chicago, despite Chicago's strength in finance.</p>
<p>The "public" often know the best things last. The "public" think doctors are the richest members in society. The "public" think investment bankers are tellers at the bank. The "public" think traders are merchants selling their stuff at shops from one place to another. Of course the "public" dont make a lot of money. Heres to hoping we don't become the "public" :).</p>
<p>Well, let's give the public a little more credit than that. I don't think the public believes that doctors are the richest members in society. For example, I think it is fairly well known that Bill Gates is the richest man in the world, and yet the public knows that he ain't no doctor. I also think the public knows that there are bankers who are extraordinarily wealthy. They may not know what they do, they may not know how they got to those positions, and they may not even know the proper term for their jobs, but I think that the public knows that certain people in the banking industry make a lot of money. The public may not know much, but the public isn't THAT ignorant.</p>
<p>I wasnt talking about the RICHEST people but the richest profession I guess. Yes I did play the ignorance a little too much but hey it was a good effect :).</p>
<p>More or less the public doesn't care to know about these aspects of life because 99.9% of them would never have a chance to land such a job.</p>