Oxford Degree vs. Ivy League Degree?

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Are you American? I though most degrees in England are 3 years, since the English spend 2 years on A levels at sixth form colleges. How can you already be in the class of 2015? Maybe times have changed.

I am not so familiar with the English school system I am international student who applied with SATs and APs.
I deferred a year. </p>

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Oxford grad here. Very, very few Ivy League students (or Oxford students) will be admitted to an MBA program without substantial work experience. And at that time, the particular work experiences are going to trump the school, hands down. Ivy Leagues are more likely to get in, mainly because they have better opportunities coming out of undergrad, and more family connections which lead to better opportunities. No one is going to "compare’ the academics. (Georgia Tech, or Cornell, will do just fine, as will any number of state universities and liberal arts colleges.)

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Compared to other top business schools, HBS admits a lot of people straight from undergrad - about 150 out of each incoming class of 900, so I wouldn’t worry too much about not having any work experience. HBS is the more prestigious of the two programs (and will be more difficult to get admitted to) so keep that in mind as you put together an application strategy. Note that you can apply to the joint degree program during your first year at either HLS or HBS, but there are a lot of HLS students who get rejected by HBS each year so HLS to HBS could be a risky strategy.

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<p>Someone posted this in my previous thread. Isn’t HBS lenient on undergrads without substantial work experience?</p>