<p>I was accepted to both, got comparable aid at both, and now I am stuck. I'm looking to go into finance if that helps. Please let me know what you think and if any others out there who were in the similar situation last year; how did you decide? Thank you.</p>
<p>I'd pick Yale, but thats just me.</p>
<p>hehe..I have a similar issue.
I'm choosing between Yale and the new Vagelos LSM program at Penn. </p>
<p>Can someone give an overview of the social environment and residential experience at both Penn and Yale? people,dorms, food, activities...etc.</p>
<p>Just visit each from Thursday through Sunday morning, talk with students and professors, and compare classes, professors, and social life and you'll see it's a no-brainer, in favor of Yale.</p>
<p>Speaking as someone who made that same choice.... Yale dude, no question.</p>
<p>Depends--which type of school are you looking for?</p>
<p>Yale is not pre-professional AT ALL--it is unabashedly liberal arts, which means most of its courses are intended to improve your knowledge base and improve your thinking skills, rather than being directly applicable to business life in the real world. From what I understand, Wharton is a business school.</p>
<p>I got waitlisted by both...but I'd go to Wharton for sure coz I'm CRAZY abt business.</p>
<p>Some people say that an undergraduate degree from Wharton is almost like an MBA. If you want something so intense and challenging at the undergraduate level, I recommend Wharton. </p>
<p>If you just want a very strong overall undergraduate education, you'll have no problem getting jobs coming from Yale. The environment will probably be somewhat more relaxed also.</p>
<p>Donald Trump went to Wharton...so I think you can get a feel for what kind of people your peers will be if you end up attending.</p>
<p>Wow that's the worst generalization ever. </p>
<p>George Bush went to Yale, so I think you can get a feel for what kind of people your peers will be if you end up attending.</p>
<p>Personally, I'd prefer Trump.</p>
<p>I thought Trump went to Fordham</p>
<p>Trump went to Fordham undergrad, then Wharton.</p>
<p>Wharton impressed me when I was seriously considering the International Business program at UPenn. I remember it being very attractive and upbeat and fun.</p>
<p>Regardless, I didn't apply because the financial aid is nowhere near as generous. More importantly, I'm a Yalie at heart. ;) I know this doesn't help, but I think that you should make the decision and not rely on the opinions of fellow high schoolers. </p>
<p>I would definitely suggest campus visits - they are actually quite fun.</p>
<p>If you want to go to glorified vocational school, take Wharton. Otherwise any liberal arts education will serve you better, at least from an intellectual perspective, and Yale will do absolutely no harm to your potential job prospects.</p>
<p>I agree with hillier. Although I am biased towards Wharton because they are a great business school, you shouldn't rely on high schoolers who have no clue about the schools from firsthand experience. Do a campus visit for sure and decide for yourself. Different people will like different schools and it's about finding the best fit for you.</p>
<p>Trump went to Fordham, then transferred to Wharton after 2 years, I think. I don't think it's a bad generalization...I respect Donald Trump and think that a lot of Wharton people would be smart, competitive, and driven like he is. And he did turn out to be a world-class businessman, so you'd be studying with peers who probably also want to be world-class business-men/women.</p>
<p>Unless you were accepted to Wharton, attended, and graduated, I don't think you can say anything about the academic experience at Wharton and you certainly can't call it a vocational school.</p>
<p>But, since I did all that, I'll tell you from personal experience that Wharton is nothing like a glorified vocational school. It's an extremely academic and intellectually rigorous experience and almost half of the requirements are in liberal arts so it's not like you don't have the flexibility to explore other interests.</p>
<p>"If you want to go to glorified vocational school, take Wharton. Otherwise any liberal arts education will serve you better,"</p>
<p>rofl!</p>
<p>i personally liked the feel of the penn campus much much more than yale's, and philly suited be me better, but its tough to go wrong with either. make sure you visit them both.</p>
<p>If you want to go to business school for postgrad go to Wharton coz ull save a lot of time at BS...at least thats wat my interviewer said</p>
<p>First, I simply do not agree with the notion that Wharton undergrad is an effective substitute for postgrad business school. Yes, it will definitely open more doors compared to a liberal arts degree, but it will never be as good as a liberal arts degree combined with an MBA. So you don't really save time if you want to have a career that pretty much demands an MBA. </p>
<p>I realize I was being a bit over the top, but I still sort of stand by what I said. Isn't the definition of a vocational school one where your main focus is learning a particular vocation? Yes, at Wharton you will have to take some courses for distribution's sake, but your main focus will be business which unlike a liberal arts/science major is not an academic subject per se. You are learning at business school how to succeed in business (if not then what is the point of going), not any sort of academic subject. Accounting/marketing/management are not academic subjects, they are skills that need to be learned. Yes at Wharton you aren't learning auto mechanics or physical therapy or something, but you ARE learning a vocation, just a more prestigious and difficult one. To me majoring in "business" is just as silly as someone majoring in "pre-law" or "pre-med." So now I sound really elitist and I am sorry, but the concept that underlies business school no matter how rigorous or good (I do recognize that Wharton is by far the best of the undergraduate business schools) or how much they force you to take a few liberal arts classes is at its heart a glorified version of a vocational school. There is no escaping it. Graduate business school is also glorified vocational school as well, but almost all graduate programs are. Even, to some extent, the more liberal arts ones are focused on training professors and researchers. I just don't see the point of doing it as an undergrad unless you have no desire to eventually get an MBA or JD or something.</p>