($) Examining one BSer’s criteria for selecting schools

May 25, 2016 by EssaySnark - Discusses Cornell Johnson, Darden, Dartmouth Tuck, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua, UT-Austin

Narrowing down your choices of which MBA program to apply to out of the dozens and dozens of good schools is not an easy task. It’s an iterative process as you 1) learn about the schools and 2) learn about yourself. There are some common themes that Brave Supplicants often identify (beyond just ranking of…

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Bschool2013 says

May 25, 2016 at 3:50 pm

I would flip it to Cornell is way in the boondocks and Tuck is way-er, though I get your point. 🙂
- essaysnark says
  
  May 25, 2016 at 3:56 pm
  
  We were kinda doing it by “distance from major metro” – isn’t Tuck closer to Boston than Cornell is to, like, anything?
  - Bschool2013 says
    
    May 26, 2016 at 5:12 am
    
    That’s a fair point. I was going by which one is more of a pain in the ass to get to. I can get to Ithaca by air by connecting in Newark or Philly, but to Hanover, you’re looking at flying to Boston then driving two hours.