Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 11:40     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Emory

The people on this board and their IVY or your kid will go nowhere mentality are ridiculous status climbers. Emory is a great school and now they will have tons of money to do more with after graduation.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 11:32     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Anonymous wrote:I didn’t got to Wharton, but I went to Penn. The resources at Wharton are extraordinary. Unless it’s unaffordable to your family, it’s not a close contest. And yes, I’ve been to Emory

Worth adding Penn has a far livelier social scene than Emory.


How are the resources "extraordinary"? My kid is at Penn as we speak...and thinks Wharton resources are good, but not extraordinary.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 11:24     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emory has strong banking and PE placement…I would take this if 100% free. There are tons of sons/daughters of Wall Street/finance folks that attended top NYC private schools and Emory has a large NYC alumni network.

I don’t think anyone suggesting Wharton ever actually attended. There aren’t special jobs reserved only for Wharton grads.


Wharton MBA who now works on Wall Street. There are plenty of places on Wall Street that recruit at Wharton undergrad that do not recruit at Emory. That is not up for dispute. But there are plenty of Emory people on Wall Street so it is not like it is impossible to get a finance job from there.

I'm the one who posted above about there being a lot of not great people in Wharton undergrad and the importance of a visit. So I am far from pushing for Wharton. But to say that your odds of getting a job on Wall Street out of Emory are the same as out of Wharton is not accurate. But that should not be the sole factor in a decision, because it is not 100% odds vs. 0% odds. The world is not black and white, particularly not in this specific scenario.


There are boutique places that likely were founded by Wharton grads that hire a lot of kids from Wharton...as there are some (but probably fewer) founded by Emory alums. Every top school has firms like this founded by an alum that recruits heavy from their alma mater.

However, there are not any bulge bracket firms that fit this category...which you know. Also, Emory's #1 student geography is the Northeast (more than the Southeast), especially the NYC-area.

Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 11:15     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
I think is a very hard call tbh.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 10:09     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
I would take the free ride. Great school, where your kid has potential to be at the top of the class. He will have no trouble finding a desirable job when he graduates, on Wall Street if that’s what he wants. Congrats.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 10:05     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
I didn’t got to Wharton, but I went to Penn. The resources at Wharton are extraordinary. Unless it’s unaffordable to your family, it’s not a close contest. And yes, I’ve been to Emory

Worth adding Penn has a far livelier social scene than Emory.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 10:02     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As always, visit the schools. Very different feel. Philly vs. suburban Atlanta. North vs. South.

I have a number of close friends who are great people who were Wharton undergrads, but it also tends to have a large number of jerks. Master of the universe wannabes who are scratching and clawing to be number one. This is not everyone, but a lot. I know it is a really random reference, but watch the last season of LegoMasters - the two guys who won are very stereotypical Wharton undergrads. YMMV.

However, Wharton integrates well into Penn as a whole. So you can spend a lot of time outside the Wharton bubble.

Career options are better from Wharton, but your child might have a much happier four years of college at Emory. Depends on feel, your finances, and your personal network.

Career options are not hetter from Wharton. Your chances of achieving/claiming those options are but the options themselves are the same at Emory. There's grads in fintech, hedgefunds, PE , IB, quant. Etc from Emory.



Sure, Emory Mom.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 09:50     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Emory. How is this a question.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 09:48     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Go for Emory Full Ride, Emory already places well in finance and being a full ride scholar will provide an edge.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 09:45     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emory has strong banking and PE placement…I would take this if 100% free. There are tons of sons/daughters of Wall Street/finance folks that attended top NYC private schools and Emory has a large NYC alumni network.

I don’t think anyone suggesting Wharton ever actually attended. There aren’t special jobs reserved only for Wharton grads.


Wharton MBA who now works on Wall Street. There are plenty of places on Wall Street that recruit at Wharton undergrad that do not recruit at Emory. That is not up for dispute. But there are plenty of Emory people on Wall Street so it is not like it is impossible to get a finance job from there.

I'm the one who posted above about there being a lot of not great people in Wharton undergrad and the importance of a visit. So I am far from pushing for Wharton. But to say that your odds of getting a job on Wall Street out of Emory are the same as out of Wharton is not accurate. But that should not be the sole factor in a decision, because it is not 100% odds vs. 0% odds. The world is not black and white, particularly not in this specific scenario.


100 percent this.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 09:32     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Anonymous wrote:Emory has strong banking and PE placement…I would take this if 100% free. There are tons of sons/daughters of Wall Street/finance folks that attended top NYC private schools and Emory has a large NYC alumni network.

I don’t think anyone suggesting Wharton ever actually attended. There aren’t special jobs reserved only for Wharton grads.


Wharton MBA who now works on Wall Street. There are plenty of places on Wall Street that recruit at Wharton undergrad that do not recruit at Emory. That is not up for dispute. But there are plenty of Emory people on Wall Street so it is not like it is impossible to get a finance job from there.

I'm the one who posted above about there being a lot of not great people in Wharton undergrad and the importance of a visit. So I am far from pushing for Wharton. But to say that your odds of getting a job on Wall Street out of Emory are the same as out of Wharton is not accurate. But that should not be the sole factor in a decision, because it is not 100% odds vs. 0% odds. The world is not black and white, particularly not in this specific scenario.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 09:17     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Anonymous wrote:For high tech, there is essentially no different if the same person goes to MIT or goes to a state flagship or San Jose State.

For high finance, the brand name is everything. No brainer OP should go to Wharton.

Yes because a T25 school is no different than San Jose State... you couldn't get into any of these schools and you know it.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 09:09     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Anonymous wrote:For high tech, there is essentially no different if the same person goes to MIT or goes to a state flagship or San Jose State.

For high finance, the brand name is everything. No brainer OP should go to Wharton.


This is such a stupid post because Emory has brand name and excellent finance placement. It's hardly San Jose State for tech.

Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 09:08     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Let me be the voice of reason here for those who are confident Wharton will pay off. The student is likely 18 years old and may change their mind about their future ambitions. It happens all the time in college. I have no horse in this race but I’d choose the full ride at Emory. Attendance at a prestigious school is not a guarantee of a return on investment. Now if you literally have money to burn and won’t mind if he doesn’t land a prestigious job, choose Wharton. Emory is a great school with a good reputation and you have a really smart kid who will thrive anywhere he goes.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2025 08:53     Subject: Emory full ride vs Wharton
Anonymous wrote:As always, visit the schools. Very different feel. Philly vs. suburban Atlanta. North vs. South.

I have a number of close friends who are great people who were Wharton undergrads, but it also tends to have a large number of jerks. Master of the universe wannabes who are scratching and clawing to be number one. This is not everyone, but a lot. I know it is a really random reference, but watch the last season of LegoMasters - the two guys who won are very stereotypical Wharton undergrads. YMMV.

However, Wharton integrates well into Penn as a whole. So you can spend a lot of time outside the Wharton bubble.

Career options are better from Wharton, but your child might have a much happier four years of college at Emory. Depends on feel, your finances, and your personal network.

Career options are not hetter from Wharton. Your chances of achieving/claiming those options are but the options themselves are the same at Emory. There's grads in fintech, hedgefunds, PE , IB, quant. Etc from Emory.