I don't want to go to UNC.
OK, there, I said it. Actually, I take that back. I do want to go to UNC, I just would much rather go to UVA. But I realize that I shouldn't count my chickens before they hatch and am setting myself up for disappointment if I get my hopes up too high.
I had lunch earlier with a friend of mine who is an MBA intern at the company I work for. She got into Darden last year (off the wait list) but turned it down for the University of Maryland. She said I really need to start acting as though I am happy about UNC, and she is right.
Later on in the afternoon, she sent me an IM telling me to "stop sucking on the UVA pacifier." Could that be what I am doing all along, using UVA as a security blanket? I think so. Both schools are known for having happy students. Yet I worry that if I end up hating the program and regretting my decision to go to business school, I'd be much better off at Darden. I rationalize that if I am at Darden, at least I would at UVA. I would be in a place I am familiar with. I could literally walk down the street to talk to my old professors.
Speaking of old professors, one of them wrote me back last month. He wrote "UNC would be a fine choice. I hope you are not disappointed. The only reason I would favor Darden for you is that you would be nearby for a couple of years." I think he may be right, the major reason I favor Darden is because I want to be in Charlottesville for two years.
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UNC is gooooooood. Darden = evil. I talked to a Darden grad while at Dell, and she said it was too over-engineered and harsh due to their desire to become a well known school. So they put in place draconian curriculum and grading.
Karl
See, from my understanding, what you've written is EXACTLY the reason you should not go to UVA and exactly the reason why many companies don't like students who go to the same undergrad as well as graduate school. It shows a lack of risk taking , a need for that security blanket of the familiar. You're not going to experience new things going to UVA. You've been there for 4 years. Expand your horizons, experience a new location, new professors, new buildings, get a different POV on things.
The issue brought up by RealMcCoyAtWork is something I plan on discussing in a subsequent post - whether it's a good idea to go to the same school twice.
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