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post #16 of 62
3/14/11 at 7:44pm
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Tell him to choose based on which city he likes better.

This was going to be my advice as well.
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post #17 of 62
3/14/11 at 8:01pm
if he has to ask, he's sloan material edit: err wait dual degree in what?
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post #18 of 62
3/14/11 at 11:19pm
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if he has to ask, he's sloan material

edit: err wait dual degree in what?

He would get the MBA and a MS in Engineering (discipline of his choice, i.e. mechanical, electrical, systems, etc)
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post #19 of 62
3/14/11 at 11:26pm
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Tell him to choose based on which city he likes better.

BIG difference between Allston and East Cambridge.
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post #20 of 62
3/15/11 at 2:36am
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Ivy League is always the right choice.

Tuck over Sloan?
Johnson over Booth?
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post #21 of 62
3/15/11 at 11:23am
without a doubt, he should go to HBS, it's a much better MBA program than MIT's, even aside from the alumni network and connections he will make there, which are priceless

if he wants to work in high tech, he should then enroll in an M.S. program at Stanford after graduation if he thnks he still needs the skills or credential

those two together would be ideal, rather than the dual degree from MIT

the two summers in between starting and first/second years, he should come out to CA and work in Silicon Valley at any one the Paypal mafia start-up's and get to know the players and interview at Stanford for the MS program while he's out here

p.s. what was the last successful company started by an MIT alum in the last 10 years??? I can't name one either
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post #22 of 62
3/15/11 at 11:25am
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Conne was just making a Conne joke. We all know there is a host of regional schools that can be better choices for certain things.

This.
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post #23 of 62
3/15/11 at 11:26am
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He would get the MBA and a MS in Engineering (discipline of his choice, i.e. mechanical, electrical, systems, etc)

Seems like MIT would be a no-brainer if he wants to use the engineering...
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post #24 of 62
3/15/11 at 11:35am
Science based: MIT
Finance or Management based: HBS
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post #25 of 62
3/15/11 at 12:48pm
This sounds like a happy problem to have.
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post #26 of 62
3/15/11 at 1:01pm
Do HBS and Sloan offer a collaborative MBA/Engineering program? For example, Harvard and MIT offer a joint MD/PhD program.
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post #27 of 62
3/15/11 at 1:14pm
I don't even see how this would be a question. He's thinking of NOT going to HBS even though he was accepted? The only thing one could possibly choose above that is Wharton.
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post #28 of 62
3/15/11 at 4:12pm
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I don't even see how this would be a question. He's thinking of NOT going to HBS even though he was accepted? The only thing one could possibly choose above that is Wharton.

Why Wharton?
I've heard of people choosing GSB over HBS, but I don't think I've ever seen Wharton. For general business-y purposes, at least--maybe if one gets into real complicated financial stuff, but i have no idea in that arena.
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post #29 of 62
3/15/11 at 5:20pm
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p.s. what was the last successful company started by an MIT alum in the last 10 years??? I can't name one either
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http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/..._on_the_world/ "Entrepreneurship by MIT alumni and faculty MIT is well known for its entrepreneurship, and a 2009 study entitled Entrepreneurial Impact: The Role of MIT by the Kauffman Foundation quantified that entrepreneurial spirit: * If MIT graduates formed their own country, it would have at least the 17th-largest economy in the world. * MIT graduates have founded over 25,800 companies worldwide. 6,900 of these are located in Massachusetts alone. * Over 3.2 million people owe their jobs to a company founded by an MIT grad. * MIT companies make over $2 trillion dollars each year." Past MIT Companies 1. Gillete 2. Raytheon 3. Digital Equipment (DEC) 4. 3Com 5. Math Works Recent MIT Companies 1. A123 2. Akamai 3. Brontes 4. iRobot 5. Visible Measures 6. Zipcar 7. Smart Cells 8. Semprus Biosciences 9. Hubspot
All of the above it quoted, and by-the-by, these are companies started while at MIT. Dunno the full list for companies started by alums but might be found here (Digital Shingle Project
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post #30 of 62
3/15/11 at 5:59pm
I think west coast school (UC Berkeley/Stanford) still has the big tech. success over MIT (at least in terms of what people have heard).

MIT is a lot more mathematical than Harvad, also if you want to be in finance, but much more qunat. oriented, then MIT is a good choice as well.
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