Wharton vs. Oxford PPE

JHS
Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:39:41 +0000

I don’t know how math-y PPE is at Oxford. The people I know who have done that (as Marshalls and Rhodeses, not as straight undergraduates) did not spend a lot of time on math. Bain etc. need and want math skills, although they are happy with non-math majors. (By the way, Bain Capital is a venture capital firm. The consulting firm is just Bain. I believe it is decades since they have been linked – Mitt Romney having made a not-small fortune separating them.)

Prestige law schools looooooove Oxford PPE. I would assume you still have to get a high-graded first, though.

Basically, if you are a super student at either place, and you really want to work for a consulting firm or go to a top law school (and you have high LSATs, which you ought to if you are a super student at Wharton or Oxford), you should be able to do that. If you are a step down from being a super student either place, you aren’t going to be working at Bain, BCG, or McKinsey, or going to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford law school. You will have other opportunities, though.

You should choose the one that most inspires and excites you. If you aren’t inspired and excited, it’s not going to get you where you want to go.