WHARTON - definitely the best?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>i got accepted to MIT and to Wharton, and im interested in business. everyone seems more impressed with the MIT admit even though they know i want to do business and they know wharton is #1 undergrad. people would definitely be more surprisded if i turned down mit. </p>

<p>what do YOU think is a better school? what would a potential employer think? aaah, so bad at decisions!</p>

<p>(sorry for the crossposts involving this topic - im just really interested in seeing what other people think)</p>

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<p>Sloan and Wharton are both EXCELLENT business schools (in fact i think they are 1,2 in the usnews ranking) but I would have to say Wharton has the more prestigious name recognition amongst corporate employers (that is wat my dad told me and he works for morgan stanley).</p>

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<p>hell, i dont know how you could possibly turn down wharton! #1 business school in the world, you go there and youll be making millions for sure</p>

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<p>Wharton is the best place for business - period.</p>

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hell, i dont know how you could possibly turn down wharton! #1 business school in the world, you go there and youll be making millions for sure

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rofl.</p>

<p>18, babe, go where you'll be happiest. i promise you your life will be the exact same going to the number 2 undergrad business program as it would be if you'd go to the number one. go to the school that you think you'll be happiest.</p>

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<p>ah, eighteen. </p>

<p>environment actually matters a lot. if you haven't already, visit both schools. remember my columbia/wharton debate? i visited both already, but now that i got in it's different..</p>

<p>so i was on penn campus today and i suddenly realized "what the heck have i been debating?? i've wanted to go to wharton. i love campus. i'm going to wharton."</p>

<p>and now my car has that sticker thing on it. good thing it's temporary (blowdry it off or something)</p>

<p>we'll see for sure after my overnight @ columbia, but basically.. the environment did it for me. and they assuaged my lack of liberal arts fears. another big thing. i remember one of the kids saying that at MIT you basically get the engineering background.. you'll be very engineering geared. that's really not a bad thing, so it's up to you.</p>

<p>and push the what other people think thing out of your mind. as long as you do well wherever you go, you'll be fine. and you'll do well where you're happiest... at least willingly.</p>

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<p>University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.8
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) 4.7
University of California–Berkeley (Haas) * 4.5
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * 4.5
New York University (Stern) 4.3 </p>

<p>0.1 is a pretty big difference IMO. :)</p>

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<p>If you are really interested in business, you should go to Wharton. If you look at MIT's curriculum in business, you will see that it is VERY tech focused and pretty narrow whereas Wharton offers a TON of breadth. So you will have more concentrations to choose from, more electives to choose from, plus you have 3 other schools at Penn that you can take classes in. I agree that you should also go with how you feel once you get onto the campuses, but also take a hard look at the curriculums and think about what kinds of things you want to study for the next four years.</p>

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<p>My daughter had this decision three years ago. She did CPW at MIT and was surprised that though Sloan is an excellent school, the management major was viewed as the "gut" major for people who couldn't compete in engg. At Penn, she is in M&T which is viewed as the opposite of gut. She has never regretted her decision. She knew from the beginning that she was interested in the business and not the engineering end but knowledge of the engg (which MIT would also provide) would be helpful to her later.</p>

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<p>I was reading the Economist magazine today and they had "preleminary" rankings for 2006 and they had Northwestern (Kellogg) at #1, Wharton #2...
I still like Wharton the best.</p>

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<p>At undergrad, I think Wharton is in a league of its own. Especially if you're in one of the joint-degrees (M&T/Huntsman)...there's barely any other program that compares.</p>

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<p>If you are in the College and you take Wharton classes, are you still unable to say you were from "Wharton"? How does it all work?</p>

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<p>legend, I think you can still take Wharton courses, but you still get a college degree. A wharton degree is reserved for those who are officially enrolled there.</p>

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<p>I regret not applying to Wharton directly... is it too late to switch before school begins or must I do College now?</p>

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<p>You want business? Go Wharton.</p>

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<p>thomas, what other rankings did the economist have in it?</p>

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<p>no wonder someone stole my this week's economist before i could read it.</p>

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<p>The Economist ranked the top universities in regards to their Economics department:</p>

<p>1) Harvard (4.9)
2) University of Pennsylvania (4.7)
3) MIT (4.4)
4) Stanford (4.3)
5) UC - Berkeley (4.1)</p>

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<p>Where is UChicago on that list?</p>

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<p>eighteen:</p>

<p>For finance, there's no others school that even BEGINS to compare with Wharton. MIT would probably be more MIS/OR/Quant oriented, if you're into that stuff.</p>