<p>Where would you advise me to attend for my UG studies if I plan on pursuing an MBA in graduate school? I like both schools very much and am having a tough time deciding between the two.</p>
<p>I'm making a list of pros/cons for each school, but in terms of getting into a good MBA program, would it matter where I went?</p>
<p>Both programs are great and congrats for getting into both. </p>
<p>I made a similar choice (b/w Wharton and a non-business Ivy League), and at the time I intended to pursue an MBA as well. </p>
<p>I mainly chose not to attend Wharton because I saw there were still outlets into business attending a non-business school, and the idea of studying mainly business just wasn’t that appealing to me. I personally wanted to expand my horizons at college and really become well-versed in a number of fields, and I didn’t see myself getting that opportunity at Wharton. </p>
<p>You can’t really go wrong with either though.</p>
<p>I would recommend Yale if you know you’re going to get an MBA. Then you don’t have to get two business degrees.</p>
<p>If you go to Wharton, you won’t even need an MBA. Your degree will be as respected as an MBA so that gives you the option of pursuing one or not. Nowadays, the only people who get MBAs are the ones who are not good enough to get promoted directly. If you go to Yale, you essentially have to pursue an MBA. Why would you want to disrupt your career for two years (and waste a lot of time and money) for an MBA? There is no value added to getting one. The best kids get promoted directly and never get MBAs. If you are interested in trading, this is even truer. An MBA has essentially no value in the trading field. In essentially all fields, work experience trumps all. Getting the best job you can right out of college should be your primary focus. Both will help you equally to get into Stanford and Harvard. As for Wharton, you obviously have an advantage, plus you have the option of doing your MBA in a single year. If I were you, I’d go to Wharton.</p>
<p>Quite a large chunk of Wharton BBAs go on to get MBAs fyi.</p>
<p>I’m not an expert in the business field as some of you probably are, but I was just thinking that since around 45% of Wharton kids go into investment banking, wouldn’t it be better for me to attend Yale, a school with fewer kids interested in ibanking and such (more focused on English, humanities)? I think firms still recruit at Yale and the number of students competing for the same jobs would be smaller. This is a total guess, though.</p>
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<p>Not true.
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<p>The ones that do were probably required to do so by their companies just as a formality, not because they need it. Or because they are tired of work and want to take a two year vacation.</p>