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Is Wharton better than HBS in finance?

Harvard is of course a better business school, but if you're...
copper business firm
  09/09/10
LBS (London Business School) shits on HBS and Wharton
soul-stirring national
  09/09/10
thanks for answering his question
Beady-eyed Persian
  09/09/10
your welcome
soul-stirring national
  09/09/10
LOL, I know a guy who is really, really dumb who got into LS...
Nubile Swollen Brunch
  09/09/10
probably got into of the money making master programs like M...
soul-stirring national
  09/09/10
Pretty sure it was a Masters in Finance. Maybe I am wrong t...
Nubile Swollen Brunch
  09/09/10
probably did really well on the GMAT Msc Finance from LSE is...
soul-stirring national
  09/09/10
was it the ft or pt program??
exhilarant school hairy legs
  09/09/10
Interesting question. I don't know the answer to this. Doe...
Nubile Swollen Brunch
  09/09/10
you need like a minimum 3.2 in a quantitative subject just t...
soul-stirring national
  09/09/10
LSE masters finance programs are a joke. They're for people ...
Lime thriller tanning salon national security agency
  09/09/10
Insufferable nyu and cmu trolling.
Nubile Swollen Brunch
  09/09/10
isn't nyu masters finance good?
copper business firm
  09/09/10
Both are 'nice' schools. They don't belong with the others.
Nubile Swollen Brunch
  09/09/10
nyu's masters program in financial mathematics is easily top...
Lime thriller tanning salon national security agency
  09/09/10
the majority of LSE MSc. programs do not require the work ex...
exhilarant school hairy legs
  09/09/10
tcr - though i think it's like a 3.5 now, at least that's wh...
exhilarant school hairy legs
  09/09/10
3.2 is under a B+ average dood. I think he majored in busin...
Nubile Swollen Brunch
  09/09/10
london busines school (LBS) =/= london school of economics (...
galvanic candlestick maker
  09/09/10
very few people turn down HBS for wharton. even the most har...
Lime thriller tanning salon national security agency
  09/09/10
They like to drop the H Bomb. The only person who prefers t...
Nubile Swollen Brunch
  09/09/10
i don't blame them. HBS guys do very well socially.
Lime thriller tanning salon national security agency
  09/09/10
HBS>>>>>>>>Wharton
cordovan piazza twinkling uncleanness
  09/09/10
Funny because 10 years ago the roles were reversed.
Offensive knife
  09/09/10
No. HBS was always ahead of wharton.
cordovan piazza twinkling uncleanness
  09/09/10
Untrue. Ranking and general opinion in the industry at leas...
Offensive knife
  09/09/10
You will get a better finance education from Wharton but wil...
Overrated vibrant market
  09/09/10
In your opinion, where does Booth fit into the scheme of thi...
doobsian bawdyhouse
  09/09/10
HBS has a very low acceptance rate and around a 90% yield ra...
Overrated vibrant market
  09/09/10
HBS is much better for hedge funds than booth. there's a lot...
bateful house-broken doctorate
  09/09/10
I don't know enough about hedge funds, but figured there are...
Overrated vibrant market
  09/09/10
i don't know of a single hedge fund that recruits at chicago...
bateful house-broken doctorate
  09/09/10
Maybe really crappy ones? I defer to you.
Overrated vibrant market
  09/09/10
Didn't HBS start allowing grade disclosure a few years ago? ...
lavender razzle alpha
  09/09/10
Vast majority of employers didn't ask for transcripts for in...
Overrated vibrant market
  09/09/10
yes, but grades just aren't that important, especially if yo...
bateful house-broken doctorate
  09/09/10
HBS is clearly better than Wharton, at least when it comes t...
lavender razzle alpha
  09/09/10
HBS has the highest yield of any professional school, even h...
bateful house-broken doctorate
  09/09/10
Hmm yeah I knew YLS was around 75%, but I just checked and a...
lavender razzle alpha
  09/09/10
It really helps that Stanford rejects a lot of qualified app...
Overrated vibrant market
  09/09/10
Even if they wanted to go head to head with HBS, I think the...
lavender razzle alpha
  09/09/10
They'd do okay but not as well as they currently do. I thin...
Overrated vibrant market
  09/09/10
stanford rejected every applicant with a perfect 800 GMAT (a...
bateful house-broken doctorate
  09/09/10
Hmm that's interesting. Where did you learn that from?
lavender razzle alpha
  09/09/10
dean of admissions at stanford said this in an interview
bateful house-broken doctorate
  09/09/10
my guess would have been on hopkins med
exhilarant school hairy legs
  09/09/10
I would have thought that HMS would be higher (or even UCSF)...
lavender razzle alpha
  09/09/10
No. HMS does not dominate medicine in the way that HBS domin...
bateful house-broken doctorate
  09/09/10
I realize that, but do you think HMS is losing the majority ...
lavender razzle alpha
  09/09/10
It has always been my impression that JHU is by far the best...
exhilarant school hairy legs
  09/09/10
I remember that Hopkins Med is super competitive due to its ...
Overrated vibrant market
  09/09/10
I'm pretty sure they switched to pass/fail about seven or ei...
exhilarant school hairy legs
  09/09/10
i only know a few people who turned down harvard med. one gu...
bateful house-broken doctorate
  09/09/10
Med School admissions are such that it's rare to get into *a...
Drunken Arousing Voyeur
  09/09/10
credited. med school admissions is more random than even col...
titillating wine stage
  09/09/10
Finance is a joke.
wild dashing cuck senate
  09/09/10
shhh... minions aren't supposed to know...
deep property skinny woman
  09/09/10


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Date: September 9th, 2010 6:48 PM
Author: copper business firm

Harvard is of course a better business school, but if you're a hardcore finance dude, does it make sense to turn down HBS for Wharton?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005678)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 6:49 PM
Author: soul-stirring national

LBS (London Business School) shits on HBS and Wharton

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005684)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 6:51 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Persian

thanks for answering his question

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005691)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 6:53 PM
Author: soul-stirring national

your welcome



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005701)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 6:53 PM
Author: Nubile Swollen Brunch

LOL, I know a guy who is really, really dumb who got into LSE.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005705)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 6:57 PM
Author: soul-stirring national

probably got into of the money making master programs like Middle Ages Architecture or some shit like that, getting into a Masters in Finance, Econ, Business or Management from a Top European Business school is pretty hard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005741)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 6:57 PM
Author: Nubile Swollen Brunch

Pretty sure it was a Masters in Finance. Maybe I am wrong though. He went to a good school for UG.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005751)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 6:59 PM
Author: soul-stirring national

probably did really well on the GMAT Msc Finance from LSE is pretty credited

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005769)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:01 PM
Author: exhilarant school hairy legs

was it the ft or pt program??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005780)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:03 PM
Author: Nubile Swollen Brunch

Interesting question. I don't know the answer to this. Does it matter though?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005793)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:04 PM
Author: soul-stirring national

you need like a minimum 3.2 in a quantitative subject just to apply so he cant be that retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005798)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:06 PM
Author: Lime thriller tanning salon national security agency

LSE masters finance programs are a joke. They're for people who can't get into good U.S. programs like princeton, nyu, berkeley, stanford, columbia, uchicago, carnegie mellon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005824)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:08 PM
Author: Nubile Swollen Brunch

Insufferable nyu and cmu trolling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005839)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:10 PM
Author: copper business firm

isn't nyu masters finance good?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005856)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:10 PM
Author: Nubile Swollen Brunch

Both are 'nice' schools. They don't belong with the others.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005862)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:12 PM
Author: Lime thriller tanning salon national security agency

nyu's masters program in financial mathematics is easily top 5. princeton is #1 but nyu is pretty close. their job placement is solid.

the people i know who went to LSE only did so because they got dinged by top U.S. programs.

HTFH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005877)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:22 PM
Author: exhilarant school hairy legs

the majority of LSE MSc. programs do not require the work experience (with the exception of the MBA program) that US schools do.

regardless of the quality between LSE and US schools, if you're looking to do investment banking in London, LBS or LSE is a solid option.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005977)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:06 PM
Author: exhilarant school hairy legs

tcr - though i think it's like a 3.5 now, at least that's what it was last year.

the ft program took like 20 kids last year out of over a 1000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005825)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:07 PM
Author: Nubile Swollen Brunch

3.2 is under a B+ average dood. I think he majored in business.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005837)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:28 PM
Author: galvanic candlestick maker

london busines school (LBS) =/= london school of economics (LSE)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16006975)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:07 PM
Author: Lime thriller tanning salon national security agency

very few people turn down HBS for wharton. even the most hardcore finance dudes take HBS if they can get in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005830)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:11 PM
Author: Nubile Swollen Brunch

They like to drop the H Bomb. The only person who prefers the W bomb that I know personally is Donald Trump.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005870)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 7:13 PM
Author: Lime thriller tanning salon national security agency

i don't blame them. HBS guys do very well socially.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16005880)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 8:22 PM
Author: cordovan piazza twinkling uncleanness

HBS>>>>>>>>Wharton

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16006457)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 8:25 PM
Author: Offensive knife

Funny because 10 years ago the roles were reversed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16006473)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 8:30 PM
Author: cordovan piazza twinkling uncleanness

No. HBS was always ahead of wharton.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16006511)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:01 PM
Author: Offensive knife

Untrue. Ranking and general opinion in the industry at least I-banking and finance says otherwise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16006758)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:25 PM
Author: Overrated vibrant market

You will get a better finance education from Wharton but will have better recruiting opportunities out of HBS (might be a wash for banking or those types of jobs). HBS doesn't have many advanced finance courses and teaches finance using the case method instead of lecture.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16006944)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:29 PM
Author: doobsian bawdyhouse

In your opinion, where does Booth fit into the scheme of things. If you're gung ho on finance, Booth > HBS?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16006987)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:34 PM
Author: Overrated vibrant market

HBS has a very low acceptance rate and around a 90% yield rate so people aren't really picking to go to Booth and Wharton over HBS.

Again, you'll get a better finance education at Chicago and will probably have better opportunities for hedge fund stuff and ibanking recruiting probably comes out to a wash.

HBS grading scheme makes the school less competitive in general and will give you a higher QOL while at school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007037)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:38 PM
Author: bateful house-broken doctorate

HBS is much better for hedge funds than booth. there's a lot of funds that only recruit at HBS and maybe wharton but not booth.

the social scene at HBS is pretty sick. much more fun than undergrad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007097)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:45 PM
Author: Overrated vibrant market

I don't know enough about hedge funds, but figured there are a lot of Chicago hedge funds that only recruit at Chicago and not HBS.

Very few people from HBS have prior hedge fund experience before going to busines school - most people from HBS who go into hedge funds private equity folks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007189)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:46 PM
Author: bateful house-broken doctorate

i don't know of a single hedge fund that recruits at chicago but not HBS. Citadel and Magnetar Capital both recruit at HBS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007203)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:47 PM
Author: Overrated vibrant market

Maybe really crappy ones? I defer to you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007216)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:40 PM
Author: lavender razzle alpha

Didn't HBS start allowing grade disclosure a few years ago? Or are you saying that even with grade disclosure, the grading isn't as tough?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007126)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:43 PM
Author: Overrated vibrant market

Vast majority of employers didn't ask for transcripts for interviews.

Also 1-2-3-4 scale (where no one really gets 4's and 75% of people get 2's) means there's no incentive to be ridiculously competitive to get good grades.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007166)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:44 PM
Author: bateful house-broken doctorate

yes, but grades just aren't that important, especially if you're at HBS. that school is a fucking blast.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007170)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:30 PM
Author: lavender razzle alpha

HBS is clearly better than Wharton, at least when it comes to desirability. I'm not a finance expert, but I highly doubt the 10% of admits who turn down HBS each year (name another major non-medical school with a ridiculous yield rate like 90%) all go to Wharton. My guess is that about 7% of these people go to Stanford (which makes up approx. 1/5 of Stanford's class) and the other 2% end up at Wharton, UChicago, Sloan, Columbia or Kellogg with $$$.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007005)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:34 PM
Author: bateful house-broken doctorate

HBS has the highest yield of any professional school, even higher than harvard med and yale law.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007035)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:39 PM
Author: lavender razzle alpha

Hmm yeah I knew YLS was around 75%, but I just checked and am kinda surprised that the top med schools aren't higher.

I remember having conversations with friends at HBS who said that the AdCom at HBS are insanely focused each year on maintaining a 90%+ yield. That's amazing that they accomplish it given they have to fill such a huge class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007111)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:41 PM
Author: Overrated vibrant market

It really helps that Stanford rejects a lot of qualified applicants due to class size, quirkiness, not wanting to go head to head against HBS across the board etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007140)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:44 PM
Author: lavender razzle alpha

Even if they wanted to go head to head with HBS, I think they could hold their own. They only have to fill, what, 385 slots? I agree they can be a bit quirky, but I think it's kinda like a YLS situation (they could fill their class with 180s if they wanted to, but choose not to).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007176)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:46 PM
Author: Overrated vibrant market

They'd do okay but not as well as they currently do. I think they consciously yield protect like crazy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007210)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:47 PM
Author: bateful house-broken doctorate

stanford rejected every applicant with a perfect 800 GMAT (about 10 total) last year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007218)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:48 PM
Author: lavender razzle alpha

Hmm that's interesting. Where did you learn that from?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007239)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:51 PM
Author: bateful house-broken doctorate

dean of admissions at stanford said this in an interview

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007267)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:41 PM
Author: exhilarant school hairy legs

my guess would have been on hopkins med

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007143)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:43 PM
Author: lavender razzle alpha

I would have thought that HMS would be higher (or even UCSF).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007160)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:45 PM
Author: bateful house-broken doctorate

No. HMS does not dominate medicine in the way that HBS dominates business. a student at a lower ranked med school can do well on the board exams and get placed into a great residency. but a student at HBS will have access to opportunities that are not available to a lot of b-students.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007191)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:47 PM
Author: lavender razzle alpha

I realize that, but do you think HMS is losing the majority of its people to SF and JHU? Or do people turn down HMS to stay in home regions (e.g., UCLA, Sinai).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007227)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:49 PM
Author: exhilarant school hairy legs

It has always been my impression that JHU is by far the best medical school in the country. Even if USNWR places Harvard ahead of them I would be hard-pressed to think of someone turning down Hopkins for Harvard, all financial consideration aside.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007250)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:51 PM
Author: Overrated vibrant market

I remember that Hopkins Med is super competitive due to its grading scale (i.e. not some variation of pass/fail like a lot of med schools) so lots of people turn it down for that reason.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007272)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:52 PM
Author: exhilarant school hairy legs

I'm pretty sure they switched to pass/fail about seven or eight years ago - I could be wrong though?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007286)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:51 PM
Author: bateful house-broken doctorate

i only know a few people who turned down harvard med. one guy did the MD/Phd at Penn, one did MD/Phd at UCSF, and another opted for a job at a hedge fund.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007278)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:54 PM
Author: Drunken Arousing Voyeur

Med School admissions are such that it's rare to get into *all* of the top schools.

Friend got into HMS and UCSF, didn't even get interviews at JHU, Stanford, and USC.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007307)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:55 PM
Author: titillating wine stage

credited. med school admissions is more random than even college.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16007314)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 11:25 PM
Author: wild dashing cuck senate
Subject: Finance is a joke.

http://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=1418697&mc=4&forum_id=2&PHPSESSID=8a17ac8c30bfd41d0d9742b7bc90e8a8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16008102)



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Date: September 9th, 2010 11:30 PM
Author: deep property skinny woman

shhh...

minions aren't supposed to know...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419004&forum_id=2#16008149)