What con artist Wharton alum sold this board on the concept of a "top three" business schools? There is no "top three". Just ask any Wharton undergrad kiddie where they want to go when they get to real, grown-up business school. They will say Harvard or Stanford. Ask any Harvard or Stanford undergrad econ major, and they'll say the same thing. Harvard or Stanford.
Therefore, there is a "top two." The top three is an illusion of these boards that does not exist in real life.
You've got two types of MBAs. Those who have the background to get in anywhere they want (ie, Harvard and Stanford students) and those who don't (ie, students at any other business school.)
It's like the dinosaurs. Everyone knows that Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Triceratops is a good fight, but those two could kick the ass of any other dinosaur, no contest. Harvard is like the T-rex, undisputed king of the dinosaurs, bigger than any other. Stanford is the scrappy Triceratops, smaller than the T-rex, but still able to put up a good fight with its three "defensive horns" of good weather, high GMAT scores, and access to "cutting edge" Silicon Valley technology.
Wharton is like a Stegosaurus or Diplodocus. Or maybe a Raptor than can fly around and annoy the T-rex, but knows it will get its wings bitten off if it flies too close.
超一流:HBS, Stanford 一流:Wharton, Columbia 1.2流:MIT, Chicago 1.5流:Kellogg at Northwestern, Tuck at Dartmouth, Fuqua at Duke 1.8流:Michigan, Darden at Virginia, Stern at NYU, Yale SOM, Johnson at Cornell, Hass at UC Berkeley, Anderson at UCLA 其余的都是二流或者二流以下。
超一流:HBS, Stanford 一流:Wharton, Columbia 1.2流:MIT, Chicago 1.5流:Kellogg at Northwestern, Tuck at Dartmouth, Fuqua at Duke 1.8流:Michigan, Darden at Virginia, Stern at NYU, Yale SOM, Johnson at Cornell, Hass at UC Berkeley, Anderson at UCLA 其余的都是二流或者二流以下。