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he signed his offer, he's just as good as employed, nitpicking is really unnecessary
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<p>Hm, you really don't know much about banking, huh? Last year, my friend signed an offer too. Turns out that offer was from Bear Stearns and he ended up flipping burgers that summer. Just because you sign a piece of paper does NOT mean you're "just as good as employed." </p>
<p>Oh, and "nitpicking" and being meticulous is what got me multiple job offers. Let that be a free lesson to you, young boy.</p>
<p>My sister's a senior at Stern, and she says that even the lower end of Wharton will still get jobs/internships over Sternies. The mere fact that you got into Wharton in the first place definitely says something..</p>
<p>one of my friends who graduated from wharton a few years ago told me that if anybody's going to get a banking job... it's going to be the wharton undergrads... of his graduating class (nationwide), the breakdown for hired students (in his field) at the (major) bank that he was hired by was 7 Wharton students... 1 Harvard student... I'm sure this isn't always the case because it's possible this one bank just liked the Wharton way of doing things, but he really stressed to me the biggest asset Wharton will give you is it's name and prestige in the business world... it will get your foot in the door to any business-related job more effectively than any other school at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>Hmm, don't really want to p i s s anyone off here, but what about Ross vs. Wharton? I heard that alot of Ross Finance kids got great offers especially at the MA boutiques...</p>
<p>fuzzylogic- i was just about to ask the same question, i applied for both and have not heard back from ether yet. im instate for ross, is it really worth the extra money to go to the number 1 school instead of the number 3 school.</p>
<p>i also applied to both and from what i hear ross is a great great great business school, not as good as wharton... but if the money is somewhat of a factor the difference between the two schools will basically be wiped away by the low in-state tuition. i am also in-state for michigan but my parents promised me that if i could get in to wharton they could pay for it. although not necessary applicable in this case, it's always good practice to never skimp on your education i believe</p>
<p>my parents can pay for ether, i just feel bad making them spend soo much more if the education is not that much better. I guess what im asking is will Wharton give me step up from ross students that is worth the price difference? what is it (besides the #1 ranking) that Wharton (and penn) has to offer me that Ross (and mich) doesn't have.</p>
<p>im a junior in highschool in california and i have been considering both these schools, what would be a good back up school if wharton doesnt happen, is stern a good second choice</p>
<p>i have yet to hear specific reasons why wharton is better than ross and stern. i know wharton is a great school, but specifically does it offer to students that these other schools dont? i know a wharton graduate, who's the superintendent of our school district, who couldnt explain to me exactly what wharton delivers. he said wharton just attracts the best students, so itll inevitably have great students who graduate. my superintendent said if those same wharton graduates graduated from somewhere else, theyd be equally successful. i think it all comes down to performance. wharton may help for the first couple years, but after that, ur on your own.</p>
<p>first of all, forgive me if this is blunt and/or inaccurate but a wharton graduate whos a superintendant of a school didn't really get the job done while he was there. i dont know too many people who go to wharton with the intentions of coming out as superintendent of schools... hah anyways, as you said, wharton attracts the brightest and the best of the business-driven students, so naturally it's a great place (and in many cases, the only place) for recruiters to come and pick up their future employees. the thing wharton has on every other UG B-school is that it is often the FIRST place that the big banks and firms come to attract interns and future employees. wharton has many of the best and most accomplished professors, although other schools have very decorated faculty as well. the education itself is probably not SIGNIFICANTLY greater than at another school, but graduating with a degree from wharton is huge for getting an entry level job over someone with the same degree from a different school</p>