<p>Wharton</a> drops to third place in Business Week rankings | Interactive graphic - News</p>
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College consultants agree that the drop will not significantly impact Wharton's image.</p>
<p>"It might in some ways justify the situation for people who can't afford an Ivy League school," said Christel Milak-Parker, founder of College Connections, a college counseling service, "but Wharton has such a long-standing reputation that this is not going to stop people from applying."
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<p>I was never that big of a fan of business week’s rankings to begin with. For 99% of people out there Wharton is the #1 undergrad business school. I don’t see what could have changed over the past 2 years to make UVA and Notre Dame better than Wharton. This might actually show that Business Week rankings aren’t that good more than Wharton lacking quality compared to the top 2 schools. If some high school kid decides to go to UVA or Notre Dame over Penn for business because of this ranking, they’re probably not mature enough to go to a top school anyway.</p>
<p>I agree. I mean business is all about rep and connections, but I think prestige of undergrad def plays a big role in business school b/c of the implications. Even if ND and UVA have “better” facilities, Wharton is king, just by the name.</p>
<p>Wharton rules~~~ in my mind, wharton is always the king. but we have to concede that Virginia is also strong.</p>
<p>Wharton is king. Number 1, now and probably for as long as we have undergrad business schools. It is the Harvard of undergrad business schools, and like Harvard, nothing is going to change that.</p>
<p>And I say all this as someone who is none too fond of the Wharton undergraduate program (IMHO it should be dropped in favor of being a major, or perhaps a selective major a la the Woody Woo program at Princeton)</p>