Check all day long. Why? Because I live in a cheap area and I'm a pretty simple person so that would easily last me the rest of my life and benefit my family that is left behind when I die.

is this a serious question?? I would take half a million dollars over acceptance to any b-school, including HBS.

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Seriously? That's like a $10M bonus. The average lifetime earnings of a HBS grad is like $3-4M.

Does the dream job have to be within reason or can I get hired directly as the CEO of Apple? If so, then I would definitely take the dream school and dream job and get my 1 million apple shares for taking on the CEO position.

For almost all other scenarios, I'll take the cash.

I would take dream school+job. The long-term potential upside is greater than $5 million.

Average lifetime earnings of an HBS grad is like 3.5M...

$5M tax free and that's a no-brainer

Lol that fucking blows! For a 30 year career post B-school, average annual earnings are barely over 100K? Whiskey.Tango.Foxtrot?!?

Scrilla in a heart beat. C.R.E.A.M.

Can you feel AIDS early in the morning?!?

Regards

I'm very aware that's the average. Each HBS class is roughly 900 students, and the 3.5 million figure includes people who go into non-lucrative fields and women who start families and decide to work part-time.

This hypo explicitly states dream school+dream job. So for me personally, it would be HBS followed by equity research at an IM powerhouse like capital group, dodge and cox, wellington. Then, from there, make portfolio manager, and potential earnings become way more than $5 million.

You gotta think long-term. The people on this thread are just thinking about short-term pleasures rather than looking at the hypo from a strategic vantage point.

Here is the problem though. You don't know that going to Capital and doing research as an Analyst will get you into a PM role there. Not everyone that's an Analyst makes it as a PM, or if they do are successful as a PM. Your assumption is that you will be able to spin that into a PM role down the road where you will be able to pull in a substantial enough amount that 5mm now would be less. Plus, you are also ignoring the amount of time you will be losing. 2 years at b-school, 5 years minimum as an Analyst. That's 7 years already before even becoming a PM, and you won't be making ridiculous money right away. That's 7 years you could have also used to invest that 5mm cash and grow it.

Check please, you can do anything with the money after LIKE start your dream job or invest in anything...or God knows what.

Brady, just so you know (and I mean no disrespect to the guys in ER), equity research is basically what I do. At home. In my underwear.

I think you can expect in-house ER to be one of the first things to be outsourced over the next decade. Hell, it's already happening.

between that and dropping dead of a heart attack at 65 stateside after a lifetime of paying the mortgage and driving the kids to soccer practice...not the worst way to go.

Daytraders do research when they are not making trades.

My fucking eyes hurt from reading this shit.

This... I'd take the money and invest and/or start my own business. Then, if I had the time, I'd go to whatever school would accept me and learn about something I'm actually extremely passionate about.

Well, plenty of hedge funders make this choice all the time for a lot lower amounts of cash.

For a mid career hedge funder, going to b-school would be a $800K-1M opportunity cost. How many do you see chilling for two years in b-school?

If I could go to the USAFA and fly F-22 Raptors after I graduate, I would give up the check. Same with shooting F-18 Superhornets off aircraft carriers from the USNA.

I would actually give up a lot more money than that. Can not imagine anything in life greater than flying supersonic fighter jets.

^^ Yeah, I always thought flying a fighter jet would be awesooooome.

Oh, you have 3 snowmobiles, 2 atvs, and a dirtbike? Yeah... I fly a F-22.

Ok..2....Brady and Maverick.

Thanks bro. I really hope it works out this time. There's nothing my heart desires more than a M7 acceptance. I literally have dreams about it every night.