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January 6, 2026 5:38am ET
Enrolled: Undecided
Admitted: Columbia , Michigan / Ross $
$80000
 , UVA / Darden $
$80000
Applied: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, NYU Stern, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM
Post MBA Career: Finance, Investment Banking
GRE: 321
GPA: 3.5
Location: Northeast USA
Notes:

Struggling to decide between CBS and Darden given the difference in cost of attendance with the scholarship and lower cost of living.

I want to work in Media and Entertainment post-MBA, either in IB or in a in-house strategy / corp dev role.

I love NYC, but am a bit worried that the CBS experience won’t be as tight-knit due to the location.