<p>How does Sloan stack up against other Business schools such as Wharton or Stern? I know that its ranked pretty high but do many business students really decide to go to MIT? It just seems like a school for sciences, not really business.</p>
<p>There was a time where it was weird to be an MIT undergrad with business as a primary major (as opposed to a second major, which was more popular), despite the fact that Sloan was always high-rated.</p>
<p>However, these days there are many people that come to MIT to major in business. There aren’t many top colleges that offer a business major. The ivies don’t. So that makes MIT make a bit more sense as a business major.</p>
<p>Wharton-business is #1. No question. However, I think in terms of opportunities Sloan (MIT) outranks Stern, just because many Wall Street and consulting jobs heavily favor if not outright require the HYPM or Wharton name. </p>
<p>This is what I’ve heard from my friends in business and I don’t have specific knowledge of Stern or experience in business myself, so naturally I defer to those with more primary experience in this area.</p>
<p>"There was a time where it was weird to be an MIT undergrad with business as a primary major (as opposed to a second major, which was more popular), despite the fact that Sloan was always high-rated.</p>
<p>However, these days there are many people that come to MIT to major in business. There aren’t many top colleges that offer a business major. The ivies don’t. So that makes MIT make a bit more sense as a business major.</p>
<p>Wharton-business is #1. No question. However, I think in terms of opportunities Sloan (MIT) outranks Stern, just because many Wall Street and consulting jobs heavily favor if not outright require the HYPM or Wharton name. </p>
<p>This is what I’ve heard from my friends in business and I don’t have specific knowledge of Stern or experience in business myself, so naturally I defer to those with more primary experience in this area." - collegealum314</p>
<p>This is encouraging, as I would like to attend MIT as a business major just like the OP. However, according to the latest rankings, Wharton no longer offers the #1 undergrad program. OP, check out BusinessWeek for the latest:</p>
<p>[Best</a> Undergraduate Business Schools 2011 - Businessweek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>I’m not going to go through and look at the methodology, but it might have something dubious like best return on your tuition, meaning more expensive schools are penalized.
edit: Looks like Wharton has just an ok recruiter survey (#21)–no idea why. It’s #11 as a MBA feeder school, but then if you have a business degree from Wharton, it might be a waste of time to get an MBA.</p>
<p>However, if you rank by starting salary, Wharton is #1 and MIT (Sloan) is #2. Stern is #7. That should tell you something. </p>
<p>Wharton is still #1 in reputation. As for the individual indices, you’ve got to consider them one-by-one.</p>