I am confident You would be capable of achieving your career goals with either program. What do, Reddit? Or have they shared their criteria for awarding the same to candidates. That cash from Anderson is definitely appealing, but if you hate LA/Cali, then it might not be a fit. Have you raised the topic of scholarship or financial aid with the school. Replies to: Wharton MBA vs Yale SOM with 50% scholarship. Scholarship Resources Yale SOM provides a small number of partial scholarships to exceptional candidates for the MBA for Executives program. Don’t know how receptive they are to that, but the worst they could say is no. I would go with either SOM or Anderson. SOM is still sort of “new.”, Also, when I visited campus, I did a lunch with a current student that honestly seemed like they were trying to turn me off the school. First of all, congrats and go 'cats! In this situation I would def go with UCLA. I've been accepted to NYU Stern (no $) and Yale SOM ($40k in total). CHD2013 2355 replies 173 threads Senior Member. In addition, many outside sources provide additional funding resources in the form of academic scholarships. I am, however, a Forte MBALauncher, which tends to get you noticed for stuff like Forte Fellowships. Explore strategic digital marketing and earn an official certificate of participation from the Yale School of Management Executive Education. The School provides a subvention for ten days of international travel to help full-time M.B.A. students defray the cost of fulfilling the Global Studies Requirement (GSR), and a subvention for five days of international travel for M.A.M. Tech recruiting statistically speaking is generally on par, because SOM's employment report breaks out Tech and eCommerce separately from what I remember. students to defray the cost of a Global Network Week or a Global Social Entrepreneurship course. Learn about MBA programs, applying to them, and what life is like while in one and afterwards. 1898) Memorial Scholarship The Joseph Wright Alsop (Ph.B. I have previous tech experience and a degree in computer science, so the MBA experience is all about me developing some marketing/finance chops and building a network. However, having gone to Northwestern for undergrad, it sure feels nice to name-drop a school and have people actually recognize it. If I were you, I'd be going for Tuck. Tuck no question. I have really close friends from Johnson and Anderson, and my co-founder went to Wharton, so I can personally attest that you can't go wrong with any of your options. Congrats on your admissions to both excellent programs. Graduates of top business school often have very high lifetime income so the difference in cost is not as relevant on a proportional basis when compared to the more typical income situation. This time last year I had an admit from the UIUC iMBA and thought I couldn't possibly get into a T20 school. Step 6: Check the “Review” page of the application to see if you are missing any required components, and re-visit any pages that require further information. Have people had much success with outside scholarships? Press J to jump to the feed. I don't know of a single person that's had to evacuate due to fire, but I suppose it's possible that one or two people live up in the valley. If you are confident of doing well and are a US citizen, you can still look at merit based scholarships in your second year which should reduce your debt level to a more reasonable load. My goals: transition to tech product marketing management, ideally at a FAANG or maybe in the fintech space if they need PMMs, while continuing my advocacy work for women in STEM. The CDO rep focused on tech is also great (in contrast to some of the other verticals where our CDO relationship managers are definitely... middling). Cornell Johnson: They've offered me $13,800 each year and a Forte Fellowship. Schools Admitted To: Harvard Business School, Wharton, Chicago Booth (w/ Scholarship), Yale SOM (w/ Scholarship) Scholarship: $244K. How did you get offered fellowship from Cornell and UCLA? I guess. Fwiw, I ended up going to neither to take a great scholarship at a similarly reputable school. So now that I didn't receive any, I'm a little more hesitant about the impending costs. However, having gone to Northwestern for undergrad, it sure feels nice to name-drop a school and have people actually recognize it. We provide financial aids of various types to IMBA students, including merit-based scholarships, GMAT scholarships, International Study Reimbursement subsidy, and RMBS MBA/Yale MAM Concurrent Degree Scholarship. Please refer to the sites below for specific information. Using a combination of loans and scholarship grants, we make every effort to provide students with the difference between their resources—such as family resources, summer earnings and student savings—and the cost of attending Yale. For additional statistics, see Affordability . More to do @ UCLA. UCLA Anderson: $40,000 fellowship each year and they send 30% of their class into tech. A new scholarship program at the Yale School of Management will reduce tuition costs for several Masters of Business Administration students from India as a part of a broader initiative to distinguish the institution as the most global among its peer business schools. I was recently accepted into both Tuck and Yale SOM. Oh yeah. Recipients of these highly selective awards will have a demonstrated track record of outstanding leadership at the intersection of business and society. As you are looking into transitioning into management consulting, I would focus on the career reports at the respective schools and see which one gives you your best chance. Yale University is a private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut. The Silver Scholars Program was created in 2001 to celebrate Yale University's tercentennial and the 25th anniversary of Yale SOM. Here is my situation: My professional background is somewhat non-traditional as I have worked in the non-profit making a maximum of 50k per year. Thank you so much! Anderson>Johnson>Yale SOM. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I love the culture at both schools but had that gut feeling at Tuck that it'd be a better fit for me. Many would argue Tuck has the slight overall edge in terms of reputation, Yale is a rising star among MBA programs. General Merit Scholarships Joseph Wright Alsop (Ph.B. I'm definitely leaning toward Tuck at this point. You shouuld absolutely go to Tuck. Tuck is very established. Find out how this candidate was accepted to 4 top schools and secured $244K in scholarships. Scholarship recipients are notified at the same time that they are admitted. Thats kind of contradictory. The Yale School of Management Executive Education is dedicated to educating leaders for business and society. Student loans to pay for Yale. Currently sitting on both waitlists and those programs are my #1 and #2 choices. Please make sure to read our rules and wiki before posting. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions! What would you all do in my situation? There’s a strong network of folks here from tech / fintech, and all of big tech recruits on campus (Google + Amazon more so than the others - Google sent more than 20 people to its internship event). Ultimately, you only need to be above the bottom 10% to get proficient, and even if you are at the bottom, I believe you can get a Pass 4-5 times before you're at risk of losing scholarships. Yale SOM: I am hypnotized by the name, but well aware that most people here think they're overhyped. Honestly, I wasn't banking on getting a scholarship/fellowship, but having talked to some peers at similar schools, I felt like I had a decent chance at one given my background. I'm certainly leaning towards Tuck, but again, I'm very concerned about paying such a high price for an MBA. I decided to put in a late application to CBS, and I was admitted today, although I don't have any details on scholarship from them. The following essay topic analysis examines MIT Sloan School of Management’s (Sloan) MBA admissions essays for the 2019-2020 admissions season. Or any other ideas about how to minimize the costs associated with attendance? This scholarship is offered for undergraduate, masters and PhD. The Yale SOM alumni network will serve as a resource during your job search and throughout your life. I'd first encourage you to take a step back and pat yourself on your back - you've done incredibly well and now you're in a position to maximize your win. In fact, over 85% of the Yale Class of 2018 graduated without any student debt. Thats a bit naive. I probably don’t have great advice on which school to choose (sorry!) One thing you could do is consider (or reconsider) getting a loan to fund either programs. I'm looking to likely transfer into management consulting after my MBA. The School provides a subvention for ten days of international travel to help M.B.A. students defray the cost of fulfilling the Global Studies Requirement (GSR), and a subvention for five days of international travel for M.A.M. That being said, I still figured I would be taking out loans. Or have they shared their criteria for awarding the same to candidates. Also, does anyone have any recommendations for how I can potentially secure fellowship/scholarship money in the coming months? Gender/Ethnicity: Female/Vietnamese . Both great schools. One thing they all mentioned is that it is quite easy for MC's to make visits to Yale due to being smack in the middle of NYC - Boston. SOM has better name rec and network than Johnson, and I don’t know that the scholarship from Johnson is enough to negate that. Anderson will get names on campus that SOM will not due to proximity, but I'm not going to rag on SOM because I'm sure they have a great program as well. Take is great but you have the better option. Kellogg-70K scholarship (Donald Jacobs scholarship), Yale SOM- 20k scholarship, UCLA Anderson -70k scholarship. Procedures for applying for financial assistance are set by the individual schools and programs. The Global Leaders from India program will cover at least half the […] Thanks to its generous financial aid package, most students who attend Yale don’t need to take out any loans. Especially given that you're going into MC, Tuck is pretty much as good as it gets. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Which of these schools would be best for breaking into IB? I was considering choosing Yale SOM over Kellogg for factors that in hindsight weren't nearly as important. Now I’m heading to Kellogg with scholarship! Go there and don't turn back. For what it is worth, I've spoken to a couple recent Yale alumni working at BCG out of their NYC office. If you're really dead set on product marketing, I would take the $$$ at Anderson, try to get a PMM role on the West Coast, work a few years and then look for opportunities on the East Coast. Brand names for MBAs aren’t as big a deal as they are for undergrad and Anderson has arguably the better network. You'll earn PLENTY of money throughout your career with a Yale MBA. If you are confident of doing well and are a US citizen, you can still look at merit based scholarships in your second year which should reduce your debt level to a more reasonable load. UCLA hands down. -GPA: 3.65 -GMAT: 730. Please make sure to read our rules and wiki before posting. I borrowed money to go to school but turned down consulting and banking roles to opt for a series of startup roles. Yes, they are on the west coast, but the vast majority of post-MBA level PMM roles are there. #1. First off: I want to thank everyone here at r/mba for their advice, support, and tolerance of my memes. This university is one of the best universities in the USA and is part of the Ivy League schools. I'm not sure who you talked to but Anderson has been great so far and has a strong tech network. You can still go to San Fran or Seattle pretty easily from Anderson if LA isn’t your style long term. Also Yale and Cornell are pretty isolated. but one thing that struck me is you should probably see if Johnson will offer more money if you haven’t asked already. I got into both of those schools in R1 and, had I not gotten into a 3rd school which I have chosen to attend, I would not have hesitated to choose Tuck. Through its integrated curriculum, close ties to Yale University, and active connection to the Global Network for Advanced Management, participants are ensured to acquire crucial technical skills and develop a genuine understanding of an increasingly complex global context. Trust yourself and go with Yale SOM. Recently, Yale further enhanced these awards providing a $2,000 startup grant for a student’s first year and free hospitalization insurance coverage. In 2014, Yale got nearly 31,000 applicants and accepted a mere 6.3 percent of them.) Obviously I am very excited about the opportunities that both schools present, but I am very hesitant about finances. You can also review essay topic analyses for the o Read More in Essays » The Yale Scholarship can vary from a few hundred dollars to over $70,000 per year; the average Yale need-based scholarship is over $50,000. I actually didn't apply to any other lower tier schools, but looking back I probably should have. It's been an incredible boon in terms of recruiting when I was a student and also while I'm currently a founder. You'll struggle to get a look from MBB for example, where it's not an issue at all at tuck . The tuition for IMBA students for year 2019 is 178,000 RMB. Looking back it was well worth it. Rosalia Akuyo Anyawoe Alumni Fund Scholarship Established by Mr. Togbe Afede XIV, a member of the Yale SOM … I've been accepted to NYU Stern (no $) and Yale SOM ($20k scholarship). I am actually interested in UCLA. Go with Yale SOM and you'll pay that difference in no time. Yale University scholarships are available to international students as well as domestic students. Were you banking on getting scholarship/fellowship? Went into consulting, but I have a bunch of friends working in the tech sector, FAANG and others, with whom I can connect you. If that miracle happens, I'm fully prepared to kiss my deposit at Yale goodbye. The SOM employment report is enticing (on purpose, I'm sure) but I would love to hear from folks on the ground. 1898) Memorial Scholarship was established in 1976 to honor the memory of Mr. Alsop, who was an alumnus of the Yale Class of 1898 and president of the Covenant Group. Yale SOM when I came in 1985 was perfect for me: a small, very intellectual place with the goal of being the Yale Law School of management schools. Johnson grad here - congrats on acceptances and scholarships, those are achievements in themselves. Area Yale Club awards, endowed scholarships, and other gift aid from Yale’s alumni and friends may be used as grants in place of some Yale Scholarship funds. For proximity and fit reasons, I’d lean toward SOM. If you anticipate that you'll change your mind at some point during school and go back to non-profit work, don't attend business school. If you don't have a marketing background, PMM roles are even harder to get (seen many folks struggle to even get the chance to interview...), so you'll need all the help you can get from school and location, and Anderson works well there. (And if you have any waitlist strategies for Wharton, please share them.). But that money! The full-time M.B.A. subv… Yale SOM: I am hypnotized by the name, but well aware that most people here think they're overhyped. They dig my feminist goals, I love their socially conscious approach to the business school education, but I'll be paying sticker price to attend. Let's say that's about 80K after taxes and you can live on 40K. There are a number of jobs within the School of Art (admissions, labs, … Succeeding him was A. Bartlett Giamatti, who distinguished himself as a renaissance man at Yale University, before moving on to run first the National League and then Major League Baseball. Possibly relevant info about me: I'm single with no plans to get married or have kids anytime soon, so bring on dat debt. I therefore have very limited savings to pull from, but fortunately no debt. Be sure to write down your email and password to access the application at a later time. Step 5: Click APPLY NOW to start your YYGS application. I was admitted to Yale SOM with a scholarship during Round 2, and I've already put down a deposit. I'd estimate it to be around 200k over two years. I entirely understand what you're facing about SOM - I was in the exactly same boat, but found it incredibly worthwhile because of the tight-community, not just at SOM but through the entire Yale University. Fingerprints of privilege The great majority of students we admitted were truly brilliant and … For PMM roles the placement of West Coast to East Coast is something like 8:1 from what I've seen--there just aren't many opportunities for non-experienced folks out east. (NYC is the highest concentration of Alums, many in Tech). Currently at SOM (and paying sticker price) but couldn’t be happier. Yale University Scholarship 2021 is a fully funded scholarship for international students. If you’re going to be in a desolate crappy city you may as well be closer to NYC. in Global Business and Society student travel during the spring-term Global Network Week. GMAT: Mid/High 700’s. Also, when I visited campus, I did a lunch with a current student that honestly seemed like they were trying to turn me off the school, like I would get into a better school and should go there instead. If sticker at both the go to Tuck ... no doubt. You simply can't go wrong. It took 8 years to pay everything off. How has your experience been networking with non SOM Yale alums? Work-study as part of your financial aid award indicates eligibility for a job within Yale. There'll be more companies recruiting and more spots. Thanks for the advice! Yes, there are some opportunities in NYC but they are much rarer and most of the time they are looking for experienced hires, with maybe a couple of MBAs here and there. This funding is at the rate of 50 percent of lodging … When you have made your decision, it would be great if you could post to MBA DecisionWire: http://www.clearadmit.com/decisionwire cheers, alex. 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