UPenn (Wharton) vs. Yale

Dunboyne
Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:36:13 +0000

Is there a net cost difference that might be a factor for your family?

Following up on what @happy1 mentioned, what do you want to do after graduation, hit the workforce or head to grad school? If there’s a great chance you’ll end up with a grad degree, Yale starts to look better for a career in business or finance than it would with only a BA Econ. Plus, if you have the quantitative chops for something like the BA Econ & Math at Yale, or if you can add comp sci courses, your job prospects in finance look good out of undergrad. If you think you can attend grad school on top of a more quantitative program like that, even better.

For business/entrepreneurship opportunities right out of undergrad, Wharton has the edge with its curriculum focused more on practical business fundamentals. Plus, similar to the argument above, you can always head to grad school for an MA Econ if you feel you enjoy or need more of a theoretical background.

So maybe you could provide some feedback on:

–whether net cost is a factor;
–grad school plans;
–aptitude/willingness for adding quantitative courses;
–preference for an “academic” versus “real-world” course of study.