<p>@aluminum_boat: Wharton is really, really, really old, and its students, like the ones at WashU, UVA, and ND are smart (I mean, take multiple choice tests really well, which I’m sure continues in the business school. Although, at WashU and Wharton, I imagine more students are quantitatively very strong upon arrival. The students excellent at math are not confined to engineering and computational/physical sciences at these schools at least). It benefits from branding. I do hear that some of the first and 2nd year experiences are interesting (they have some legit capstone/project based learning)…I don’t think it’s really as great as UVA’s. But again, you don’t get recognition for having actual quality and rigor (not BBA’s or really anything outside of doctoral programs). If we did, I know some schools that Emory (the whole institution) should rank higher than and know other schools that should rank higher than us. Once the students are relatively smart, It’s all about a good time, reputation, and networking. The whole educationally quality bit is just fluff…</p>