HBS vs Yale SOM full ride

I’m from an impact background so I really like both schools.

Honestly so hard to decide. HBS is need-based scholarship/aid and I wouldn’t know the result until May. Yale just offered me a full ride which is hard to turn down as well. It’s just honestly so hard to turn down any of them. In this current economy things are so hard and I don’t know if I should take out a loan to go to HBS. Going to Yale then I will still have savings left.

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Yale is a fantastic program but HBS will put you in a leauge of its own. It’s 180k with moving up 8 spots? What type of scholarship you think hbs would give?

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HBS is need-based financial aid, I come from an impact background and very modest family, so prob will still get a good amount of aid according to their calculator, just not as much as Yale

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I was in the exact same position and chose HBS. - tuition is also cheaper at HBS. I ended up getting a 50% need based scholarship from HBS and had literally been working in consulting for 6 years before going so it’s not like I had no money. They are extremely generous with financial aid. HBS is 1000% worth it. My experience is soooo much better here than it would be at SOM. Harvard has arguably the most powerful brand for grad school and recruiters know that. It provides way more opportunities than SOM (now and for the rest of my life)

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I’d do HBS tbh but som is great

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honestly me too and rethinking if I want to go to bschool but you’ll always have HBS on your resume

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Hbs

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Follow the money

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Try to get data points from ppl to see what income typically translated to what aid package from HBS. Given your background, you might get a significant amount (no clue but at least half?).

I think the difference may be more like 25-50%. These two schools are in different leagues, so the difference may be worth it. That said…if you just want to do consulting, HBS isn’t really going to change things for you.

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What do u want to do after mba?

Consulting

Dm me was in the same boat

Will do

Not worth getting into debt. Impact background? Go to Yale.

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