An old favorite: should I even apply to Harvard?

Penn95
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:01:44 +0000

@ curiousBookworm7

First of all, the schools with the best business programs for an MBA are widely considered to be Harvard (HBS), Stanford( GSB) and Penn(Wharton). MIT Sloan is also a top business school for MBA but is traditionally considered after these three. On the u undergraduate level only Penn and MIT have business programs. Wharton is consodered the best undergraduate business school. of course many students interested in business routinely turn down offers from top undergraduate business schools tobstudy economics At Harvard or Stanford.
also not all Ivy League schools are the same in terms of difficulty to get in. Between one end of the spectrum( Harvard) and the other end (Cornell) ther is a big delta in terms of admissions competitiveness. Also Stanford and MIT are not Ivy League schools by are arguably as hard to get into as Harvard.

I ink it is a little bit early to know whether you should bother applying to Havars or similar schools. All you can do at this point is try to work as had as you can at school ad read up a lot online and from other sources about the different colleges so that you will be able to make the most informed decision when the time comes.