Wharton drops to thrid place in business week rankings

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<p>Wharton</a> drops to third place in Business Week rankings | Interactive graphic - News</p>

<p>Gotta love them interactive graphics</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 have no idea why anyone would want to go into business now…</p>

<p>My portfolio is in the tank… lol.</p>

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<p>Mine is nonexistent… lol</p>

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<p>The economy can’t stay this way forever.</p>

<p>Think about it, in four years, the economy will probably be on an upswing.</p>

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<p>Maybe we’ll stop losing our best minds to Wall Street, and maybe they’ll do something brave, ambitious, and worthwhile instead.</p>

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<p>And who well get the companies financed the best and the brightest create?</p>

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<p>Former entrepreneurs! </p>

<p>Have dealt with VCs throughout my career to get businesses funded, there is nothing I hated more than dealing with some 25 year-old jackass fresh out of B-school and without any actual business experience telling me what to do! Good riddance!</p>

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<p>VC funds can only get you so far, then you need the 25 year old jackasses at ibanks:)</p>

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<p>Wharton’s position at the pinnacle of undergraduate business school is as unshakable as that of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton for liberal arts prestige. If Wharton needs to retool its curriculum and career services to focus more on “main street” instead of Wall Street, it will do so, do it quickly, and kick butt at it.</p>

<p>I’m no Wharton undergrad fan, but they are the best and brutally efficient at staying that way.</p>

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<p>I bet nothing has actually changed, but Business Week just kept fudging the numbers until Wharton dropped so the controversy will help sell more issues.</p>

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<p>I agree with dilksy. It is all about driving eyeballs to Business Week or US News.</p>

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<p>Businessweek’s rankings have never made any sense. How could Mendoza be ahead of Wharton, Hass, and Sloan…</p>

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<p>is UVA’s business school really that well regarded?</p>

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<p>When did Cornell add an undergraduate Business degree? I think BW is shifting its definitions a little on that one. What does the diploma say for one of these grads?</p>

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<p>cornell’s AEM is considered their business school. idk how big of a stretch it is to call them so.</p>

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<p>Why wouldn’t it be?</p>

<p>Give reasons beside “Ivy League” and “prestige.”</p>

<p>Though, ND fares more than well enough in the latter consideration.</p>

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<p>why do you two Phead28 and elinck) equate “business” with Wall St? The vast majority of financially succesful business people in the US have never worked anywhere near Wall St, or any bank.</p>

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<p>Mendoza is a shorter program, lower quality faculty (though both are very high), spends a load of time talking about ethics, and has a lower grade of student (once again, though both are very high). </p>

<p>There’s plenty of other reasons, just not that I can think of. My cousin is in Mendoza right now and says there’s no way it could be like Wharton. Then again, that’s anecdotal evidence.</p>