In @ Wharton 纠结中，请教

sunjie38

别犹豫了，autumn。要做non profit，就去Yale！Wharton没有这种氛围！

Mimi_Beijing

Alex 同学给我留点privacy好不。。。

rosaregale

lz 决定没有？ 在businessweek看到类似问题，贴一段过来，lz可以去看看：
http://forums.businessweek.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=bw-bschools&tid=84781

There isn't a bad decision here, really...better/worse perhaps, but not 'wrong'.

I do, however, want to avoid straying too far from the original topic.  My original suggestion to the OP is to consider both programs and frame of all of these factors and data points in respect to what is of personal importance (career goals, relevant opportunities, etc) and come to a decision.  Selecting a business school should be inherently a deeply personal decision and I fear too many make this decision based on an arbitrary ranking in some magazine.

To the OP; by this point, you have written some pretty compelling admissions essays stating 'Why MBA/Why Kellogg/Why Yale'.  I would suggest you go back and re-read those essays.  What was it that attracted you to the programs in the first place, which one do you find more convincing?  Which school is going to better help you accomplish those goals?

stq

Vote for W

1 就你目前的背景/工作经验，如果想做中国的non-profit，完全可以直接转行做，没必要读MBA

2 既然你依然考虑去读MBA，那么你的目的，就是增加自己各方面的知识/能力/技术，让自己将来能更好的做这一行。 换句话说，你就是冲着学习那些技能去的。。 而W能给你一个更好的教育。。

3 虽然Yale校友里面做慈善方面的人多，但在中国范围内还是非常非常少的。。
我觉得你做慈善机构，特别是到了高层，一个避不开的问题就是raising money/create impact
W校友在中国人数更多点，相对位居高位的校友也更多点，更容易在中国的环境下打开圈子，借助他们的力量替你做宣传

而在中国想借助那些Yale在欧美做慈善的校友力量发展，困难度比较高，因为他们那些组织在国内力量很小，
而且很多时候也未必合适，因为由于政治理念上的不同，中国政府并不是很欢迎许多国外的NGO

Mimi_Beijing

Dear all, I was so impressed by the depth of the discussions here.  It's amazing!

The only reason that I have not make my decision is... As a consultant, I am overwhelmed by work during weekdays.  I plan to digest all information and think it through during the weekend.

Thanks a lot, everyone.

xuke7167

2010年新入学的MPA，倒是想找LZ询问下Specialty的疑云，特别是所从事方向的职业取向。因为这个圈子在我审计背景出身的周围人眼里另类的可以，实在难找到同行的前辈。ianding(A) hotmail.com,非常感谢！

lunluoren

不知道楼主的Career goal是什么？ST&LT?

to start your own non-profit org. or to focus on nonprofit consulting?

I have kind of similar BG with you though now i have started my own ngo here. I strongly agree with you that the environment/policy/society is quite annoying to ngos especially to those grass roots.
So what do you think you can get from MBA no matter in W or Y, and whether those you get will facilitate your nonprofit career?

summit

non-profit只是对该组织的会计账目而言的。
对个人而言，赚的钱并不少。
很多时候，慈善事业，也是金钱+政治的盛会。欧美，中国，皆如此。

rosemarychina

我几年前也是在耶鲁和另一所名校中徘徊不定，所以我完全理解你的经历。我毕业以来一直到现在在UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）工作。我可以以我的个人经历告诉你，在非营利性组织，耶鲁的名气就如同沃顿在金融界中的名气。个个榜单的排名都是虚的，而且这些东西不属于你；你未来对自己的定位，选择最中意的行业，才是实在的。还有，在世界上所有的大学，耶鲁在世界上的影响力数一数二，宾大根本不能比。

祝贺你在MBA申请中取得的成就！无论你选择哪里，一定不要后悔。当然也希望你能成为我的校友：）

vincentwu821

Wharton