DecisionWire Spotlight: Undecided about Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, or UVA / Darden with Scholarships

In this week’s MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights MBA candidates’ choices as shared in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we round up responses to a candidate considering Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, and UVA / Darden for consulting with some scholarship funding.
The candidate laid out the options in the initial post:
The first response cut right to the chase:
Subsequent feedback also saw Tuck at the top:
The original poster then returned regarding funding concerns:
And a community member responded:
The conversation then turned to Duke and campus visits:
Subsequently, another MBA candidate chimed in:
Others went into more detail about cost and opportunities:
A future Tuckie in a similar boat shared their decision-making experience:
See more feedback on MBA admissions decisions at:
- DecisionWire Spotlight: Undecided about CMU / Tepper, Duke / Fuqua, UNC Kenan-Flagler with Scholarships
- MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Undecided about U. Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth / Tuck, Northwestern / Kellogg with Scholarships
- DecisionWire Spotlight: Undecided about London Business School or Michigan / Ross with Scholarships
Do you know where you’ll be going? Do you have a tough decision before arriving on campus? Share your story on DecisionWire. It’s completely anonymous and only takes a minute to complete.
Posted in: DecisionWire, Feature Small, Weekly Columns
Schools: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, UVA / Darden
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