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April 16, 2024 1:05pm ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: U. Chicago Booth , Cornell / Johnson $

$70000

, Duke / Fuqua $

$100000

, UT Austin / McCombs $

$30000

, UVA / Darden

Applied: U. Chicago Booth, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Entering Year: 2024

Post MBA Career: Consulting Companies: Bain, BCG, McKinsey

GRE: 325

Notes:

International applicant. Management consultant (not sponsored) looking to go back into consulting, targeting MBB. Location agnostic. Booth is M7 so I'm swaying towards Booth with no $ but the $100k from Fuqua is tempting. Is a Booth MBA worth me forgoing the $100k worth of Fuqua scholarship?

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1764 It’s a tough call. Booth will provide you best access to MBB, in this case. It would depend on your “risk/debt tolerance” which is different for different candidates. $100k is a big gap, and Fuqua may get you there. Do you have any geographic preferences? (1)

eliot Verified User. Likes Earned: 1966 Congrats on your acceptances and scholarships to five top MBA programs. You mentioned that you are deciding between Booth and Fuqua ($100k). Both are top schools with solid MBB placement. While Booth does have a higher MBB placement, Fuqua has solid MBB career placement as well and the $100k scholarship is substantial. Thus, I would give the overall edge to Fuqua.

Of course, be sure to do your due diligence by chatting with current students and reviewing placement stats. For example, you can compare MBB placement for both Booth and Fuqua in this Clear Admit article: From B-School to MBB: Strategy Consulting Jobs Placement at Leading MBA Programs | Clear Admit.

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anon10646 Likes Earned: 839 As an international, with whatever teens % the international student lenders are currently pricing student loans, I'd be taking Fuqua. You could certainly paydown the loans fairly quickly on an MBB salary, but that is still a lot of forgone opportunity to deploy that $ elsewhere. If H1B visa doesn't work out a consultancy could transfer you to another higher-comp non-US office, but that's an unknown to calculate. As an existing consultant, I'd be confident to bet on yourself to be a quality candidate to place into MBB regardless of being a Booth or Fuqua. (1)

applying2024 Likes Earned: 52 Fuqua with 100K sounds like a fantastic option (1)

anon23534 Likes Earned: 3 I recommend first deciding where you want to work post-MBA. If you're aiming to work in the South, Fuqua is an excellent choice. However, if you're targeting MBB in New York or are open to opportunities on the West Coast or internationally, Johnson would be a strong contender. Given the high 12% interest rate, paying full price for Booth as an international student might not be the best option. It would be wise to take a second look at Cornell in my opinion since each are considered target schools by MBB today. (0)