<p>Anyone have any opinions on the decision? I wont be able to visit Penn for financial reasons most likely, so i’m trying to gather other’s opinions on the subject to help base my decision. Thx in advance</p>
<p>if u ar doin a similar program at stanford then go to stanford...</p>
<p>but the program at M&T is really amazing.....</p>
<p>Citeruid, I'm in the a similar situation as you...I'm trying to decide between Stanford, M&T, and Harvard. Please PM me if you have any thoughts one your decision, or anything that could also help me :).</p>
<p>hi brian.
come to penn with me so u can be my roomate and we can finally make babies.</p>
<p>I'm making a similar decision (Princeton and M&T), for you guys who are interested in Stanford, check out the Management Science and Engineering major, I think it's really awesome and the closest you can get to what M&T offers you. </p>
<p>I've been talking to people at both Princeton and M&T, and I think the recruiting opportunities for the fields that IM interested in (consulting, i-banking), could not be better at either institution. For high-tech business, Stanford has the edge due to its location. I personally think that all these schools are amazing and that the job opportunities are about equal, so the decision should be made on how well you fit into the school. I'm going to both admit weekends before I make my decision. </p>
<p>Californiakid, are you interested in engineering? I don't know why you're considering Harvard, it really does not have the facilities you need if you want to develop technical skills (and I'd pick Stanford over Harvard in a heartbeat, anyways). I was in a similar position after being admitted to Williams, but I chose not to even visit (despite probably the most incredible liberal arts education in the world) because of its lack of engineering (and diversity). </p>
<p>From what I hear, M&T is really intense. I know 5 or 6 kids in the program, and they all love it. Living in the bay area, I know several Stanford students too, and the Stanford students that I personally know are very "whatever" about Stanford. Two of my friends want to transfer, and another of my friends always says "it's okay..." There are other people who I'm sure are very positive, though. </p>
<p>I think M&T is unique for many reasons. For me, it gives me an education specific to my career interests, which I am very passionate about. The Wharton education is incredibly useful, and it will set me apart from my peers when recruitment rolls around. Also, I will be with a group of 200 students with interests very similar to myself, which is a very personal type of networking you won't get simply being a student at another prestigious institution. I know I will work hardest at M&T, and I will come out with an incredible experience. Also, if you haven't visited Penn, it's freaking amazing. It's bursting with life and color in ways that Harvard never could (Stanford's closer to Penn's atmosphere). I will say that Penn is more of a mainstream cool school whereas schools like Stanford and Harvard take more angular students.</p>
<p>For me, Princeton also has many upsides. By name brand alone, Princeton is very well regarded, whereas I don't really know the prestige of M&T. It has a major that will allow me to achieve a similar education (operations research and financial engineering), but it also has a ridiculously amazing quality of education, and my peers will be the best and brightest in the world. </p>
<p>Harvard and Stanford both have similar qualities, and I'm sure the reasoning will be similar. For me, I'm going to talk to professors in Wharton and in the ORFE major at Princeton, and I'm going to sit on classes both related and unrelated to my field. I'm also going to meet as many students as possible, and I'll probably make a decision based on how much I enjoy being at each school.</p>
<p>M&T is well known by the people that matter. I'm currently a freshman in the M&T program and iv4me is right: I'm really settling into it. Even I had my doubts, to begin with, but as I planned out my time here, it's turning out to be a very challenging, but very rewarding program. Be prepared to work, but if you got in, you know the satisfcation of personal excellence; and that is what M&T fosters.</p>
<p>Also, the relationship with other M&Ters is invaluable, although not just for networking reasons! These people share the same lifeblood as you but come from an incredible diversity of backgrounds...by the nature of the selective process, they're all very curious, motivated individuals.</p>
<p>I would say that Penn in general is a school about goals. If you have goals, and want to reach them, Penn is the school for you. You don't have to know EXACTLY what you want to do (who does!), but if you know "I want to work in a technology related field in a business capacity," M&T really can't be beat. It's very rewarding :)</p>
<p>Puck Frinceton</p>
<p>I made a similar decision between M&T, Princeton, and Stanford. </p>
<p>Stanford's Management and Engineering program (or whatever its called) is a systems engineering type program. You couldnt do any engineering you wanted, and I wanted to do Bioengineering. Secondly the management part is just like a couple classes, not the intense complete wharton degree. I visited the campus, and it seemed to big and secluded to me. It took me like 25 minutes to walk to a dining hall.</p>
<p>Princeton wasnt a good people fit for me; I didnt see myself blending in well in that kind of secluded social environment, and it didnt offer me the same benefits of M&T.</p>
<p>I couldnt get the same benefits of two completely seperate full degrees in either place. In neither place would you go as in depth into business and engineering as M&T becuase you are a full student of both schools, taking just the same classes as a Wharton Student and a Penn Engineering Student.</p>
<p>My greatest pull to penn was the incredible diversity that neither Stanford nor Princeton have come close to achieving. It's an extremely interesting experience living in a big city: I love being able to walk anywhere I want to go in Philly. </p>
<p>Also, the two full degrees far outweigh a single engineering degree with a few finance classes. This program leaves so many options open. After I graduate, I will be well suited to do engineering entrepreneurship (biotech company), I could go to Wall Street or any kind of business setting, and I could even go to med-school if I didnt like the other choices. </p>
<p>Anyways, PM me if you want more opinions, but that was kind of my decision in a nutshell.</p>
<p>Stanford! :)
U can always double major in two different fields at Stanford :)
try posting this thread in the Stanford forum and see what others say :)</p>