<p>Which is better for a career in business/finance? I used to think it was Harvard because of the name, but the only two student from my school who got into Harvard turned it down for Wharton. </p>
<p>Is Wharton well known in the business sector? I must admit I've never heard of it until high school.</p>
<p>Wharton is the business school at U Penn another Ivy League college. According to many rankings UPenn Wharton is a better business school than Harvard, but Harvard is still very good. Kudos to your friends.</p>
<p>Wharton is more prestigious imo</p>
<p>Prestige depends upon perspective. To the general population, Harvard is more prestigious. To people who will be offering finance/business jobs to you, Wharton is more prestigious.</p>
<p>For business, Wharton is considered better. Although in terms of the actual educational experience, I doubt one is considerably better than the other.</p>
<p>Undergrad business, Wharton carries significantly much more weight than Harvard... </p>
<p>MBA, Wharton carries more weight in finance... they're pretty even in other MBA disciplines.</p>
<p>You know, this is a common issue around Harvard, being as well known as it is. Would it surprise you that Harvard's is not the highest ranked B-School (averaging several ranking services?) That Harvard's is not the highest ranked Law School (again, averaging several ranking services).</p>
<p>It is important to answer the impled question "best at xxx" whenever these questions arise.</p>
<p>going with the crowd here yes wharton is considered better but do u seriously think people are gonna scoff at you for choosing Harvard</p>
<p>Wharton is always my dream school
though I cannot get there for college, I'll try my best to go there in 3rd year or maybe for MBA :D</p>
<p>Does harvard even offer undergrad business?</p>
<p>No, economics only.</p>
<p>Screw undergrad business, go to Harvard or Penn CAS and then get an MBA later. The salad days of Finance Inc. are over anyway.</p>
<p>Harvard Econ</p>
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<p>Being in the position of offering finance/business jobs to candidates, I would still find Harvard more impressive. To me, UG business is for the simple-minded. There is a reason most of the top schools don't offer it.</p>
<p>Wharton is unquestionably the #1 undergrad business program. but it's not as selective or well-known as harvard. 94% of students accepted at Penn and Harvard chose Harvard....wharton only comprises 25% of penn, but it looks like the majority of wharton/harvard cross-admits chose harvard. not much of a contest imo.</p>
<p>If you're talking about Undergrad, Harvard won't have much to offer besides Econ. UPenn will put you on a direct business track, and is generally known as the best undergraduate business school in the country.</p>
<p>^ my dad went to wharton, so i don't have any reason to bash it. it's on par with harvard in terms of going into a finance career, but if you want to do any other job, harvard edges it out.</p>
<p>ChoklitRain -- where did you get the Wharton/Harvard cross admit data? </p>
<p>You write that Wharton is not as selective as Harvard, where did you get that data?</p>
<p>The</a> New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices</p>
<p>Penn doesn't usually release admissions data for the individual schools, but the old dean reported in an interview 2 years ago that the admit rate was close to that of CAS but that the applicant pool was more self-selected...the mean SAT for wharton is reported as 1450. harvard reports their midrange as 1400-1590 and the middle of that range is 1495. h's accept rate is 7% versus somewhere between 10 and 15 for wharton.</p>
<p>based on harvard's lower acceptance rate and higher SAT scores, i feel comfortable saying that it's more selective than wharton.</p>
<p>Choklit -- yes, I'm familiar with the full study in unredacted form. Wharton data in that study is never segregated from all of UPenn, so those data are silent on this question.</p>
<p>And you're right about the self-selection for Wharton. </p>
<p>I do see the logic of your mean SAT point though. 1495 is not trivially higher than 1450. Where did you get the 1450?</p>
<p>As someone who went to Wharton (liked it and it got me where I wanted to go), I'd choose Harvard today. No reason to specialize that early and you'll get a more well rounded education at Harvard. My own bias in hiring is towards kids from LACs and the other ivies as they just seem to be better overall critical thinkers. And I'm in finance.</p>