Folks, what resources are there to compare business schools beyond the ranking? Like what schools are good for what? What resources did you all use? I want to apply later in 2022 so want to take my time to shortlist and see if it even makes sense for me to go apply in 2022 in the first place.

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Stanford: Touchy Feely; people talk about blockchain but don’t know what it means

Harvard: Children of Russian oligarchs and hedge fund lords

Wharton: Wannabe Harvard with more parties

Sloan: Nerds

Booth: Less intellectual nerds; Chicago bros who come to class once a month and never meet anyone

Kellogg: Party school

CBS: Wannabe Wharton

Tuck: Wannabe Kellogg

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This is actually a bit more insightful than any ranking out there!

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I’ll be applying in late 2022 as well. I started with general and P&Q’s ranking, then identified post mba goal and searched on p&q for a list of schools that do well in that industry. I found good resources and stats (pay, fees, ranking etc consolidated view) for MBB consulting and also for tech industry on their website.

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Veritasprep has great profiles on each school from a more “qualitative” PoV. Start there

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P&Qs goes into industry specific rankings. Schools’ job reports. Beyond that I think there’s some merit in looking at LinkedIn pages and seeing where people end up, maybe attending some events and getting a feel for how students or alumni talk about the schools/specific programs.

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