<p>Hi all! So I just got amazing news that I'd been accepted to Wharton on Friday and I was over the moon :D However, I've also been accepted to read PPE at Oxford and I'm torn right now as to which university to go to? I'm an international student, and have aspirations in either taking the techy-business route (maybe apply M&T at Penn after Freshman year?), or becoming a lawyer. I do wish to end up in the States though... Any advice? Major thanks in advance!</p>
<p>They are both incredible programs so base your decision off other factors like the location and social scene (I can’t help but picture Hogwarts when I think of Oxford). Both are heavily recruited in the US and internationally.</p>
<p>Personally I would choose Oxford PPE or E&M for undergrad, and then Wharton or Harvard Business School for my MBA, but I am going the investment banking/die-hard business route. Is your offer for Oxford conditional on your AP exams/A levels? If they are I might choose Wharton just because of the risk factor involved, however if they are not and you are close to 100% certain you will get the grades then I’d say Oxford because of the tutorial system and setting.</p>
<p>The offer I’ve got is quite low (I do IB btw) so I don’t think I’ll have problems meeting it. I was wondering if a fresh graduate would find it easier to get to Bain Capital/McKinsey etc. through Oxford or Wharton? Likewise, would it be easier to get to grad law school in the US through Oxford or Wharton? </p>
<p>I don’t know how math-y PPE is at Oxford. The people I know who have done that (as Marshalls and Rhodeses, not as straight undergraduates) did not spend a lot of time on math. Bain etc. need and want math skills, although they are happy with non-math majors. (By the way, Bain Capital is a venture capital firm. The consulting firm is just Bain. I believe it is decades since they have been linked – Mitt Romney having made a not-small fortune separating them.)</p>
<p>Prestige law schools looooooove Oxford PPE. I would assume you still have to get a high-graded first, though. </p>
<p>Basically, if you are a super student at either place, and you really want to work for a consulting firm or go to a top law school (and you have high LSATs, which you ought to if you are a super student at Wharton or Oxford), you should be able to do that. If you are a step down from being a super student either place, you aren’t going to be working at Bain, BCG, or McKinsey, or going to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford law school. You will have other opportunities, though.</p>
<p>You should choose the one that most inspires and excites you. If you aren’t inspired and excited, it’s not going to get you where you want to go.</p>