<p>What is the differnece between Wharton and other undergradd business schools (Stern, Sloan, Ross), besides it being #1?</p>
<p>Well. To start with the big picture, its where Wharton is located - its the only Ivy league undergraduate business school and you're with some of the best and brightest kids in the world who challenge you everyday.</p>
<p>When you go a little deeper, you have its amazing facilities, top-notch professors, great courses, well-rounded curriculum (some biz schools specialize in certain areas of business, Wharton is #1-#3 in just about every speciality).</p>
<p>Then, and most importantly, its the network. When you leave Wharton (and while you're there you have access to an incredible alumni network that is just unparralled. Stern and Ross are extremely good, although Stern is really known for its finance dept and thats about it. Sloan is a graduate school, so its a little different.</p>
<p>sloan is MIT's business undergrad, right??</p>
<p>(also a grad school)</p>
<p>Yes it is (ranked 2nd I believe) but everything brhchs06 said is right. i especially agree on its well rounded depts. Stern is finance, and CMU (Tepper) and MIT (Sloan) are more info systems, logistics oriented- basically the techies. Hands down the best and brightest go to Wharton, personally I feel it would be a greater honor to go there than the aggrandized Harvard Econ dept (which is pretty damn good- but its not Wharton).</p>
<p>Whaton is also the most comprehensive. Sloan is also a very good school, but it has a limited number of concentrations for undergrad.</p>
<p>I recommend taking a look at the Penn brochure- at the back they have all the majors at Penn, and just some of the fields at Wharton are Finance, global anaylsis, legal studies, healthcare management, insurance/risk management, transportation, and public policy. Give me a school with all the regs (accounting, stat, finance, management) plus the courses mentioned above, and that is part of a very well rounded university with strong programs through out- there is only one- Wharton. Wharton and Northwestern (actually Penn as a whole) has proven that it is possible to effectively have outstanding pre-professional training, and a strong liberal arts education. And the kids that go to Penn/NW know how to have fun.</p>
<p>northwestern has an undergrad Bschool just as comprehensive as Wharton???</p>
<p>NW's Kellog is not an undergrad school. Its only a grad school. There only undergrad biz degree is Economics, which is sometimes declared as LA.</p>
<p>no it doesnt have an undergrad- i meant its econ program provides pre prof training mixed with lib arts- sorry i didnt make it clear.</p>
<p>Northwestern and Duke both have programs that mix liberal arts and business. Your major would be economics or something else that you choose, but not "pre-business." In addition, you would get an interdisciplinary certificate (Duke Markets and Management) or departmental minor (NW Business Institutions Program). </p>
<p>Northwestern: <a href="http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/advising/prebus2.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/advising/prebus2.html</a>
Duke: <a href="http://www.markets.duke.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.markets.duke.edu/</a></p>
<p>These programs are highly regarded by employers, and you still get a liberal arts education. With that said, Wharton students are known as the most prepared for business, and the curriculum is more rigorous (similar to a regular MBA program).</p>
<p>how long does an MBA programme usually last? 1, 2, 3 years? idk, i'm stupid on such things.</p>
<p>im pretty sure the normal is 2 years, but executive is one year</p>
<p>what's the difference?</p>
<p>(executive sounds harder)</p>
<p>The Executive MBA meets like 1 weekend every month for 18 months or something like that. They are definitely not as rigorous. And the students are typically executives - not traditional MBA candidates.</p>
<p>"Normal" MBAs are 2 years. Although Northwestern has a 1-year program for people who did undergrad business (why repeat yourself?).</p>