I have offers from Stanford, Wharton and INSEAD. Where should I go?
This is my personal assessment. Please let me know if I am missing anything.
Stanford
Pros: Well integrated in Silicon Valley fabric, good ties with
VC/entrepreneurial community, smaller class size, spending 2 years in
California is a dream, amazing global prestige/reputation
Cons: 2 years long (higher opportunity + actual costs), smaller class
size means less alumni
Wharton
Pros: Pre-eminent finance school, very vibrant alumni community (help
each other out a lot), excellent ties with finance/PE community,
amazing global prestige/reputation
Cons: 2 years long (higher opportunity + actual costs), spending 2
years in Philly does not inspire me, I am not necessarily very
interested in finance
INSEAD
Pros: 1 year (lower opportunity + actual costs), opportunity to spend
time in 3 different cities (Fontainebleau, Singapore, Philly),
opportunity to do an exchange term at Wharton, very global alumni
network, rated as most fun, very passionate alumni (every single one
said it was the best year of their life), very high
prestige/reputation in Europe)
Cons: Alumni network is spread too thin across the world, name
recognition in the US is lower with general population
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M$3 Answers
Stanford= you want to get in to the tech culture
Wharton= you want to be involved in the finance industry
INSEAD= you want to be a world traveler, and get a little life experience.
I, obviously can't make the decision for you, but I totally agree with your assessment. Again, it just comes down to what you want to get out of your time at college.
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M$The opportunity to study abroad is more valuable than classroom brain think tank rigor. Go where the action is an learn.
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M$
And here I was going to say Stanford...knee-jerk reaction...
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What he said. Stanford is especially great if you want to start a tech company and plan to live in the Bay Area.