Booth or Haas with 50% scholarship?

celia_fu

如果想做VC,应该Haas更有优势吧.特别是如果你对cleantech和biotech感兴趣的话.Location更好一些, cleantech也更强,机会很多.更何况你还有50%的奖.

-- by 会员 JoeyTribbiani (2011/3/16 22:14:21)

Judging by a friend (just a small sample) pool who is a 1st year there, that VC/Clean Tech stuff isn't that easy to get in, at least it's not the most realistic immediate post-MBA track.  BTW his choices were Haas 50% scholarship vs Darden with no money.  This is a much different decision.

Booth is a much better fit for LZ.

-- by 会员 thecow10000 (2011/3/16 22:18:15)

看LZ是否一定要毕业以后马上就去VC/PE了.如果LZ以后想做VC,那么MBA毕业后先去加州的一些新兴科技公司会很有帮助.Haas在这方面机会更多吧.如果LZ要做PE,Haas应该比不上Chicago吧.完全看LZ自己的方向.

-- by 会员 JoeyTribbiani (2011/3/16 22:26:47)

当然，我现在也预见不到两年后会不会直接去VC。现在想法是找一家大的公司，利用大公司的平台，丰富一下自己，而且我觉得大公司的brand name对于整个career的发展也会有一定帮助的。这样看来，是不是肯定就是Booth了。

JoeyTribbiani

如果想做VC,应该Haas更有优势吧.特别是如果你对cleantech和biotech感兴趣的话.Location更好一些, cleantech也更强,机会很多.更何况你还有50%的奖.

-- by 会员 JoeyTribbiani (2011/3/16 22:14:21)

Judging by a friend (just a small sample) pool who is a 1st year there, that VC/Clean Tech stuff isn't that easy to get in, at least it's not the most realistic immediate post-MBA track.  BTW his choices were Haas 50% scholarship vs Darden with no money.  This is a much different decision.

Booth is a much better fit for LZ.

-- by 会员 thecow10000 (2011/3/16 22:18:15)

看LZ是否一定要毕业以后马上就去VC/PE了.如果LZ以后想做VC,那么MBA毕业后先去加州的一些新兴科技公司会很有帮助.Haas在这方面机会更多吧.如果LZ要做PE,Haas应该比不上Chicago吧.完全看LZ自己的方向.

-- by 会员 JoeyTribbiani (2011/3/16 22:26:47)

当然，我现在也预见不到两年后会不会直接去VC。现在想法是找一家大的公司，利用大公司的平台，丰富一下自己，而且我觉得大公司的brand name对于整个career的发展也会有一定帮助的。这样看来，是不是肯定就是Booth了。

-- by 会员 celia_fu (2011/3/16 22:43:59)

那你就放心地去booth吧.

maxblackmore

I wiill vote for Haas considering:
1. The ROI. You have to double your discounted income in your lifetime to attend Booth. I can hardly see how that's possible.
2. Long-term development. In the long-run your career depends on your ability to source deals, which means you need business relationship in the corporate and entrepreneurship world. Finance School's alumni may be too concentrated in finance, leading to less opportunities in business development.
3. Balance of program. Booth's program is too quant heavy and too little training on soft skills/management techniqes. Again, in the long run these skills will determine your position, not these number crunching techy stuff- esp if you intend to stay in the US.
4. Location. If you would pick snow storms rather than sunshine...
5. PE/VC activities are HUGE in the west coast.

Top tier B-schools all provide you with the tickets to your career immediately after MBA, the rest really just depends on your personal capabilities. Don't be fooled by rankings.

Lastly, you'd better really SEE if your career plan has been worked out by predesessors. "Big corporate name would help my career", but HOW? What's your intended industry? Are you planning another career change in the mid-term? Have you seen similar career paths? (Suggestion: you can read published annual reports, which include briefings of directors' career paths.)

Hope these suggestions help. Good luck buddy. Congratulations on your tremendous achievements.

simonwalker

Given by your experience and career goal, I vote for Booth.
Haas does attract lots of bio-tech and clean-tech recruiters but they have very limited seats unlike IB and MC firms and the competition is fierce, offers are usually given to those engineering/entrepreneurship background students.
Booth however, provides much more options and flexibility for you regarding your background and your potential intention to stay in US

xwang2

Follow your heart

SoniaShi

等到你毕业了，这些奖学金就是你半年的薪水。等到你功成名就了，这些钱就是你半个月的薪水。等到你准备退休，这些钱也不过是银行存款里面零头的零头，何必为了它纠结？

you won't live twice and you won't MBA twice.

Monkyi

Hass 挺好