If the Big 3 are self-evident, what would #4 be?

Graduate School Business School - MBA
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<p>If the Big 3 are self-evident (and they are), what would be the best contender for #4 amongst American business schools?</p>

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<p>Northwestern (Kellogg) or MIT (Sloan) </p>

<p>IMO, #4-20 can get really blurry.</p>

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<p>baruch college (Zicklin) son</p>

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<p>I’ve always thought of Kellogg, Tuck, UChicago, MIT, Columbia as #4-8 basically in that order, but depending on what your concerns and criteria, they are basically interchangable. To me, Wharton doesn’t hold that much of a lead at #3 over #4-8. While it’s anecdotal, I’ve seen as many accepted at Wharton and rejected at #4-8 as the other way around. I think Stanford, Harvard are clearly 1,2 by a wider margin with the order again depending on individual preferences.</p>

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<p>I think b-school is better grouped by clusters. H/S/W is the big 3. Typically, I would say the rest of the M7 would follow that, but the economy is putting a dent in the NY schools like Columbia.</p>

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<p>depends on what industry you are targeting.</p>

<p>finance? MIT / Columbia / Tuck / Chicago
consulting / industry? Kellogg / MIT / Chicago / Tuck
technology? MIT / Chicago</p>

<p>all else being equal and i had to choose a US b-school outside of the big 3, i’d prolly choose MIT or Columbia then Tuck / Chicago.</p>

<p>for non-US schools, the big three: INSEAD / LSE / IMD</p>