Undecided - 01-23-2023 | Clear Admit DecisionWire

January 23, 2023 4:23pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: UPenn / Wharton , Yale SOM $

$170000

Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM

Entering Year: 2023

Post MBA Career: Consulting, Technology, Entrepreneurship Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Facebook, Google, IBM, LinkedIn, Microsoft

GRE: 333

GPA: 3.49

Location: US

Notes:

Ideally I'd like to pursue entrepreneurship. If that doesn't work out then Tech PM. If that doesn't work out then Consulting.

(I have a product design background and am interested in healthcare tech)

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eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 1857 Congrats on your Wharton and Yale SOM ($170k) acceptances. Both are great options. On the one hand, Yale SOM is a great program that can help you attain your career goals. In addition, if you are seeking to pursue an entrepreneurial career, the full ride at Yale will allow you to avoid the student debt burden that might hamper your entrepreneurial career. On the other hand, Wharton is a very compelling option that is hard to turn down given your career goals. To help you make your decision, I encourage you to do your due diligence by visiting both programs and chatting with current students in order to see if you personally prefer one program over the other. You can then decide how important the big scholarship is to your decision. Again, both are great options and you can't go wrong either way. Best of luck. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1581 More details on this decision in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2023/01/mba-wire-taps-273/ (0)

halcykon Likes Earned: 1 Wow, cool that I was selected for the podcast! To answer some things: - Yes, I asked Wharton multiple times for some form of scholarships. They were adamant in not negotiating. - Revisiting my desires, I decided that I'd rather work in a startup rather than be the founder of a startup. Not sure how this might change your opinions. Would it be possible to talk to you both on a call? (Ideally sometime tomorrow or Feb 6th, when I have to make the call) (1)

estijaz Likes Earned: 26 Congrats. Was the Yale scholarship inclusive of living expenses? I ask because 170k is more than tuition. (0)