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I think all T18 are subjectively strong when you only need one hit. There are some differences between alumni networks. I wouldn’t call it a gap or better/worse, but more of a La carte. These are things to consider.
- geographic centricity:
you can read more about geographic placement in employment reports and search on LinkedIn. INSEAD and LBS will certainly have a more geographically expansive network than US programs. Within the US some schools place more in certain regions, but there may be elements of self-selection with people who want to be in NYC , on the west coast or in Texas or the Northeast gravitating to schools in those regions.
- size:
larger programs like Wharton will have a physically larger alumni base than the GSB or Cornell.
- Sense of connectivity among alumni at that business school: there is some thought that this works inversely with size such that a Tuckie might do a ton to help advance other Tuckies while other school alumni may be approachable but not die hard for the b-school. A similar example could be Darden, notice people don’t often refer to it as UVA and the case method brings consistency among b school classes.
- Connection to the broader university:
at some schools, like Ross, the Michigan connection is incredibly strong so choosing Ross is as much about choosing Michigan. For Sloan, there is a focus on the broader MIT ecosystem while in school so the broader MIT alumni may also see helping one another in that way. At Yale, the Yale brand is much stronger but there is some limited weird chatter internally like “it’s way easier to get in to the b school than the law school or undergrad” so I honestly I don’t know where to place SOM and am open to others insight.
- Response rate:
you sort of need to ask students and alumni directly about the response rate in their experience. Like some alumni definitely want to strengthen the network, but are just going to respond at slower rates.
- formal engagement with the school as alumni:
For some schools, alumni are involved as interviewers or people who call and congratulate you to help you choose the school. You can garner some of this information by asking schools about the interview process, talking to admits, or directly asking about alumni returning to campus to recruit or engaging in other formal ways like alumni clubs. For example, people with interviews at HBS can ask to be matched with an alum for a chat and that alum is often one of the first to congratulate the admit once admitted.
T15 is a big band.
Darden vs Fuqua, not really.
Darden vs Harvard/Wharton/Stanford. Yes.
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Big gap.
Some of the lowest T15 are not nearly as well run or provide the amt of career options the M7s provide.
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Johnson, UNC, UCLA
Let’s say T15 vs M7 excluding H/S/W
Some difference for careers that care more about prestige PE/VC/top MBB offices. Other than that, nah
Depends on what kind of network you want. If you want a good consulting network, not big differences. If you want a good private equity network, then yes big gap.