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January 21, 2025 4:24am ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Cornell / Johnson $ , Indian School of Business $

₹40000

Applied: Cornell / Johnson, Indian School of Business

Entering Year: 2025

Post MBA Career: Investment Banking, Other

GPA: 3.6

Location: Accra

Juno Member: Not yet

Notes:

I am on the scholarship waitlist at Cornell. Writing the GRE soon to submit to get my scholarship decision earlier. The Cost at Cornell is significantly higher than Kelley so i am wondering if its worth taking on this high loan

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1883 Both programs should provide you access to a career in investment banking, but Johnson would provide more access and stronger pathway to New York City, I would think. I’m assuming it’s Indiana / Kelley, not ISB, in this case? (0)

eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 2093 Congrats on your acceptances to both Johnson and Kelley. Both are great programs that can help you land a IB job. Johnson likely has the edge for IB jobs, particularly given its proximity to NYC. I encourage you to do your due diligence by chatting with students seeking IB careers from both programs. Good luck with the scholarships as well. (0)

anon10646 Likes Earned: 885 Kelley is $40k total / 20K per school year? Seems low given tier gap. Even if $40k per year, Johnson has a significantly larger pipeline to IB. You may be able to network Kelley undergrads and tap diversity programs to get a leg up, but Johnson is going to have more structured recruitment process and OCR. If you're seriously committed to IB, I'd still take Johnson at sticker. (2)