<p>I got off the WL for Wharton, but I'm in a sort of dilemma choosing between MIT and Penn.
My main fear of MIT's Sloan is that it does not provide such a great alumni network as Wharton does--Sloan graduates 50 undergrads a year compared to Wharton's 600. The great thing about Sloan is that it can offer a very quantitative/technical background to finance, which is the path I want to pursue. But I can always add a second concentration of statistics at Wharton.
Based on your experience in i-banking, how do Sloan alumni do compared to Whartonites?
Appreciate other comments, as well.</p>
<p>Well its really all up to you in opinion. Check both school's curriculum and see what they offer to your preference. If its solely tech then I say Sloan, but you want be a bit diversify then Wharton is the way to go.
Like I'm currently High School Sophomore but I already figure to go Wharton (huntsman program) or NYU- Sloan, since I really want to get into international industry (France and Japan).
However it's really what your preference is and what you want to with tech.</p>
<p>NYU-Stern? :P</p>
<p>Oops sorry my bad</p>
<p>Which school do you think you would enjoy more? MIT is quite obviously one of the (if not the single) most quantitative school(s) in the world. The campus culture is very different from Penn (which is much more of a party school compared to MIT). Penn is also in a somewhat "rough" part of town. MIT is in Cambridge, and very close to Boston (As well as Harvard, BC, Tufts, BU, and others). Your decision should be based on which you would enjoy more. The career opportunities will similar if you choose either Wharton or Sloan.</p>
<p>I would take Sloan. Sloan makes you an incredibly attractive candidate for derivatives trading positions, fixed income research and some areas of exotic derivatives, in addition to the plain vanilla equities and standard IBD that Whartonites are typically gunning for. I can only imagine the technical skills you'll have coming out of MIT.</p>
<p>I agree with Milton Roark. MIT and Penn have very, very different campus cultures and social scenes. And consider how strong you want the liberal arts offerings to be.</p>
<p>By the way, you do realize that not just Wharton/Sloan grads go into finance, right? A lot of engineers and econ majors pursue finance as well.</p>