COMPARE Yale AM (With 15K Dean Scholarship) vs. Columbia MSBA

[Anthonyyougotthis]

I plan to join one of these programs right after my undergraduate. I'm looking to work in PE or IB industry in the future. I still have difficulty in choosing these two program. Here are the pros and cons that I can think of.


YALE AM:
Pros:
1. smaller and more selective class size (50ish students). Approximately 2% acceptance rate according to Wikipedia. (Highly doubt it)
2. program is very unique and is strongly connected with asset management firms.
3. possibility of working in the Yale endowment office.
4. School's brand is better than that of Columbia

Cons:
1. Fairly new program. (no clue about its track record)
2. Location


Columbia MSBA:
Pros:

1. Can take classes from both Columbia's Engineering School and Business School
2. It's in New York

Cons:
1. heard about their career service is not good
2. harder to break into IB and PE with this master
3. class size is large. Not as selective as Yale AM.

 

[jarryds]

Why would it be harder to break into IB and PE with Columbia MSBA - you don't need graduate education to get into banking. If you want to get into PE, you need a good record and connections in banking. So banking -> PE, but masters -> banking -> PE is not required. In other words, take what interests you the most - both programs are extra credit.

 

[Michsund]

The MS in business analytics is a cash cow. Yale is better but will have a very narrow career outlook.

 

[ActuallyPig]

Hello, sorry this is unrelated. I’ve been waitlisted for Yale AM, when do they require you to reply by?

 

[Anthonyyougotthis]

Hi, the due date for our deposit is on April 28th. Hope this helps!

Hello, sorry this is unrelated. I’ve been waitlisted for Yale AM, when do they require you to reply by?

 

[ActuallyPig]

Did you end up choosing Yale or Columbia? I feel like both of them would be pretty good.