<p>If he’s interested in just business–as opposed to business and engineering–then Wharton is easily the peer of the other two schools. And I wouldn’t write off Wharton and the Ivies too quickly–they’ve been around for CENTURIES, and seem to have weathered lots of technological and social change quite well. And in terms of entrepreneurship, you probably already know this being at Wharton, but Wharton offers one of the oldest and most comprehensive programs of entrepreneurial research and study in the WORLD:</p>
<p><a href=“http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/aboutWe.html”>http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/aboutWe.html</a></p>
<p>While not necessarily as tech-focussed as Stanford, it shouldn’t be dismissed. And Wharton was one of the leading business schools in the world LONG before the PE, BB banking, and MBB consulting crazes of the last two or three decades (lots of leaders of industry, media, etc. have come out of Wharton), and there’s no reason to think that it won’t remain a world leader for decades and centuries to come.</p>
<p>Bottom line? I’d recommend that your friend pick the school at which he believes he’d be happiest, taking into account the entire package of academics, location, campus and campus life, etc. With schools at this level of eminence (one of Amy’s favorite words 
), the rest will take care of itself.</p>