Columbia or Booth?

AngelHeart

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windboy

i hear people giving up on Wharton to go to Columbia all the time, but haven't heard much about people giving up on Wharton to go to Booth.  Also Booth students are perceived as being socially awkward and geeky, while Columbia students are perceived as being more relationship savvy and sophisticated.

-- by 会员 AngelHeart (2010/3/3 15:11:32)

I guess people give up W (or Booth)to go to CBS because CBS has a unique ED round:1) you have to submit your deposit earlier before regular decision days of other schools. 2)Plus, the deposit is much more than the amount required by other schools. 3)since W, Booth, CBS,etc  are all M7,  many would think there are no differences among them. so it is easy to choose the first school (in many cases, CBS)that extends an offer.

Regarding  the outside perspective about Booth students being socially awkward and nerdy, i have to say that it might not be the truth. I personally meet quite a number of Booth alumni, most of them are Chinese. They are interesting, fun and as ready to help as people from other b-schools like Duke or Kellogg. And they are not aggressive, either.

When choosing a school, I  would suggest reaching out for more information and get to know more alumni or current students. Thus, you can get your own personal feelings about what exactly the school is like and make a "fit" decision.

Hope it helps.

-- by 会员 youneverknow (2010/3/6 10:51:14)

the early decision of CBS is indicative of the self-esteem/self-positioning of the school itself, in a sense. it is a good policy to engage those 1) who are already inclined to CBS and 2) those whose utility function is more risk-averse.
mba for 2year with a huge financial cost is sth applicants need to seriously consider. try to find out the most rational and optimal result for you. in the end, what you learn and who you know matters. you need to strike a balance here.
am from chicago so i may be biased. my experience in the financial industry is that in terms of mba level finance, chicago is the most respected, then W>NYU>CBS. personally I like NYU a lot, which seems to be very under-rated by mba applicants.

youneverknow

i hear people giving up on Wharton to go to Columbia all the time, but haven't heard much about people giving up on Wharton to go to Booth.  Also Booth students are perceived as being socially awkward and geeky, while Columbia students are perceived as being more relationship savvy and sophisticated.

-- by 会员 AngelHeart (2010/3/3 15:11:32)

I guess people give up W (or Booth)to go to CBS because CBS has a unique ED round:1) you have to submit your deposit earlier before regular decision days of other schools. 2)Plus, the deposit is much more than the amount required by other schools. 3)since W, Booth, CBS,etc  are all M7,  many would think there are no differences among them. so it is easy to choose the first school (in many cases, CBS)that extends an offer.

Regarding  the outside perspective about Booth students being socially awkward and nerdy, i have to say that it might not be the truth. I personally meet quite a number of Booth alumni, most of them are Chinese. They are interesting, fun and as ready to help as people from other b-schools like Duke or Kellogg. And they are not aggressive, either.

When choosing a school, I  would suggest reaching out for more information and get to know more alumni or current students. Thus, you can get your own personal feelings about what exactly the school is like and make a "fit" decision.

Hope it helps.

stq

the spreadsheet is very insightful!
Jason - i also know a girl that chose to go to Booth over Wharton, but that was because her bf was in Northwestern.
and another plus point for columbia - it's a ivy league school.  if you want your kids to attend ivy, try to take advantage of the legacy tradition.

-- by 会员 AngelHeart (2010/3/5 2:46:44)

常春藤和MBA一点关系都没有.....

maxdaddy

ditto upstairs, and btw, i'm a "she"...

-- by 会员 AngelHeart (2010/3/5 15:56:15)

sorry sorry...

angelheart indeed sounds like a girl's name....i missed that...

AngelHeart

ditto upstairs, and btw, i'm a "she"...

maxdaddy

the spreadsheet is very insightful!
Jason - i also know a girl that chose to go to Booth over Wharton, but that was because her bf was in Northwestern.
and another plus point for columbia - it's a ivy league school.  if you want your kids to attend ivy, try to take advantage of the legacy tradition.

-- by 会员 AngelHeart (2010/3/5 2:46:44)

Penn is Ivy League school too.   And Wharton undergrad is definitely more selective than Columbia.

-- by 会员 Cova (2010/3/5 9:51:02)

i guess he's saying Columbia is an Ivy school, but Chicago isn't....

Cova

the spreadsheet is very insightful!
Jason - i also know a girl that chose to go to Booth over Wharton, but that was because her bf was in Northwestern.
and another plus point for columbia - it's a ivy league school.  if you want your kids to attend ivy, try to take advantage of the legacy tradition.

-- by 会员 AngelHeart (2010/3/5 2:46:44)

Penn is Ivy League school too.   And Wharton undergrad is definitely more selective than Columbia.